Dental Assistant

Main Role

The main and regular role consists of providing technical assistance to the client base of one's sector for the realization of dental care-related work for clinical, research, and teaching purposes.

Characteristic Responsibilities

• Welcomes the client base.
• Selects, prepares, and installs the appropriate materials and equipment and assists the required persons during clinics, laboratories, and courses. Performs minor laboratory work.
• Familiarizes the people of one's sector with the operation of the devices, the handling of the instruments specific to the work to be done, and the use of the products.
• Within the limits of one's function, provides the necessary care and gives information and recommendations to the client base.
• Develops, duplicates, and identifies the radiographs.
• Uses, cleans, sterilizes, stores, checks, and maintains the dental instruments. As needed, sees to the repair of the instruments and equipment.
• Keeps track of the inventory of the materials of one's sector and ensures their supply.
• Follows up on work done by dental laboratories.
• Checks and files documents, files, or formulas.
• Completes various forms and writes reports related to one's work.
• Note

The tasks mentioned reflect the characteristic elements of the identified function and should not be considered as an exhaustive enumeration of all the occupational requirements inherent to the position.

Required Qualifications

Education

• D.E.P. in dental assisting or equivalent

Experience

• One (1) year of relevant experience
• Other

For office tools, practical knowledge of a recognized software within each office tool family will be considered sufficient.

The regular and temporary employee who does not meet the normal requirements of the position may supplement as follows

• each year of missing relevant education can be compensated by two (2) years of relevant experience acquired at Université Laval or another employer;
• each year of missing relevant education can be compensated by one (1) year of education at the same or higher level in the same field of study as required;
• each year of missing relevant experience can be compensated by one (1) year of additional relevant education to the minimum education required for the position in the same field of study as required.
• All open
• All close
• Cyclic Position

From the beginning of September to mid-June (according to the university and/or academic calendar or according to the needs of the service (clinical activities)).

For Information

The person occupying this function is responsible for several tasks related to dental assisting. They may be called upon to work in the various dental clinics of the faculty.

Tasks and Responsibilities

• Provide dental assisting to the client base of one's sector and ensure that the protocols are followed;
• Ensure the proper conduct of the treatments;
• Prepare the necessary instruments and materials;
• Prepare and provide the materials to the students for each discipline;
• Manage the orders;
• Welcome and reassure the patients of the required persons;
• Assist the required persons during various treatments.
• Perform the sterilization of the materials in accordance with the asepsis norms.
• Assets
• 6 months of recent experience in implantology, periodontology, or endodontics
• Knowledge of the Dentonovo and Salud software will be considered

The person may be called upon to work in the various clinical sectors of the Faculty.

Application

Interested employees must submit their application by clicking on the apply button and attach a recent curriculum vitae.

For information, contact Renée Savard at the following address renee.savard@vrrh.ulaval.ca

For internal people only , you must also send a copy of your application to the

Syndicat des employés/es de l'Université Laval

Office 3578

Alphonse-Desjardins Pavilion seul@seul.ulaval.ca

When the posting is filled, the name and seniority of the person who obtained it will be mentioned on the Human Resources intranet, in the "Results of Contests" section.

Valuing diversity, Université Laval invites all qualified persons to apply, especially women, visible and ethnic minorities, Indigenous people, and people with disabilities. Priority will, however, be given to persons with Canadian citizenship or permanent resident status.

Work Location

Faculty of Dental Medicine

Dental Medicine Pavilion

City of Quebec

Job Offer Number 17935

Posting Period

From 03-09-2026 to 11-09-2026

Position Status and Eligibility

• Regular unionized position
• Open to all

Position Details

• Class 9
• Hourly rate 27.77$ to 31.94$
• Annual salary 49,235.16$ to 56,631.39$

Position number 71845

• Employment regime 28 hours/week
• Schedule Part-time,
• Fixed schedule

Fixed schedule of 28h/week - distributed from Monday to Friday between 8:30 and 5:00 PM (one day/week may be called to finish at 6:00 PM) - to be determined at the beginning of each session according to the needs of the sector.

Operating Budget

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