Dental Nurse

19 July 2024

I.Position Summary:

  • Be available to provide dental treatment in the field according to licenced scope of practice of adental nurse.
  • To provide training to dental students and government staff in preventive and minimally interventiondentistry
  • To plan and administer field based activities including logistic coordination and budget reconciliation
  • To support Collaborating Centre for Innovation in Population Oral Health (CIPO) in preparing storesand performing data entry

II.Duties and Responsibilities:
The overall job description below outlines the main areas of responsibilities of the Employee:

  • Perform team leader duties including Managing budgets for mobile dental trips
  • Take responsibility of managing dental stores and equipment
  • Work as Dr. Tida’s assistant
  • Assist in supervision and teaching of volunteers (foreigners, Cambodian)
  • Delivery of clinical services according to the licenced scope of work which includes Oral Urgent Cares,Atraumatic Restorations and Sealants, placement of topical fluorides and health promotion.
  • Assist in tooth-brushing coordination among healthy kids Partners
  • Advocacy for the Healthy Kids approach and the Ministry of Health’s National Action Plan for OralHealth (2022-2030)
  • Assist to coordinate the Cambodia Smile project
  • Data entry after dental mobile in Healthy Kids Database
  • Communicate and provide support for the Cambodia smile partner health centers
  • Administer training for those in the Healthy Kids and Cambodia Smile network
  • Assist in managing the Stock and maintaining instruments belonging to CIPO
  • Support routine community outreach by UP dental students
  • Perform any other duties that fall within the scope of work of CIPO as may be assigned by the Deanof Faculty of Dentistry.

III.Minimum Qualifications and Requirements:
1.Experience:

  • Field based dentistry experience
  • Leadership experience

2.Education:

  • Dental Nurse Qualification

3.Skills/Competencies:

  • Well organized
  • Able to use WORD and Excel software
  • Good communication skills
  • Able to multitask
  • Have a good understanding of the research process and UP thesis writing guidelines

4.Personal Quality

  • Work well in a team
  • Reliable
  • Attention of details