Burnaby, British Columbia
Dental staffing in Burnaby
Cover an open chair in Metrotown, Brentwood, Lougheed or Edmonds, or pick up temp shifts from one of the best-connected places in the region to be based. Two SkyTrain lines put Burnaby practices inside a wider pool of verified professionals than almost anywhere in the metro.
Why coverage works well here
Your shift reaches further from Burnaby
We match professionals to shifts by the distance they are genuinely willing to travel. Two lines running the full width of the city means a Burnaby office falls inside far more of those radiuses than its size would suggest.
Two lines, one municipality
West to eastSchematic. Selected Burnaby stations only, evenly spaced for legibility rather than drawn to distance.
For Burnaby practices
Cover the chair, keep the production
A wider pool than your postcode suggests
Two lines through the city means your shift falls inside the travel radius of professionals living across half the metro, not only the ones in Burnaby.
Post it and get on with the morning
Date, role, nearest station. It reaches everyone in range straight away instead of waiting on callbacks between patients.
Nothing lands on your front desk
On temp and locum bookings we confirm registration, carry insurance and run payroll. You get a covered chair and a single invoice.
A short list you can ask for
Request the professionals who already know your operatory and your dates reach them first. If one of them wants a permanent role, we will tell you. The fee is quoted up front on conversion.
Four centres
Same city, four different asks
Burnaby was planned with four town centres and no downtown, and what a shift needs is not the same in each. Metrotown runs on walk-in volume and long hours. Edmonds runs on relationships with patients who have been coming for years. Naming which one you are in helps, even in a city this compact.
It is also worth telling us what the day actually involves. Hygiene column, assisting, sterilization, front desk cover: the more specific the post, the better the match.
Four town centres
A city with no middleSchematic layout. Tap a centre to hold it.
Metrotown
Extended hours and high walk-in volume, closer to a downtown practice than a suburban one. Front office pressure is real here and worth staffing for specifically.
Brentwood
Newer ground floor practices with young patient lists and a lot of new patient exams. Directly on the Millennium Line, so the pool in range is wide.
Lougheed
On both lines, at the corner Burnaby shares with Coquitlam and New Westminster. One of the most reachable offices you can have in the eastern metro.
Edmonds
Established family practices with a broad multilingual community, where a temp is often covering someone patients have seen for years. Continuity matters more than usual.
For Burnaby professionals
Based here, you can work almost anywhere
A hygienist living near a Burnaby station can take shifts in Vancouver on Monday, New Westminster on Tuesday and Coquitlam on Thursday without ever getting into a car.
The best base in the region
Living near a Burnaby station puts Vancouver, New Westminster, Coquitlam and Port Moody all inside a sensible commute. Set your radius once and the variety comes to you.
Good ground for new graduates
If you trained at BCIT you already know this city. Temping is the fastest way to see a range of practices and find out what kind of office you actually want to work in.
One tax form, however many offices
Every shift runs through WORKFORCE, so a year of working across five practices still lands on a single T4.
Offices you can trust
Practices are vetted before they can post and rated after every shift. The ones that treat professionals poorly lose access to the network.
Roles we staff
Temp and permanent dental staff in Burnaby
Available as a temp shift, a locum block or a permanent placement, across all four town centres.
Temp and permanent dental hygienists in Burnaby
RDHA large share of the province's hygienists trained at BCIT, which is here, so many already know the city and its practices.
hygiene column cover, recall days, maternity and medical leave
More about this roleTemp and permanent dental assistants in Burnaby
CDAChairside cover from the mall-adjacent practices at Metrotown to the newer ground floor clinics around Brentwood.
chairside assisting, second chair, same-day callouts
More about this roleLocum and permanent dentists in Burnaby
Locum cover for owners and associates, with the two SkyTrain lines putting a wide pool of candidates within reach.
locum cover, associate roles, sabbatical and leave blocks
More about this roleDental receptionists and front office staff in Burnaby
Reception for practices running long retail hours at Metrotown, and for the multilingual patient base around Edmonds.
reception cover, scheduling, recall and billing support
More about this roleDental office managers in Burnaby
Interim management, and cover through the fit-outs and relocations that come with a district being rebuilt.
interim management, leave cover, practice transitions
More about this roleSterilization technicians in Burnaby
Reprocessing cover for extended-hours practices where the sterilization area has to keep running.
instrument reprocessing, sterilization area cover
More about this roleHow we supply them in Burnaby
Burnaby staffing questions
Is Burnaby easier to cover than the rest of the metro?
Structurally it has advantages. It is the only municipality with two SkyTrain lines running its full width, so a Burnaby office sits inside the travel radius of professionals living in Vancouver, New Westminster, Coquitlam and parts of Surrey, not just Burnaby residents. That widens who your shift reaches. We still do not publish fill rates or times for any market, because they are not something we control.
Does being near a SkyTrain station change how I should post?
Name the station. A large share of dental professionals here do not drive to work, and proximity to rapid transit is the most reliable predictor of how wide your pool is. Saying you are five minutes from Brentwood does more for a shift than almost any other detail you could add.
Who handles licensing and insurance for a temp in my Burnaby office?
We do, on temp and locum bookings, because the professional is our employee for that shift. We confirm registration in good standing with the BC College of Oral Health Professionals and carry the insurance before they attend, and you get one invoice at an all-in hourly rate. On a permanent hire your practice is the employer and runs its own checks.
Can I ask for the same temp professional again?
Yes, and Burnaby offices do it often. Ask for them by name and your date reaches them ahead of everyone else, which is the part we can influence. Whether they take it is theirs, because a temp accepts each shift on its own and may already be booked. Building a short list of several people who know your operatory is what makes that reliable. If one of them turns out to fit permanently, ask us and we will find out whether they want the job at all, since plenty of temps prefer temping. A placement fee applies if it goes ahead, quoted up front.
I just graduated from BCIT. Can I get temp shifts in Burnaby?
Temp work suits new graduates well, because it lets you see a lot of practices quickly and work out what actually suits you before committing. Join as a Dental Pro, set your radius and your available days, and matching shifts come to you. We confirm your registration before your first booking but we do not assess clinical skill, so the practice judges fit in their own operatory.
What does it cost to use WORKFORCE in Burnaby?
Temp is one all-in hourly rate covering the professional's pay, payroll, remittances and insurance, with nothing to add afterwards. Permanent placement carries a fee on conversion, quoted before you commit and priced competitively against a recruiter. We are an agency and we charge agency fees.
Whichever side of the chair you are on
Temporary staffing, permanent placement and dentist locum cover throughout Burnaby, for the practices that need people and the professionals who want the work.
For dental offices
Cover the chair, or fill the role
Two lines through the city means your posted shift falls inside more professionals' travel radius than almost anywhere in the metro. Licensing, insurance and payroll are handled on every temp booking.
For dental professionals
Pick up the work
One of the best places in the region to be based. Set your radius once and shifts across Vancouver, New Westminster and the Tri-Cities all come within reach.