Oral Health Victoria (formerly Dental Health Services Victoria) is the leading public oral health agency in Victoria. We aim to improve the oral health of all Victorians, particularly vulnerable groups, and those most in need. OHV is funded by the State Government to provide clinical dental services to eligible Victorians. As trusted advisors in public oral health policy and program and guideline development, we continue to contribute to improving oral health in our communities.
About the role:
The Royal Dental Hospital of Melbourne has an opportunity for a Dental Assistant to join our team. We have vacancies in our Primary Care, Specialist Care and Oral Surgery Departments.
This is a great opportunity to gain skills and to work and learn from other highly experienced Dental Assistants and Coaches, with the support of our amazing Team Leaders.
You will get to work within a diverse organisation. We recognise that our Dental Assistants are critical to the delivery of high-quality, efficient, and effective clinical care.
Your responsibilities include:
You will have:
Why work at Oral Health Victoria?
Interested? Submit your resume and a cover letter outlining your knowledge, skills and experience as it relates to the role.
To submit your application, please click ‘Apply’ and follow the prompts.
Applications close: Friday 28th August 2026
Any questions please email careers@dhsv.org.au. We will be actively shortlisting during the advertising period, so please send through your application ASAP.
Please note: We reserve the right to withdraw this ad prior to the closing date once a suitable candidate has been identified.
We will be actively reviewing applicants so please do not hesitate in applying as we may fill these roles before the close date.
We acknowledge that diversity increases our ability to transform and achieve better health outcomes therefore we encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people from culturally and linguistically diverse background, all members of the LGBTQI community and people with disability.
If you require any reasonable adjustments to fully participate in our recruitment process, please email careers@dhsv.org.au
OHV is committed to child safety and wellbeing and has zero tolerance for child abuse and harm. We provide an inclusive and welcoming environment where cultural safety for children is promoted and practiced.
OHV is a public health service and requires employees to be vaccinated in accordance with policies published by the Department of Health and/or public health orders issued by the government.
The Royal Children's Hospital (RCH) has been providing outstanding care for Victoria's children and their families for over 147 years.
We are the major specialist paediatric hospital in Victoria and our care extends to children from Tasmania, southern New South Wales and other states around Australia and overseas.
With a passionate, highly skilled and committed staff campus wide of over 5,000, we provide a full range of clinical services, tertiary care and health promotion and prevention programs for children and young people.
We are the designated state-wide major trauma centre for paediatrics in Victoria and a Nationally Funded Centre for cardiac and liver transplantation.
When it comes to training and research we partner with the very best. Our campus partners, the Murdoch Childrens Research Institute (MCRI) and The University of Melbourne Department of Paediatrics, along with the RCH Foundation, are on site with the hospital in Parkville. Together, we are committed to improving the health outcomes for children today and in the future.
In 2016–17, more than 85,654 children attended our Emergency Department, 322,291 specialist clinic appointments were held which was almost 70,000 more than the previous year, more than 17,000 surgeries were performed and more than 48,552 children were admitted to our wards.
