A Contract Dental Hygienist is mainly deployed on the following duties –

• (a)providing outreach clinical services to pre-school children, including oral health risk assessment, oral screening and application of topical fluoride according to protocols, as well as providing oral health advice and distributing oral health education materials to their parents and caregivers;
• (b)preparing oral health education programmes and oral health training materials to support oral health initiatives;
• (c)conducting oral health education talks for various age groups;
• (d)planning, arranging and implementing educational activities of age-specific oral health promotion programmes within the community;
• (e)providing support for oral health initiatives including but not limited to answering public enquiries and handling public complaints;
• (f)assisting in monitoring the performance of contractor
• (s)in performing outreach services, including but not limited to assisting Dental Officers in conducting audit visits / inspections and vetting clinical records; and
• (g)performing any other duties as assigned by senior officers.

Candidates should –

• (a)have registered with the Dental Council of Hong Kong to practise as a dental hygienist [See Note 2]; and
• (b)have met the language proficiency requirements of Level 2 [See Note 3] or above in Chinese Language and English Language in the Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education Examination or the Hong Kong Certificate of Education Examination (HKCEE), or equivalent; and be able to speak fluent English and Cantonese.