Certified Dental Assistant - BC Cancer
Job in
Kelowna, BC, Canada
Listing for:
PHSA
Per diem
position
Listed on 2026-01-01
Job specializations:
-
Dental / Dentistry
Healthcare Consultant, Dental Assistant
Job Description & How to Apply Below
Certified Dental Assistant
BC Cancer
Kelowna, BC
You’re a dental professional who enjoys working in a team environment, and supporting trusted connections with colleagues and patients alike. You are attentive to details, and take pride in helping to creating a welcoming, inclusive environment for everyone. Kindness, compassion and care are part of who you are, and you are seeking a work environment where you are valued and appreciated.
Perfect for a Certified Dental Assistant looking to maintain skills through casual shifts, you’ll enjoy learning on the job working with patients requiring dental care as part of their cancer journey. CDA Susanna Chow shares: “Oral Oncology is a unique dental department which treats head and neck cancer patients and some of other cancer patients. Our role is to assist dentists to provide dental care for before, during and after cancer treatment, along with oral hygiene information for maintaining good oral health.”
If you thrive on innovation, collaboration, and making a difference every day, this is your next role. to learn more about BC Cancer’s current initiatives.
What you’ll do
The Certified Dental Assistant is part of the dental team at the BC Cancer – Kelowna regional centre, and supports patients receiving chemotherapy or other cancer treatments to help improve and maintain oral hygiene in order to reduce the risk and severity of oral complications. This position participates in clinic operations functions and direct patient care. Usual tasks include:
Participate in management of patients with medical compromise and with possible exposure to medical risk; perform all chair-side duties and coordinate booking for the dental clinic and OR procedures. Assist the Senior Certified Dental Assistant with screening of patients and assessment of dental needs to set priorities for dental visits; schedule appointments; contact patients and arrange appointments in the dental clinic.Communicate with medical and dental staff in the Agency and in the community as necessary to adjust appointment schedules, while ensuring that patient care is not jeopardized.Perform all the chair-side duties of a dental assistant and maintains infection control. Make impressions, deliver fluoride carriers to patients; instruct patients in oral care; perform such other duties from time to time as permitted by the legislation of the College of Dental Surgeons of BC for a certified dental assistant. Assist with OR procedures.Ensure patient charts are requested for patient appointments; check patient chart and treatment plan for completeness, file treatment plans alphabetically.Maintain a double entry system on content of file; log all work; box and file study models; file photographs, dictation, reports, letters and laboratory reports.What you bring
Qualifications
Grade 12 graduation.Graduation from recognized Certified Dental Assistant CourseCurrent registration with the British Columba College of Oral Health Professionals (BCCOHP).1 year of related experience, preferably in a hospital setting; or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience.Demonstrate comprehensive knowledge of the historic and ongoing impacts of settler colonialism and systemic racism on Indigenous Peoples within social and health contexts. This includes understanding how these factors contribute to current health disparities and barriers to care. Show a clear commitment to identifying, challenging, and eradicating Indigenous-specific racism and all forms of discrimination impacting equity-deserving groups within healthcare settings. This involves recognizing personal biases, institutional barriers, engaging in anti-racism education and training and advocating for systemic change.Demonstrated knowledge and understanding of legislative obligations and provincial commitments within BC Cancer contexts found in the foundational documents including Truth & Reconciliation Commission’s Calls to Action (2015), In Plain Sight (2020), BC's Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (2019), United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP), Reclaiming Power and Place Missing and Murdered…
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