Community Oral Health Officer III - 3 Posts at County Government of Kitui

Salary Scale: Ksh. 26,900 x 1,110 – 28,010 x 1,120 – 29,130 x 1,150 – 30,280 x 1,170 – 31,450 x 1,250 – 32,700 x 1,300 – 34,000 x 1,380 – 35,380 p.m.

Terms of Service: Permanent and Pensionable

Requirements for Appointment

• Be a Kenyan Citizen;
• Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) mean grade C (Plain) with grade C (Plain) in English/Kiswahili and Biology/Biological Sciences and grade C- (Minus) in either Chemistry, Physics/Physical Sciences, Mathematics or General Sciences;
• Diploma in Community Oral Health from Kenya Medical Training College or its equivalent from a recognized institution; and
• Certificate in computer application skills from a recognized institution.

Duties and Responsibilities 

• Participating in oral health demonstrations, exhibitions and giving lectures to communities and schools;
• Collecting data for flouride testing in water samples, analyzing and interpreting results and advising the relevant authorities accordingly;
• Diagnosis and treatment of common dental conditions;
• Temporary and permanent dental restorations;
• Temporary and permanent dental restorations;
• Reducing simple fractures of jaws;
• Extractions and disimpactions;
• Drainage of dental abscess;
• Suturing to stop bleeding; and
• Prescription of analgesics and anti-biotics.