Overview
Avenue Healthcare is one of the leading private healthcare groups
in East Africa running 3 Hospitals, and 13 clinics across Kenya, and a Homecare
business. With over 25 years in the healthcare industry, Avenue Healthcare runs
300 hospital beds with over 1,000 staff members, and more than 400 specialists
and serves over 400,000 patients annually, offering primary, secondary, and
tertiary.
Position
: Dental Assistant
Department
: Medical Services
Reports
to : Dental Surgeon
Location
: Kisumu Hospital
No.
of Posts : 1
Application
Deadline : 2023-05-01
Job Objective/Purpose
Assist the Dental Surgeon
in the provision of comprehensive dental services within the Avenue group in
line with the company policies and procedures.
Key Responsibilities
- 1.
Support dental care delivery by preparing treatment room, instruments, and
materials by following prescribed procedures and protocols.
- 2.
Prepare patient for dental treatment by welcoming, comforting, seating,
review the health form and draping patient.
- 3.
Assemble instrumentation by sterilizing and delivering instruments to
treatment area, positioning instruments for dentists’ access, suctioning,
and passing instruments.
- 4.
Apply the four-handed/ Four-eyes dentistry concept.
- 5.
Assist the dentist by mixing materials.
- 6.
Provide diagnostic information by capturing intra oral photo studies, pulp
vitality testing and pouring, trimming and polishing study casts.
- 7.
Assist with specialty procedures which include periodontal therapy,
endodontic, prosthodontics, oral surgery and implant placement as well as
restoration.
- 8.
Fabricating temporary restoration, shade selection and cleaning and
polishing removable appliances.
- 9.
Educate patients by giving oral hygiene, plaque control and postoperative
instructions including medication prescribed by the dentist.
- 10.
Document dental care services by charting in patient records on dental
software.
- 11.
Maintain safe and clean working environment by complying with procedures,
rules and regulations as per hospital policy.
- 12.
Ensure operation of dental equipment by completing preventive maintenance
requirements, following manufacturer’s instructions, troubleshooting
malfunctions, calling for repairs, maintaining equipment inventories and
evaluating new equipment and techniques.
- 13.
Maintain dental supplies inventory by checking stock to determine
inventory level, anticipating needed supplies, placing and expediting
orders for supplies and verifying receipt of supplies.
- 14.
Conserve dental resources by using equipment and supplies as needed to
accomplish job results.
- 15.
Contribute to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed.
- 16.
Responsible for laboratory maintenance, dental clinical and record
keeping.
- 17.
Follow up on external dental Lab work.
- 18.
Ensure adequate knowledge of all Avenue policies, procedures and systems.
- 19.
Any other duty as may be assigned from time to time by your immediate
supervisor in line with the job description.
Qualifications
·
Diploma in Community Oral
Health or equivalent
• 2 years post internship
experience
• Up to date BLS,
ACLS/ATLS certificate
• Excellent interpersonal
and communication skills
• Attention to detail
• Result Oriented
• Reliable
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