Lead Dental Sterilization Tech — Instrument Care

Clove Dental; Thousand Oaks (CA); On-site; USD 29,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

Clove Dental is seeking a Sterilization Technician III in Thousand Oaks, CA. The role focuses on cleaning, disinfecting, sterilizing, and properly storing dental instruments while maintaining infection-control standards.

Responsibilities include leading daily workflow, monitoring equipment and logs, assisting with X-ray setup, and ensuring rooms are prepared for each patient. Strong attention to OSHA/ HIPAA guidelines and team collaboration are required.

Qualifications

• Experience sterilizing and storing dental instruments per infection-control protocols.
• Maintain sterilization areas, equipment, logs, and required testing per OSHA and infection-control standards.
• Ability to assist with X-ray setup and permitted clinical-support duties.
• Lead daily sterilization workflow ensuring instruments are ready without disrupting patient care.

Responsibilities

• Clean, disinfect, package, sterilize, and store dental instruments.
• Maintain sterilization areas, equipment, logs, and testing per standards.
• Support X-ray setup and other permitted clinical-support duties.
• Stock operatories, sterilization areas, and notify team when inventory is low.
• Monitor sterilization equipment and infection-control documentation.
• Lead daily sterilization workflow and ensure instruments are ready.
• Scan and send lab cases.
• Turnover treatment rooms quickly and prepare rooms for next procedure.
• Transport items between operatories and sterilization with proper separation.
• Hold Sterilization Technician I–II team accountable for completion and quality of assigned responsibilities.

Skills

Sterilization

Infection-control

Dental instruments handling

Inventory management

Documentation and logs

OSHA compliance

HIPAA compliance

Room turnover

Team leadership

Job description

Clove Dental is seeking a Sterilization Technician III in Thousand Oaks, CA. The role focuses on cleaning, disinfecting, sterilizing, and properly storing dental instruments while maintaining infection-control standards.

Responsibilities include leading daily workflow, monitoring equipment and logs, assisting with X-ray setup, and ensuring rooms are prepared for each patient. Strong attention to OSHA/ HIPAA guidelines and team collaboration are required.