Dental Clinic
Provides general, preventive and emergency dentistry in a four-chair clinic, including radiography, hygiene and oral health education, and runs the instrument reprocessing room that also serves the treatment rooms at Warners Bay.
What the team is accountable for
- Chairside assistance for all dental procedures
- Reprocess and sterilise reusable instruments and track every load
- Take and process dental radiographs under supervision
- Manage dental stock, materials and equipment maintenance
- Deliver oral hygiene instruction and school programs
How we know it is working
Who works here
Dr Anton Kowalczyk
Anton leads the dental clinic, owns the radiation safety and sterilisation systems and has practised dentistry in Lake Macquarie for eleven years.
Aisha Rahimi
Aisha assists chairside, coordinates the reprocessing room and steriliser records and has worked in dental assisting for nine years.
Where the work is recorded
Reprocessing and Steriliser Load Log
Tracks every steriliser load from packaging to release, with cycle parameters, indicator results, the operator and the release decision, so instruments can be traced to patients.
Patient Records and Appointments
The appointment book and patient register for all sites, recording bookings, arrivals, clinicians, consultation type and follow-up actions.
Clinical Incident and Hazard Register
Records clinical incidents, near misses, medication and specimen errors, staff injuries, privacy breaches and hazards with a severity rating, review status and actions.