Community Oral Health Officer III (3 Posts)

Terms of Service

Permanent and Pensionable

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 per month.

Duties and Responsibilities

The Oral Health Officer III will be responsible for the following duties:

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

Requirements for Appointment

• Be a Kenyan Citizen.
• Possess a 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.
• Hold a Diploma in Community Oral Health from Kenya Medical Training College or its equivalent from a recognized institution.
• Certificate in computer application skills from a recognized institution.