Dental Officer at Tenwek Hospital

Job Summary

• Reporting to the Director Medical Services through the Head of Clinical Services, the Dental Officer exists to provide dental services to patients in the hospital; ensure provision of quality and timely dental services, quality patient care and dental counselling at Tenwek Hospital.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Conduct dental outpatient clinics in line with the hospital schedules and attend to both walkin and referred patients.
• Attend to all patients who require dentist’s review within hospital standard operating procedures, national and international guidelines.
• Be available for dental emergencies in the occasion that they occur. The Dental Officer in
• Charge will come up with a coverage schedule for the same.
• Accurate and clear documentation of patient history, physical examination, investigations, and management.
• Provide clarity of investigations to be carried out and interpretation of the results and ensure update to the patients and the next of kin.
• Facilitate patient admissions, necessary consents, and discharges.
• Counsel clients on treatment and compliance to treatment (patient and family) while ensuring their participation in decision making in their management.
• Carry out procedures and surgical interventions as per authorized/licensed privileges while ensuring high quality of care/services and safety of patients.
• Conduct family conferences in line with hospital standard operating procedures Participate in grand rounds, morbidity, mortality audits and meetings, and professional educational activities.
• Participation in incident reporting, root cause analysis and Quality Improvement Plan
• Participate in the continuous review and improvement of departmental standard operating procedures.
• Facilitate Continuous Medical Education, mentorship, and skills training to colleagues.
• Acquiring new skills on best practices and proactively facilitate implementation.
• Maintain a positive work attitude and foster teamwork.
• Always maintain patient privacy and confidentiality.
• Ensure patient satisfaction through quality of care, communication, feedback, and escalation and demonstrate follow-up and improvement.
• Perform any other duties as assigned from time to time as elaborated by the Director of Medical
• Services or designate.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

• Bachelor of Science degree in Dental Surgery from a recognized institution.
• Must be registered with the Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentist Council and hold a valid practicing license.
• Minimum of 3 years’ relevant experience.