About Avenue Healthcare Avenue Healthcare is one of the leading private healthcare groups in East Africa running 3 Hospitals, and 19 Medical Centres 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 healthcare services.

Position: Dentist Position Type: Permanent Location: Kisumu Hospital Department: Medical Services Reports to: OPD Manager

Job Objective/Purpose Provide quality and comprehensive Oral Health Care and Dental Services using the most up to date techniques and equipment within the Avenue group in line with the company policies and procedures.

Key Responsibilities

Carry out emergency dental procedures as well as attend to non-emergency procedures.
Counsel patients on oral hygiene instruction and demonstrate techniques to achieve this.
Examine, diagnose, and treat general oral diseases.
Educate patients and the public on preventive dental care and oral health care.
Record care provided in electronic health record system accurately and completely, reflecting the nature of the contact, the condition of the patient and the care or treatment provided. Complete referrals, data collections instruments and other records or documents as required.
Dental Implant case diagnosis, treatment and long term follow up.
Create treatment plans for patients with complex dental conditions, including surgery and other specialized treatments.
Liaise with Consultants on handling specialized cases, adequate referral, and their follow.
Use dental equipment and tools safely and efficiently, ensuring that all equipment is properly maintained and sterilized.
Supervise dental auxiliary staff to ensure application of proper technique and methods, update staff on new practices and procedure.
Review and develop appropriate policies and procedures for patient care to formulate best practice guidelines.
Ensure adequate knowledge of all Avenue policies, procedures and systems.
Any other duty as may be assigned from time to time by immediate supervisor in line with the job description.

Person Specification

Bachelor of Dental Surgery
Registration by the Kenya Medical Practitioners & Dentists Council
2 years post internship experience in general dentistry and dental implants
Clinical experience in Orofacial Pain and Oral Medicine
Advanced training in ACLS/ATLS
Attention to detail
Result Oriented
Empathetic

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