Registered Dental Assistant I Puri

Clove Dental; Oxnard (CA); Sur place; USD 52 000 - 60 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Clove Dental is seeking a Registered Dental Assistant I in Oxnard, CA. The role involves chairside support, X-ray taking, charting, and ensuring smooth patient flow under minimum requirements.

Ideal candidates hold a California Dental Radiation Safety Certificate and have 1–3 years of experience. The position emphasizes efficiency, instrument sterilization, and excellent patient care within a fast-paced clinic setting.

Qualifications

• Current California Dental Radiation Safety (X-Ray) Certificate is required.
• 1–3 years of dental assisting experience preferred.

Responsabilités

• Assist dentist during procedures and input treatment plans into charts.
• Provide chairside assistance and anticipate provider needs during procedures.
• Take diagnostic-quality dental X-rays within scope and document images.
• Assist with suction, isolation, instrument transfer, and material prep.
• Turn over and disinfect operatories to maintain patient flow.
• Enter clinical information and support charting in Open Dental.
• Maintain stocked operatories and communicate supply issues.
• Independently assist for general and complex procedures.
• Support intraoral scanning, impressions, and photography.
• Help minimize room turnover time to keep providers on schedule.

Connaissances

Chairside care

X-ray procedures

Patient care

Clinical documentation

Formation

California Dental Radiation Safety (X-Ray) Certificate

Outils

Open Dental

Dentira

Description du poste

Registered Dental Assistant I
Pay Range: $25–$29/hour
Minimum Requirement: Current California Dental Radiation Safety (X-Ray) Certificate (1-3years)

• Assist Dentist

  • Assist dentist during procedures

  • Input doctor treatment plan into charts

  • Provide chairside assistance during general dental procedures and anticipate basic provider needs.

  • Take diagnostic-quality dental X-rays within permitted scope and ensure images are properly captured and documented.

  • Assist with suction, isolation, instrument transfer, material preparation, and other permitted chairside duties.

  • Turn over and disinfect operatories promptly to maintain efficient patient flow and provider schedules.

  • Accurately enter required clinical information and support completion of charts and documentation in Open Dental.

  • Maintain stocked and organized operatories and promptly communicate supply, equipment, or clinical-flow issues.

  • Independently provide chairside assistance for general and more complex dental procedures while anticipating provider needs throughout the procedure.

  • Support intraoral scanning, impressions, clinical photography, and other procedures within permitted scope.

  • Drive efficient clinical flow by minimizing room turnover time, anticipating schedule needs, and proactively helping keep providers on time.

• Labs/Supplies

  • Sterilize instruments and make sure cassettes are organized

  • Make sure lab cases in office

  • Monitor dental supplies and order on Dentira as needed

  • Make sure extra supplies are organized

• Patient Experience

  • Perform coronal polishing, pit and fissure sealants, topical fluoride, place and remove temporary restorations, and place/remove matrics, remove excess cement, and certain ortho functions

  • Prepare rooms for next day and patients and mark on schedule

  • Make sure all patients get a warm towel

  • Check in patients as needed when front busy and walk to operatory

  • Give new patient tours when front is busy

  • Answer patient questions to the best of your ability

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

  • Prepare operatories, instruments, materials, and procedure setups before each patient.

  • Seat and prepare patients, review basic medical history information, and support a comfortable patient experience.

  • Review patient charts, medical histories, treatment needs, and required clinical information before seating patients.

• Office Cleanliness

  • Operatories keep organized and clean

  • Check In / Check Out keep clean

  • Floors / Lights / Doors (throughout the office)

  • Complete daily, weekly, monthly back office housekeeping and make sure office is clean

• Leadership

  • Manage flow of patients

  • Arrive on time and stay until close

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

  • Willing to listen to feedback and grow

  • Recommend new patients to our offices

  • Refer new staff to the recruiting team

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

  • Take greater ownership of patient, room, and instrument flow to help keep providers on schedule.

  • Monitor operatory supplies and equipment and proactively address shortages or issues before they disrupt patient care.

  • 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 coach Dental Assistant I–II and Sterilization Technician team members and reinforce consistent clinical, sterilization, and infection-control standards.