Dental Sterilization Tech III Marin

Clove Dental•Thousand Oaks, CA

About The Position

The Dental Sterilization Tech III leads the daily sterilization workflow and ensures dental instruments are cleaned, disinfected, packaged, sterilized, stored, organized, and available when needed without disrupting patient care. The role maintains sterilization equipment, testing, logs, and infection-control documentation, and identifies missing or incomplete requirements. It also supports X-ray setup and other permitted clinical-support duties when appropriately trained and legally permitted. The position stocks operatories, sterilization areas, and clinical supplies; monitors lab cases, including scanning and sending them; and maintains clean, organized clinical, sterilization, laboratory, and supply areas. It supports room setup and breakdown, patient-room turnover, office cleanliness, and other assigned clinical or operational duties within the permitted scope of the role. The technician follows Company standards, including HIPAA, OSHA, infection-control, attendance, dress, and name-badge requirements. Leadership duties include supporting colleagues, holding Sterilization Technician I–II team members accountable for assigned work, helping with phones as needed, and participating in recruiting, events, social work, and marketing efforts.

Requirements

Must be appropriately trained and legally permitted for X-ray setup and other clinical-support duties.
Follow HIPAA, OSHA, infection-control, attendance, dress, name-badge, and other Company standards.

Responsibilities

Clean, disinfect, package, sterilize, organize, and properly store dental instruments according to Company infection-control protocols.
Lead daily sterilization workflow and ensure instruments are processed and available when needed without disrupting patient care.
Maintain sterilization areas and equipment, complete required testing and logs, and maintain infection-control documentation; identify missing or incomplete requirements.
Support X-ray setup and other clinical-support duties when appropriately trained and legally permitted.
Stock operatories, sterilization areas, and clinical supplies, and notify the appropriate team member when inventory is running low.
Ensure lab cases are managed in the office, including scanning and sending lab cases.
Follow HIPAA, OSHA, infection-control, attendance, dress, name-badge, and other Company standards.
Keep operatories, check-in/check-out areas, floors, lights, doors, and other office areas clean and organized.
Turn over treatment rooms thoroughly and promptly between patients by disinfecting surfaces and preparing rooms for the next procedure.
Transport instruments, materials, and supplies between operatories and sterilization while maintaining separation of clean and contaminated items.
Support dental assistants and providers with basic room setup, breakdown, and non-clinical needs within the permitted scope of the role.
Answer phones within two rings as needed when the front office is busy.
Arrive on time, stay until close, build schedules to support productive days, and work as needed.
Refer new staff to the recruiting team and volunteer for company events, social work, and marketing efforts.
Support office cleaning, supply organization, and other assigned clinical or operational duties.
Hold Sterilization Technician I–II team members accountable for completing assigned sterilization, turnover, stocking, and cleaning responsibilities to the required quality.