Background

M.P. Shah Hospital, one of East Africa’s leading tertiary healthcare institutions, is seeking an exceptional Community Oral Health Officer to play a strategic role in advancing patient safety, clinical governance, and international accreditation standards. This is a career‑defining opportunity for a medically trained professional with strong analytical depth, systems thinking, and a passion for embedding quality at scale across a complex hospital environment.

Responsibilities

• Examine patients’ teeth and mouth.
• Assess dental condition and needs of patients using patient screening and monitoring procedures.
• Analyze x-rays and evaluate dental needs as necessary including medical history review and dental charting.
• Take, develop and mount radiographs as well as trace radiographs required for corrective treatment.
• Undertake general treatment and care for teeth and tissue problems using specified equipment and tools and established dental hygienist procedures.
• Clean teeth using brushes, and polishers to remove plaque and stains ensuring that sterile conditions are maintained.
• Fill in cavities, rebuild broken teeth, replace missing teeth, and remove unnecessary or severely damaged teeth.
• Treat and help to prevent gum disease.
• Provide instruction on dental care and write prescriptions for patients.
• Make impressions of patients’ teeth for study casts.
• Document patient dental history and/or chief complaints and/or observations.
• Document lab procedures and ensure follow up on results.
• Supervise staff and clinic processes.
• Recommend and ensure cost effective buying of equipment and supplies and maintain proper bookkeeping of the same.
• Keep up-to-date with new developments within the profession maintaining patient dental records.

Qualifications

• Diploma in Community Oral Health.
• Membership with a recognized professional body.
• At least 1 year work experience in a busy Dental clinic

• Examine patients’ teeth and mouth.
• Assess dental condition and needs of patients using patient screening and monitoring procedures.
• Analyze x-rays and evaluate dental needs as necessary including medical history review and dental charting.
• Take, develop and mount radiographs as well as trace radiographs required for corrective treatment.
• Undertake general treatment and care for teeth and tissue problems using specified equipment and tools and established dental hygienist procedures.
• Clean teeth using brushes, and polishers to remove plaque and stains ensuring that sterile conditions are maintained.
• Fill in cavities, rebuild broken teeth, replace missing teeth, and remove unnecessary or severely damaged teeth.
• Treat and help to prevent gum disease.
• Provide instruction on dental care and write prescriptions for patients.
• Make impressions of patients’ teeth for study casts.
• Document patient dental history and/or chief complaints and/or observations.
• Document lab procedures and ensure follow up on results.
• Supervise staff and clinic processes.
• Recommend and ensure cost effective buying of equipment and supplies and maintain proper bookkeeping of the same.
• Keep up-to-date with new developments within the profession maintaining patient dental records.

• Diploma in Community Oral Health.
• Membership with a recognized professional body.
• At least 1 year work experience in a busy Dental clinic