Registered Dental Assistant III Camarillo

Clove Dental•Camarillo, CA

About The Position

The Registered Dental Assistant III provides advanced chairside and clinical support to dentists, helping deliver patient care efficiently and maintain smooth clinical operations. The role includes assisting with general and more complex dental procedures, capturing diagnostic-quality X-rays within the permitted scope, documenting treatment plans and clinical information in Open Dental, and supporting procedures such as intraoral scanning, impressions, and clinical photography. Duties also include sterilization, lab case and supply management, operatory setup and turnover, patient support, and maintaining office cleanliness. As a senior clinical-support resource, the assistant trains and onboards other back-office team members, helps onboard dentists and assistants to the company’s workflows, and coordinates clinical execution when needed. The listed pay range is $33–$37 per hour.

Requirements

Current California Dental Radiation Safety (X-Ray) Certificate; the posting states “6 years above,” often times RDA-EFI or RDA-EFII.
Ability to perform the listed clinical duties within the permitted scope of practice.

Responsibilities

Assist dentists during procedures and provide chairside support for general and more complex dental procedures, anticipating provider needs.
Enter doctor treatment plans and required clinical information into patient charts and support completion of documentation in Open Dental.
Take diagnostic-quality dental X-rays within permitted scope and ensure images are captured and documented properly.
Perform permitted chairside duties, including suction, isolation, instrument transfer, and material preparation.
Support intraoral scanning, impressions, clinical photography, and other procedures within permitted scope.
Turn over and disinfect operatories promptly, and prepare rooms, instruments, materials, and procedure setups before each patient.
Seat and prepare patients, review basic medical-history information, and support a comfortable patient experience.
Review charts, medical histories, treatment needs, and required clinical information before seating patients.
Perform coronal polishing, pit and fissure sealants, topical fluoride, temporary restorations, matrix placement and removal, excess-cement removal, and certain orthodontic functions within permitted scope.
Sterilize instruments and organize cassettes.
Monitor lab cases in the office and organize extra supplies.
Monitor dental supplies, order through Dentira as needed, and proactively address supply or equipment issues.
Prepare operatories for the next day and patients, and mark items on the schedule.
Provide warm towels to patients, check patients in when the front office is busy, and escort patients to operatories.
Give new-patient tours and answer patient questions to the best of the assistant’s ability.
Answer phones within two rings when the front office is busy.
Keep operatories, check-in/check-out areas, floors, lights, and doors clean and organized; complete daily, weekly, and monthly back-office housekeeping.
Manage patient flow, help maintain productive schedules, minimize room turnover time, and proactively help providers stay on time.
Arrive on time, remain until closing, and be willing to work as needed.
Listen to feedback and continue to grow; recommend new patients, refer potential staff to recruiting, and volunteer for events, social work, and marketing efforts.
Take ownership of patient, room, and instrument flow to help keep providers on schedule.
Train and support Dental Assistant I and Sterilization Technician team members on clinical workflows, room turnover, sterilization, and company standards.
Serve as a senior clinical-support resource for Dental Assistant I–II and Sterilization Technician team members.
Train and onboard DA I, DA II, and RDA I team members on back-office workflows.
Help onboard new dentists and assistants into Clove’s clinical workflows and standards.
Act as the back-office point person when the Front Office Lead or leadership needs clinical execution coordinated.