The Department of Health aims to provide quality health services and ensure a caring climate for service users, implement best-practice health care strategies, create a positive work environment for staff, and provide appropriate and top-quality training for health workers. Our vision is to provide high-quality, efficient and accessible healthcare to transform people's lives. Our mission is to create an effective public healthcare system in Gauteng by ensuring we have the right people, skills, system and equipment to provide the care our patients need to live healthy and quality lives.
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Grade 12 with, a National Certificate in dental assisting or prior experience as a dental assistant registered with HPCSA. Proof of current registration with Health Professional Council of South Africa (HPCSA) as a Dental assistant.
A minimum of 1-9 years of experience for grade 1 and for grade 2, 10 years and above of experience as a dental assistant.
Duties :
Assisting the dentist with all dental procedures when rendering treatment to patients, e.g., mixing materials and sterilising the instruments. Maintaining infection control in dental clinics, hazardous waste management, cleaning, and dusting of the dental clinic.
Developing X-Rays where applicable. Assisting in theatre as well as during screening with Oral Hygienists. Liaise with dental clinics and other programmes.