Dental Sterilization Tech III Hillview

Clove Dental•Ventura, CA

16h

About The Position

The Dental Sterilization Tech III leads the daily sterilization workflow, ensuring instruments are cleaned, disinfected, packaged, sterilized, stored, organized, and available when needed without disrupting patient care. The role maintains sterilization areas and equipment, completes required testing and logs, and monitors infection-control documentation for missing or incomplete requirements in accordance with Company protocols, OSHA, and infection-control standards. The position also supports dental assistants and providers with permitted clinical-support duties, including X-ray setup when appropriately trained and legally permitted, basic room setup and breakdown, and other non-clinical needs. Duties include organizing and stocking supplies, monitoring lab cases, scanning and sending lab cases, maintaining clean and organized clinical areas, and turning over treatment rooms between patients. The role follows HIPAA, OSHA, infection-control, attendance, dress, name-badge, and other Company standards. It also includes leadership and operational responsibilities such as holding Sterilization Technician I–II team members accountable for assigned work, answering phones as needed, supporting recruiting and Company events, and performing other duties as assigned.

Requirements

Follow Company infection-control protocols and applicable OSHA standards.
Perform X-ray setup only when appropriately trained and legally permitted.
Follow HIPAA, OSHA, infection-control, attendance, dress, name-badge, and other Company standards.
Maintain separation of clean and contaminated items when transporting instruments, materials, and supplies.
Be punctual and stay until close; be willing to work as needed.

Responsibilities

Clean, disinfect, package, sterilize, organize, and properly store dental instruments according to Company infection-control protocols.
Lead the daily sterilization workflow and ensure instruments are properly processed and available when needed without disrupting patient care.
Maintain sterilization areas and equipment, complete required testing and logs, and monitor infection-control documentation for missing or incomplete requirements.
Support X-ray setup and other permitted clinical-support duties when appropriately trained and legally permitted.
Stock operatories, sterilization areas, and clinical supplies; notify the appropriate team member when inventory is running low.
Monitor lab cases in the office, and scan and send 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 quickly and thoroughly between patients, including 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 and 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 clinical or operational duties as assigned.
Hold Sterilization Technician I–II team members accountable for completing assigned sterilization, turnover, stocking, and cleaning responsibilities to the required quality.