Job Description
Legacy Dental Health is looking for a Dental Sterilization Technician to join our team.
Sterilization Technician Qualifications
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to satisfactorily perform each essential duty as listed below.
High school diploma or equivalent is required.
Dental experience preferred but not necessary.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
- Adhere to enhanced infection control protocols and PPE requirements
- Process dental instruments and patient care items through the sterilization process safely and efficiently
- Maintain sterilization equipment, following manufacture maintenance guidelines and intervals
- Turn over operatories, transporting dirty instruments to the sterilization area for processing
- Set up treatment rooms for the next patient procedure
- Provide customer service support to patients by escorting them to and from the treatment room as needed
- Expose digital images (as allowed by state guidelines and certificates). Not required but is preferred.
- Assist doctor during the clinical examination
- Record exam notes and treatment plans as needed
- Transition exam information to the front office staff for scheduling purposes, as needed
- Prepare hygiene rooms including, but not limited to, set-up, decontamination, sterilization of all instruments, cleaning handpieces, and restocking supplies
- Assist the hygienist with new patient charting and routine periodontal charting
- Help dental assistants, doctors, and front desk staff, when necessary
- Turn on equipment in the morning and off at night
- Manage supplies, instruments, and the state of treatment rooms
- Disinfect as required by OSHA and state regulations
- Help clinical assistant as needed
- Assistant and support the doctor in the clinical treatment of patients
We Offer:
- Hourly rate
- 4 day work week M-Th
- Uniforms paid for
- 401k
- Paid holidays and vacation days
- Monthly bonus opportunity
- Fun office outings
- Dental care
Please upload your resume or send to office@legacydds.com.