Orthodontic Assistant/Dental Nurse

At Folktandvården Västra Götaland, you contribute to equitable health and quality of life for all people at every stage of life. Here, you will encounter a culture characterized by collaboration, commitment, and joy, with access to modern technology and experts in all areas. There is always someone to learn from and many to enjoy working with. We offer the stability for a secure everyday life and opportunities to grow throughout your professional career.

Become part of something bigger. Welcome to Folktandvården!

Do you want to help create smiles with us?

We are looking for an orthodontic assistant/dental nurse with an interest in orthodontics who is also interested in eventually undergoing orthodontic assistant training.

The orthodontic assistant training is a 2-year supplementary education that takes place during working hours and is funded by the employer.

Welcome to apply even if you are new to the profession.

Main Responsibilities and Tasks

At the Orthodontic Clinic, you will meet patients of all ages with various care needs. As a dental nurse with us, you play an important role in ensuring that patients feel well received and secure during their visit. You will utilize your entire skill set while the position also requires creativity, empathy, and a sense of service. We work in teams with varying compositions, where dental nurses and orthodontic assistants independently perform part of the patient treatment within their area of competence.

Your duties include:

• Assisting in examinations and treatments
• Your own patient treatments within your competence
• X-ray management
• Photography
• Intraoral scanning
• Administrative tasks

The Orthodontic Clinic is a large clinic with approximately 50 employees and 12 training positions for national and international specialist training of dentists. The clinic is located at Odontologen along with the area's other specialist clinics.

Please read more about our opening hours and how to find us: Orthodontics, Gothenburg - Folktandvården (vgregion.se) (https://www.vgregion.se/introduktion)

Competence Requirements and Profile

Orthodontic assistant or trained dental nurse with education from MYH (The Swedish National Agency for Higher Vocational Education)

• Knowledge of the Swedish language equivalent to Swedish high school or Swedish C1 in both spoken and written form
• Good computer skills
• Ability to manage administration independently
• Ability to organize and prioritize work effectively and wisely
• Ability to give a stable and calm impression even when there is a lot to do
• Ability to collaborate and relate to others in a responsive manner
• Contribute to the development of the organization by actively participating in the clinic's improvement work

Since the clinic conducts international specialist training, knowledge of English is an asset. In a large clinic with many employees, flexibility is highly valued.

If you are new to the profession, you will receive an individually tailored mentoring program during your initial period. The mentoring program is part of our two-year development program for newly qualified dental nurses.

About the Recruitment Process

If you are not already employed with us, you will be contacted by a recruiter from the HR unit for an interview. After the application period ends, the clinic manager will select candidates and invite them for an interview at the clinic. These interviews are scheduled for week 10.

Folktandvården Västra Götalandsregionen conducts checks in suspicion and criminal records before employment.

About Västra Götalandsregionen

Västra Götalandsregionen exists for the people of Västra Götaland. We ensure that there is good health and medical care for all. We work for sustainable development and growth, a good environment, improved public health, a rich cultural life, and good communication throughout Västra Götaland.

Västra Götalandsregionen actively works to digitize more work methods. To be part of the digital transformation, you should have basic skills and be able to use digital tools and services. You can search for information, communicate, interact digitally, are risk-aware, and have the motivation to participate in the development to learn new things.

Västra Götalandsregionen places all permanent employees in crisis management.

If you want to know more about Västra Götalandsregionen, you can visit our introduction for new employees at the link https://www.vgregion.se/introduktion (https://www.vgregion.se/introduktion). You can also read more in the presentation at https://mellanarkiv-offentlig.vgregion.se/alfresco/s/archive/stream/public/v1/source/available/sofia/rs4011-467070786-672/surrogate (https://mellanarkiv-offentlig.vgregion.se/alfresco/s/archive/stream/public/v1/source/available/sofia/rs4011-467070786-672/surrogate).

Application

Västra Götalandsregionen prefers that you register your application via the recruitment system. If you as an applicant have questions about the advertised position or for specific reasons cannot register your information in a public system - please contact the contact person for the respective ad.

To staffing, placement, and recruitment companies and to you as a seller: We kindly but firmly decline direct contact with staffing, placement, and recruitment companies as well as other external actors and sellers of additional job ads. Västra Götalandsregionen has contracted agreements.