Dental Specialist at Kitui County

Salary Scale: Ksh.77,527 x 3,877 – 81,404 x 4,070 – 85,474 x 4,274 –89,748 x 4,487 – 94,235 x 4,712 – 98,947 x 4,947 – 103,894 p.m.

Terms of service: Permanent

Responsibilities for the Dental Specialist Job

• Performing specific dental procedures including restorative,prosthodontics, peadodonticts, orthodontics, minor oral-facial surgeries, and periodontology;
• Being on call to review and manage dental health patients;
• Undertaking medico-legal duties which include filling of P.3 forms;
• Undertaking dental examinations, age assessment, and writing dental reports;
• Conducting outreach community oral health services;
• Educating and creating awareness on prevention of dental diseases and dental health;
• Supervising, training and coaching dental interns and students;
• Ensuring that dental health reports are submitted promptly;
• Coordinating capacity building and deployment of dental personnel;
• Any other duty as may be assigned by a competent authority.

Requirements for the Dental Specialist Job

• Be a Kenyan Citizen;
• Served as a senior dental officer for a minimum period of three (3)
• Bachelor of Dental Surgery(DS) degree or any other equivalent qualification from an institution recognized by Medical Practitioners and Dentists Board;
• Masters of Dental Surgery degree in any of the following disciplines:-
• Paediatric Dentistry, Periodontology, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery,Prosthodontics, Dental Biomaterials, Oral Medicine and Oral Pathology, Dental Anaesthesia, Forensic Odontology, Restorative Dentistry, Endodontics, Oral Implantology, Orthodontics, Aesthetic Dentistry, Oral and Maxillofacial /Dental Radiology and Community Dentistry or any other equivalent qualification from an institution recognized by the Medical Practitioners and Dentists Board
• Registration by the Medical Practitioners and Dentists Board;
• Valid practicing license from Medical Practitioners and Dentists Board;
• Training in Strategic Leadership Development Programme, lasting not less than six (6) weeks from a recognized institution;
• Demonstrated the ability and competence in organizing, performing and discharging dental function.