Dental Assistant – Full-Time | $23–$27/hr

Dental Assistant 
Pay Range: $23–$27/hour
Minimum Requirement: Current California Dental Radiation Safety (X-Ray) Certificate(2-4years)

Additional Compensation Consideration:
Compensation is based on experience, qualifications, and clinical skills. Candidates with exceptional experience and qualifications may be considered for higher compensation, subject to management approval.

• 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.

• 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

  • 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.

Employment Information

Benefits
Eligible employees may have access to Company-sponsored benefits, which may include medical, dental, paid sick leave, paid time off, holiday benefits, retirement benefits, employee dental benefits, bonus or incentive opportunities, and other benefits made available to similarly situated employees. Eligibility, waiting periods, coverage, and other terms are governed by the applicable benefit plans and Company policies, which may be amended from time to time subject to applicable law.

Equal Employment Opportunity
Clove Dental is an equal opportunity employer. We make employment decisions without unlawful discrimination, harassment, or retaliation based on any characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law. Clove Dental provides reasonable accommodations to qualified applicants and employees with disabilities, medical conditions, religious needs, and other legally protected accommodation needs. Applicants who require a reasonable accommodation during the hiring process may contact admin@clovedds.com.

California Fair Chance Act
Clove Dental will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in accordance with the California Fair Chance Act. Applicants are not required to disclose criminal history or participate in a criminal background check before a conditional offer of employment, except where otherwise permitted or required by law. Any post-offer consideration of conviction history will be handled in accordance with applicable law.

Applicant Privacy
Clove Dental collects and uses applicant personal information for recruiting, evaluating applicants, hiring, credentialing, background and reference checks, healthcare exclusion screening, legal and regulatory compliance, security, and related employment-administration purposes. Information may include identifiers, contact information, employment and education history, professional credentials, application materials, references, compensation information, and other information relevant to the application process.

Clove Dental does not sell applicant personal information or share it for cross-context behavioral advertising. Additional information regarding the categories of personal information collected, purposes of collection and use, retention, sensitive personal information, and applicable privacy rights is available in Clove Dental’s Notice at Collection of Personal Information for Applicants and Employees, available at https://clovedds.com/privacy. Privacy requests may be submitted to admin@clovedds.com.

At-Will Employment
Employment with Clove Dental is at-will unless otherwise expressly provided in a written agreement signed by an authorized Company representative. This means that either the employee or Clove Dental may terminate the employment relationship at any time, with or without cause or advance notice, subject to applicable law. Nothing in this job posting constitutes a contract or guarantee of employment for any particular duration.

Licensure and Employment Conditions
Where applicable, employment is conditioned upon maintenance of required licenses, registrations, certifications, professional credentials, work authorization, lawful background or reference verification, healthcare exclusion screening, and completion of required onboard