Job Purpose
Dental Officers are responsible to a Dental Specialist in providing diagnostic, curative, preventive and rehabilitative dental services.
Duties and Responsibilities
Provide leadership to service delivery, coordinate work schedules and prepare
medical reports.
Ensure smooth running of the delivery services by ensuring the ensuring the
equipment is in good working condition.
Prepare medical legal reports for all patients as may be required by police, legal
professionals, and insurance
Represent the department in courts of law on matter arising from the services delivery
Seeking to establish strategic partnership and collaboration with stakeholders in
support of improvement, in service delivery in the department.
Creating initiative to create innovations aimed at improving service delivery as the
head of innovation team
Carrying out clinical audits to identify the points of weakness and give
recommendations on improvements.
Attending to our patients referred to dental from public health facilities.
Carry out diagnosis of patients.
Investigate the patients and interpretation of the interpretation reports
Prescribing treatment modalities.
Carrying out procedures.
Managing the inpatients in conjunction with specialists
Teaching interns doctors and students from various institutions.
Providing leadership in the departmental procedures to supporting staff, nursing and technical staff
Ensuring proper data entry in the diary work registers.
Carrying out research in collaboration with the researchers on various forms of
treatment and new emerging techniques of management of patients
Qualifications and Experience
Bachelor of Dental Surgery (DS) degree or equivalent qualification from an institution
recognized by the Medical Practitioners and Dentists Council.
Proof of completion of a one (1) year internship
Registration Certificate by the Medical Practitioners & Dentist Council.
Valid practicing license from Medical Practitioners and Dentists Council.
Professional Indemnity Cover.
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Interested applicants who meet the requirements are requested to download and fill the application form available on KNH Website www.knh.or.ke. The application form together with a
detailed C.V listing the qualifications, experience, current responsibilities, copies of testimonials and certificates must be submitted on or before 16th May 2022 to the address below:-The Chief Executive Officer
Kenyatta National Hospital
P.O Box 20723-00202
NAIROBI“Kenyatta National Hospital is an equal opportunity employer and qualified candidates with disabilities are encouraged to apply”.NB: requirements of Chapter Six (6) of the Constitution of Kenya,2010: -“ANY FORM OF CANVASSING WILL LEAD TO AUTOMATIC DISQUALIFICATION”
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