Dental Assistant III Puri

Clove Dental•Oxnard, CA

About The Position

The Dental Assistant III provides chairside support to dentists during general and more complex dental procedures, anticipates provider needs, and helps maintain efficient clinical flow. The role includes preparing patients and operatories, taking diagnostic-quality dental X-rays within the permitted scope, supporting intraoral scanning, impressions, and clinical photography, and completing accurate clinical documentation in Open Dental. The position also supports instrument sterilization, lab case and supply management, office cleanliness, and patient experience. As a senior clinical-support resource, the Dental Assistant III trains and coaches Dental Assistant I–II and Sterilization Technician team members and reinforces consistent clinical, sterilization, and infection-control standards. The listed pay range is $27–$32 per hour.

Requirements

Current California Dental Radiation Safety (X-Ray) Certificate.
Four years or more of experience, as indicated by “4years above.”

Responsibilities

Assist dentists during procedures and anticipate provider needs during general and more complex dental procedures.
Prepare operatories, instruments, materials, and procedure setups before each patient; prepare rooms for the next day and mark them on the schedule.
Seat and prepare patients, review basic medical history information, and support a comfortable patient experience.
Review patient charts, medical histories, treatment needs, and required clinical information before seating patients.
Take diagnostic-quality dental X-rays within the permitted scope and ensure images are properly captured and documented.
Provide suction, isolation, instrument transfer, material preparation, and other permitted chairside duties.
Support intraoral scanning, impressions, clinical photography, and other procedures within the permitted scope.
Enter doctors’ treatment plans and required clinical information into charts, and support completion of documentation in Open Dental.
Turn over and disinfect operatories promptly to maintain patient flow and provider schedules.
Sterilize instruments and keep cassettes organized.
Monitor lab cases in the office and monitor dental supplies; order supplies through Dentira as needed and keep extra supplies organized.
Maintain stocked and organized operatories and promptly communicate supply, equipment, or clinical-flow issues.
Manage patient, room, and instrument flow; minimize room turnover time, anticipate schedule needs, and help keep providers on time.
Provide warm towels to patients, check in patients when the front office is busy, escort patients to operatories, give new-patient tours when needed, answer patient questions, and answer phones within two rings when needed.
Maintain cleanliness and organization in operatories, check-in/check-out areas, floors, lights, and doors; complete daily, weekly, and monthly back-office housekeeping.
Train, support, and coach Dental Assistant I–II and Sterilization Technician team members on clinical workflows, room turnover, sterilization, and company standards.
Reinforce consistent clinical, sterilization, and infection-control standards.
Arrive on time, stay until close, build schedules to support productive days, and be willing to work as needed.
Listen to feedback and grow, recommend new patients to the offices, refer new staff to the recruiting team, and volunteer for events, social work, and marketing efforts.