Lead Dental Assistant

Hightstown Family Dentistry; Hightstown (NJ); On-site; USD 52,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k)

Bonus based on performance

Health insurance

Job summary

Hightstown Family Dentistry is seeking an experienced Lead Dental Assistant to oversee the organization and daily operation of our clinical back office. This hands-on leadership role requires initiative, strong organizational skills, and the ability to train staff, delegate tasks, and maintain high standards to keep the schedule running smoothly.

Bilingual in Spanish is a plus, and the ideal candidate will anticipate needs, manage inventory, and ensure a clean, ready-to-treat environment.

Qualifications

• Must have experience leading a dental assisting team.
• Excellent organizational and multitasking abilities.
• Ability to delegate, train staff and monitor performance.
• Strong problem-solving and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead and organize the dental assisting team by delegating responsibilities, training staff, maintaining consistent standards, and following up to ensure duties are completed properly.
• Identify and resolve routine back-office problems proactively and communicate concerns to management.
• Maintain an organized, clean, stocked, and treatment-ready clinical environment including operatories and lab areas.
• Ensure rooms and materials are prepared before they are needed to keep the schedule on track.
• Oversee clinical inventory, sterilization, equipment maintenance, and repairs while minimizing shortages and downtime.
• Remain an active chairside assistant who anticipates the dentist's needs and supports efficient patient flow.

Skills

Leadership

Organization

Communication

Detail-oriented

Dependable

Bilingual Spanish (plus)

Job description

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Bonus based on performance
• Health insurance

Lead Dental Assistant - Clinical Operations

We are seeking an experienced, highly organized Lead Dental Assistant to oversee the organization and daily operation of our clinical back office.

This is a hands-on leadership position for an excellent dental assistant with the organizational ability, initiative, and leadership skills to keep a busy clinical department running efficiently.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and organize the dental assisting team by delegating responsibilities, training staff, maintaining consistent standards, and following up to ensure duties are completed properly.
• Identify and resolve routine back-office problems proactively and communicate significant clinical, equipment, supply, or staffing concerns to management.
• Maintain an exceptionally organized, clean, stocked, and treatment‑ready clinical environment, including operatories, sterilization, storage, supplies, instruments, equipment, and lab areas.
• Stay ahead of the schedule by ensuring rooms, materials, lab cases, implant components, and specialty equipment are prepared before they are needed.
• Oversee clinical inventory, ordering, sterilization, equipment maintenance, and repairs while minimizing shortages, waste, and unnecessary downtime.
• Remain an active and highly capable chairside assistant who anticipates the dentist's needs and helps maintain efficient patient flow.

The Person We're Looking For

We are looking for someone who is exceptionally organized, proactive, dependable, detail-oriented, personable, and accountable. The ideal candidate is a natural leader who can prioritize, delegate, follow up, solve problems, and maintain high standards for the entire clinical team.

Our Lead Dental Assistant should always have a strong understanding of what needs to be done, what is running low, what is missing or broken, what is coming up on the schedule, and whether important tasks have been completed.

The goal is simple: keep the back office organized and running so efficiently that potential problems are identified and addressed before they interfere with the schedule, patient care, or the dentist.

If you are an experienced dental assistant who naturally creates organization, leads by example, and enjoys making a busy dental office run smoothly, we would like to hear from you.

Bilingual in Spanish is a plus