Lead Dental Assistant – Back-Office Operations

Hightstown Family Dentistry; Hightstown (NJ); On-site; USD 48,000 - 64,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k)

Bonus based on performance

Health insurance

Job summary

Hightstown Family Dentistry seeks an experienced Lead Dental Assistant to oversee the clinical back office and daily operations, ensuring smooth, efficient patient flow and adherence to safety standards.

This hands-on leadership role requires exceptional organization, proactive problem-solving, staff training, scheduling, inventory control, and maintaining an organized, sterile, treatment-ready environment.

Spanish bilingual is a plus and helps communication with diverse patients.

Qualifications

• exceptionally organized, proactive, dependable, detail-oriented, personable and accountable.
• natural leader who can prioritize, delegate, follow up, solve problems and maintain high standards for the clinical team.
• should understand what needs to be done, what is running low, what is missing or broken, and what is scheduled next.

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.

Job description

Hightstown Family Dentistry seeks an experienced Lead Dental Assistant to oversee the clinical back office and daily operations, ensuring smooth, efficient patient flow and adherence to safety standards.

This hands-on leadership role requires exceptional organization, proactive problem-solving, staff training, scheduling, inventory control, and maintaining an organized, sterile, treatment-ready environment.

Spanish bilingual is a plus and helps communication with diverse patients.