Dental Sterilization Tech III Camarillo

Clove Dental•Camarillo, CA

About The Position

The Dental Sterilization Tech III leads the office’s daily instrument sterilization workflow, ensuring instruments are cleaned, disinfected, packaged, sterilized, organized, stored, and available when needed without disrupting patient care. The role maintains sterilization areas and equipment, required tests, logs, and infection-control documentation in accordance with Company protocols and OSHA standards. It also supports X-ray setup and other clinical-support tasks when appropriately trained and legally permitted. The position stocks operatories, sterilization areas, and clinical supplies; monitors inventory; and manages laboratory cases, including scanning and sending them. It helps maintain clean, organized clinical, sterilization, laboratory, and supply areas, turns over treatment rooms between patients, and transports instruments and supplies while keeping clean and contaminated items properly separated. The role follows HIPAA, OSHA, infection-control, attendance, dress, name-badge, and other Company standards. It supports dental assistants and providers with basic room setup, breakdown, and other permitted non-clinical needs. It also holds Sterilization Technician I–II team members accountable for assigned sterilization, room turnover, stocking, and cleaning responsibilities, and may assist with phones and other office operations as needed.

Requirements

Follow Company infection-control protocols and applicable OSHA standards.
Be appropriately trained and legally permitted to perform X-ray setup and other clinical-support duties.
Follow HIPAA, attendance, dress, name-badge, and other Company standards.
Be willing to work as needed and stay until close.

Responsibilities

Lead the daily sterilization workflow and ensure instruments are properly processed, sterilized, organized, stored, and available when needed.
Clean, disinfect, package, sterilize, and store dental instruments according to Company infection-control protocols.
Maintain sterilization areas and equipment, required testing, logs, and infection-control documentation; identify 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, and notify the appropriate team member when inventory is running low.
Keep instrument cassettes organized and monitor laboratory cases, including scanning and sending cases.
Turn over treatment rooms quickly and thoroughly between patients by disinfecting surfaces and preparing rooms for the next procedure.
Transport instruments, materials, and supplies between operatories and sterilization while keeping clean and contaminated items properly separated.
Maintain clean and organized clinical, sterilization, laboratory, and supply areas throughout the day; assist with office cleaning and supply organization.
Follow HIPAA, OSHA, infection-control, attendance, dress, name-badge, and other Company standards.
Support dental assistants and providers with basic room setup, breakdown, and non-clinical needs within the permitted scope of the role.
Hold Sterilization Technician I–II team members accountable for completing assigned sterilization, turnover, stocking, and cleaning responsibilities to the required quality.
Answer phones within two rings as needed when the front office is busy.
Arrive on time, stay until close, build schedules for productive days, and be willing to work as needed.
Refer new staff to the recruiting team and volunteer for Company events, social work, and marketing efforts.
Perform other clinical or operational duties as assigned.