Dental Officer

Health and Life Sciences Discipline

Ref. no : C/CW-HLS/DO/09/26-AP1

Major Duties:

(a) To assist in supervising the oral care workshops or seminars;

(b) To provide dental screening and emergency services for the promotion of dental hygiene and preventive dental service;

(c) To assist senior management in programme design and development, validation and the implementation of quality assurance policy;

(d) To design educational kits to promote oral health care;

(e) To supervise Dental Hygienists and Dental Surgery Assistants’ work; and

(f) To assist Senior Dental Officer in preparing interim report and annual report on the performance of the programme.

Requirements:

(a) A recognised degree in Dentistry or relevant professional qualification in Dentistry, preferably with a post-graduate qualification;

(b) Qualification of registered Dentist under the Dentists Registration Ordinance (Cap. 156) in Hong Kong and valid practicing certificate issued by the Dental Council of Hong Kong;

(c) At least 5 years’ relevant experience;

(d) Good records of professional development and linkages with the industry;

(e) Good administrative, interpersonal, communication and team building skills; and

(f) Good presentation skills and a high level of proficiency in both English and Chinese, preferably including Putonghua.

Notes:

(1) The post is at the rank of Senior Lecturer.

(2) The work location is in IVE (Chai Wan).

(3) Shortlisted candidates will be required to take a written assessment.

(4) The appointee(s) may be required to perform duties outside normal office hours and at different work locations as assigned.

Application Procedures:

Interested applicants should apply for the post via email.  A completed application form [VTC-1 (Rev. 7/2026)], together with a full curriculum vitae, should be sent to [email protected].  Candidates should take note of the following:

(1) Completed application form (VTC-1) and detailed curriculum vitae (CV) should be combined into one file in PDF format with a file size below 10MB.

(2) The file should be saved with the applicant’s name as “surname and given name”, e.g. “CHAN Siu-lam.pdf”.

(3) For the email subject, please cite “Application for  Dental Officer (Ref. No.: C/CW-HLS/DO/09/26-AP1)”.

(4) Original and copy of other supporting documents are to be provided at a later stage upon request.

Closing date for application: 15 September 2026

Applicants not invited for interview within 10 weeks from the closing date may consider their applications unsuccessful. 

The Council reserves the right not to fill the post(s). 

Personal data collected will be used for recruitment purposes only. Information on unsuccessful candidates will normally be destroyed 12 months after the completion of the recruitment exercise.