Operating room assistant

We are seeking a clinic assistant with ORTO experience for the Svendborg Municipality Dental Service

The Dental Service is looking for a experienced and engaged clinic assistant with experience in orthodontics, who would like to work independently with delegated tasks and their own patients in our ORTO team.

With us, you will become part of a strong professional community consisting of a full-time specialist dentist, a part-time specialist dentist, five clinic assistants and a dental technician. In addition, we have consultants attached to the house who contribute to our operations, professional development and sparring.

A workplace with professionalism and community

Orthodontics – and the entire Dental Service – is a spacious workplace, both personally and professionally. We help each other in daily work, value open and respectful dialogue, and have a culture where both humor and smiles are a natural part of the workday.

We are based in a modern clinic building with 20 clinics and 50 employees. Here we work closely across professional boundaries on the many tasks we handle – including surgery and treatment under anesthesia. We work with modern technological equipment, including digital scans and we have our own CBCT scanner.

With us you get the opportunity to

• work independently with your own tasks and patients
• become part of a strong orthodontic team
• ongoing professional sparring and development
• a workplace focused on well-being and collaboration

A dental service with many different users

The Dental Service serves around 14,300 users aged 0–100 years. It is a large and varied group consisting of children, youths, the elderly, physically disabled, mentally vulnerable and socially vulnerable citizens.

We handle all tasks within municipal dental care, including

• Child and adolescent dental care
• Orthodontics
• Care-, social- and special dental care

In addition, we also treat orthodontic patients from Ærø Municipality.

Who are you?

We expect that you

• have experience within orthodontics
• work engaged and with a high professional level
• thrive with independent tasks and responsibility
• are positive, curious and see strengths in people’s differences
• have good collaboration and communication skills

Our culture

We work in self-managing teams, where there is a high degree of freedom to make decisions in daily work – naturally in interaction with management, other teams and the Dental Service’s shared framework.

For us, it is important that everyone feels valued and included in the workday. There is room for your voice, and we also expect you to use it. Together we create safe and trusting relationships, where you can develop both your professional and personal strengths.

Terms of employment

• Salary and terms of employment according to current collective agreement .
• For this type of position, dental clinic assistants in the Svendborg Dental Service are typically paid at salary grade 26–32. In Svendborg Municipality, the salary for a clinic assistant is calculated at 36,367 to 46,699 DKK per month when converted to full-time employment (37 hours), cf. EU wage transparency directive. Full-time employed clinic assistants in the Svendborg Dental Service are employed on converted time with a employment fraction of 33.71 wage hours at 37 actual hours per week. The salary is calculated including pension, special holiday allowance and fixed allowances. There may also be shift allowances and other special payments. It is important to note that your exact salary is determined based on your experience, seniority and competencies and is negotiated with the respective professional organization.
• The HR department will obtain child protection clearance for the applicant who is hired. It is a condition of employment that the clearances are satisfactory for the position. The assessment is carried out by the Legal Department in cooperation with the area director.
• Svendborg Municipality has smoke-free working hours . We want smoke-free working hours to contribute to a healthy working environment for all employees.

Application deadline: Sunday, November 22, 2026

Interviews: week 48

Starting date: January 1, 2026 or by agreement

Welcome to Svendborg - the Capital of the Archipelago!

Svendborg has a superb location in the midst of the most beautiful nature, on the edge of the South Funen Archipelago and with a mini-metropolis offering it all. We do not shy away from proudly calling Svendborg the cultural capital of Funen. We have a charming town center and a lively trading town with theatres and museums as well as a vibrant association life.

Our daycare and primary schools are top-rated with a special focus on movement and sport, and we have several higher education institutions that will soon come together in an attractive educational environment by the harbor. Svendborg is located in the center of the country with half an hour to Odense and under two hours to Copenhagen and Aarhus. Svendborg, with its around 60,000 inhabitants, is Funen’s second-largest municipality.