Dental Placement Services

Hygienists, dental assistants and front desk staff are the three roles that this Ontario staffing agency fills, and it works only with dental practices. Based in Kitchener, it supplies both temporary and permanent staff across central and southwestern Ontario, and its stated mission is to match qualified, skilled and motivated dental professionals with the staffing needs of each practice.

Covering absences and filling permanent posts

Temporary work is the part of the business that changes week to week. The agency lists long-term contract cover for maternity leave, sick leave and vacation absences alongside shorter placements, so a practice facing a gap has more than one way to fill it. For practices that want to hire for the long run, it keeps a job board of permanent openings that professionals can review and apply to, and it describes itself as helping dental offices with both kinds of staffing.

An app and a calendar for professionals

For candidates, the agency has built its process around flexibility. Professionals can create their own account, set their availability on a calendar and see job offers on their phone, with an app available through the App Store. There is no minimum number of shifts, so people choose when they work. The agency says support is always available by text or phone call, and it promises a safe, reliable and confidential approach to temping in dentistry.

Knowing the practice and the candidate

Recruiters, the agency says, are experienced and take time to get to know both practices and candidates before matching them. The aim is to save practice teams the time spent on recruitment so they can concentrate on patient care. It also runs a referral scheme: a professional who refers a friend or colleague is thanked with a gift card after the person they referred has worked a first shift.

Where it works

Its service area is described in towns and cities: Windsor and London lead the list, followed by Woodstock and Stratford, then Waterloo, Cambridge and Guelph, then Brantford and Hamilton, and finally Burlington, Oakville, Brampton, Mississauga and the wider Greater Toronto Area. The agency's site says it has been placing dental staff since 2009, though older copy gave 2013.

Dental Placement Services is a recruitment agency that works only in dentistry, matching hygienists, assistants and front-desk staff with dental offices. It covers central and southwestern Ontario from a base in Kitchener, and it handles both short-term cover and permanent hires.

Products and services

• Temporary cover: short shifts and longer contracts for maternity leave, sick leave and holiday absences.
• Permanent placement: a job board listing permanent openings for dental professionals.
• Candidate app: professionals set their availability on a calendar and receive job offers on their phone, with no minimum number of shifts.
• Screening and matching: recruiters learn each practice's needs and put forward suitable candidates in confidence.
• Referral scheme: staff who refer a colleague receive a gift card once that person completes a first shift.

Clients

Dental practices across the region, from Windsor and London east through Waterloo, Guelph and Hamilton to Mississauga, Brampton, Oakville and the GTA. On the candidate side it places hygienists, dental assistants and reception staff.

Key facts

• Based in: Kitchener, Ontario, Canada
• Founded: 2009
• Specialism: dental staffing only
• App: available on the App Store