Dental Sterilization Tech II Santa Monica & Beverly Hills

Clove Dental; Santa Monica (CA); On-site; USD 26,000 - 29,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Growth potential

Bonus program

Mentorship

Culture

Job summary

Clove Dental is seeking a Sterilization Technician II to join a fast-growing dental group. The role offers growth potential through an Assistant Track with course reimbursements after tenure, plus a robust bonus program for office and back-office performance.

Responsibilities include cleaning, disinfecting, packaging, sterilizing instruments, maintaining logs, supporting X-ray setup, and upholding OSHA and infection-control standards. Join a team with long-tenure and clear advancement paths.

Qualifications

• Clean, disinfect, package, sterilize, and properly store dental instruments according to Company infection-control protocols.
• Maintain sterilization areas, equipment, logs, and required testing in accordance with OSHA and infection-control standards.
• Support X-ray setup and other permitted clinical-support duties when appropriately trained and legally permitted.

Responsibilities

• Stock operatories, sterilization areas, and clinical supplies; notify if inventory is low.
• Sterilize instruments and organize cassettes to ensure workflow efficiency.
• Monitor sterilization equipment, testing, logs, and infection-control documentation.
• Ensure HIPAA, OSHA, infection-control, attendance, dress, name-badge, and other Company standards are followed.

Skills

Sterilization

Infection-control

Attention to detail

Tools

Sterilization equipment

Job description

Sterilization Technician II

Pay Range: $19–$21/hour

Join a fast growing dental group that has the ability to be your home for a long time! We are looking for team players that want to assist in our dental office.

• Growth potential - our Assistant Track allows you to grow in your back office career with us with reimbursements for courses after tenure with us

• Bonus program - very robust program for office and back office performance

• Mentorship - ability to grow as an assistant with a proven track of progressing from sterilization tech to assistant to RDA

• Culture - many of our team members have worked with us for 5+ years and there is tremendous growth opportunity

Assist Dentist

• Clean, disinfect, package, sterilize, and properly store dental instruments according to Company infection-control protocols.

• Maintain sterilization areas, equipment, logs, and required testing in accordance with OSHA and infection-control standards.

• Support X-ray setup and other permitted clinical-support duties when appropriately trained and legally permitted.

Labs/Supplies

• Stock operatories, sterilization areas, and clinical supplies and notify the appropriate team member when inventory is running low.

• Sterilize instruments and make sure cassettes are organized

• Make sure lab cases in office

• Monitor sterilization equipment, testing, logs, and infection-control documentation and identify missing or incomplete requirements.

Patient Experience

• Follow HIPAA, OSHA, infection-control, attendance, dress, name-badge, and other Company standards.

Office Cleanliness

• Operatories keep organized and clean, Check In / Check Out keep clean, Floors / Lights / Doors (throughout the office)

• 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 proper separation of clean and contaminated items.

• Maintain clean and organized clinical, sterilization, laboratory, and supply areas throughout the day.

Leadership

• Answer phones in 2 rings as needed when front office is busy

• Arrive on time and stay until close

• Build schedules to have productive days and be willing to work as needed

• Refer new staff to the recruiting team

• Volunteer for our events, social work, and marketing efforts

• Support dental assistants and providers with basic room setup, breakdown, and non-clinical needs within the permitted scope of the role.

• Support office cleaning, supply organization, and other clinical or operational duties as assigned.

• Train and support Sterilization Technician I team members on sterilization, turnover, stocking, cleaning, and infection-control workflows.