Job Purpose

To provide preventive, restorative, and interceptive dental care for infants, children, and adolescents, including care for patients with special health needs.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Conduct comprehensive paediatric dental assessments and formulate age-appropriate treatment plans.
• Provide restorative, endodontic, minor surgical, and interceptive orthodontic care for children.
• Manage dental emergencies, dental trauma, and dental pain in paediatric patients.
• Deliver behaviour guidance and, where indicated, sedation/GA care in collaboration with anaesthesia.
• Educate caregivers on preventive oral health and caries-risk management.
• Participate in community oral health promotion and school-based initiatives.
• Supervise and mentor dental officers, interns, and students.
• Contribute to audits, research, and quality improvement in paediatric dentistry.

Qualifications & Requirements

• Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS) from an institution recognized by KMPDC.
• Master of Dental Surgery in Paediatric Dentistry or equivalent qualification from an institution recognized by KMPDC.
• Registration with the Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentists Council (KMPDC).
• Recognition as a specialist/sub-specialist by KMPDC.
• Retention in the KMPDC register.
• Valid Practice License from KMPDC.
• Valid Indemnity Cover.
• Proficiency in computer applications.
• Compliance with Chapter Six (6) of the Constitution of Kenya, 2010.

Core Competencies

• Clinical Excellence: Demonstrated expertise in the stated specialty and evidence-based practice.
• Professional Integrity: High ethical standards, accountability, and sound clinical judgement.
• Compassionate Care: Patient- and family-centered approach that is respectful and culturally sensitive.
• Collaborative Teamwork: Effective engagement within multidisciplinary teams.
• Effective Communication: Clear, timely, and empathetic communication with patients, families, and colleagues.
• Continuous Learning & Teaching: Commitment to CPD, teaching, mentorship, quality improvement, and research

• Conduct comprehensive paediatric dental assessments and formulate age-appropriate treatment plans.
• Provide restorative, endodontic, minor surgical, and interceptive orthodontic care for children.
• Manage dental emergencies, dental trauma, and dental pain in paediatric patients.
• Deliver behaviour guidance and, where indicated, sedation/GA care in collaboration with anaesthesia.
• Educate caregivers on preventive oral health and caries-risk management.
• Participate in community oral health promotion and school-based initiatives.
• Supervise and mentor dental officers, interns, and students.
• Contribute to audits, research, and quality improvement in paediatric dentistry.

• Clinical Excellence: Demonstrated expertise in the stated specialty and evidence-based practice.
• Professional Integrity: High ethical standards, accountability, and sound clinical judgement.
• Compassionate Care: Patient- and family-centered approach that is respectful and culturally sensitive.
• Collaborative Teamwork: Effective engagement within multidisciplinary teams.
• Effective Communication: Clear, timely, and empathetic communication with patients, families, and colleagues.
• Continuous Learning & Teaching: Commitment to CPD, teaching, mentorship, quality improvement, and research
• Proficiency in computer applications.

• Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS) from an institution recognized by KMPDC.
• Master of Dental Surgery in Paediatric Dentistry or equivalent qualification from an institution recognized by KMPDC.
• Registration with the Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentists Council (KMPDC).
• Recognition as a specialist/sub-specialist by KMPDC.
• Retention in the KMPDC register.
• Valid Practice License from KMPDC.
• Valid Indemnity Cover.
• Compliance with Chapter Six (6) of the Constitution of Kenya, 2010.