Dental Officer / Senior Dental Officer

1. Communicating with patients and their families and explaining the condition, conducting tests and treating dental diseases and identifying hidden problems related to dental diseases and mouth.
2. Educating the public to protect teeth from cavities and to maintain overall dental and oral health.
3. Assisting in reducing patient pain during dental care and assisting in reducing pain after dental procedures.
4. Providing services such as implants, crowns and bridges for straightening damaged and missing teeth and providing orthodontic services.
5. Providing services including dental extractions, biopsies and medical operations such as orthodontics.
6. Taking impressions of teeth and jaw and selecting the size and buttons needed to perform dental prostheses.
7. Designing and making spaces for dental services such as dentures and bridges and inserting them in the patient's mouth and providing instructions and prescriptions needed for fabrication for dental prosthetics technicians.
8. Making sure that future needs can be met using prosthetics of the materials being used and the materials being received.
9. Assisting in identifying common diseases such as diabetes in cases of health problems that arise in the mouth.

Educating patients and their families about oral cleanliness, nutrition and maintaining oral health.

Supervising dental hygienists, dental assistants and other team members involved in providing dental care.

Conducting research and publishing information related to principles and discoveries related to dentistry services in scientific reports.

1. Completed application form for the post. (This form is available from the Civil Service Commission website and the office website and counter, and from the link below.) https://www.csc.gov.mv/Policy/Index/51
2. Details of the applicant (including contact phone number and email address).
3. A readable copy of both sides of the card proving that the applicant is a Maldivian citizen (even if the validity period has expired), or if the ID card is lost, the applicant's birth certificate, passport or driving licence.
4. If a staff member with a service agreement to serve the Civil Service / Government is transferred to this position, a letter issued by the office providing the service stating that there is no objection to leaving the position.
5. Copies of educational certificates obtained;

(a) For educational certificates issued by institutions outside Maldives that have been graded by the Maldives Qualifications Authority at a certain level, copies of the educational certificate and transcript; or: in cases where there is no certificate, a copy of the letter confirming completion of the course and a copy of the assessment report and transcript issued by the Maldives Qualifications Authority.

(b) Copies of educational certificates and transcript issued by local educational institutions in Maldives; or copies of letter confirming completion of the course and copies of transcript.

1. Licence or Registration
2. Copies of documents covering the following criteria providing work experience:

(a) If work experience has been gained in a civil service post, in a state institution, in a government-owned company, a letter from that office stating the work undertaken, the period of work (in years, months and days), and the responsibilities of the post (if work has been undertaken in different posts in one institution, the responsibilities should be stated separately for each).

(b) For work experience within the civil service that cannot be verified from https://myaccount.csc.gov.mv/, a letter from that office stating the work undertaken and the period (in years, months and days) confirmed by that office, and stating the responsibilities of the post (if work has been undertaken in different posts in one institution, the responsibilities should be stated separately for each).

(c) If work experience has been gained in a private company or private organisation, a letter from that organisation stating the work undertaken, the period of work (in years, months and days), the responsibilities of the post (if work has been undertaken in different posts in one institution, the responsibilities should be stated separately for each) and the number of staff at the workplace.

(d) If work has been undertaken in a national or international association or society, a letter from that organisation stating the work undertaken, and the period (in years, months and days), and the responsibilities of the post (if work has been undertaken in different posts in one institution, the responsibilities should be stated separately for each). This letter should state whether the position held is a salaried position or not, or alternatively, an official letter from that organisation confirming this.

(e) If work has been undertaken in a dissolved state institution, or in a dissolved private company or private organisation, or in a dissolved national or international society or association, and a letter from that office stating the work undertaken and the period of work (in years, months and days) and the responsibilities of the post (if work has been undertaken in different posts in one institution, the responsibilities should be stated separately for each) cannot be obtained, the "Reference Check Form for Work Experience from a Dissolved Workplace" found in Table 8 of the Recruitment Rules.

The criteria for determining the most suitable person for this post are set out in the "Guidelines and Procedures for Recruitment and Appointment to Doctor Job Metric Posts 2023".

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Applications for the post should be submitted before 12:00 on 14 October 2026 to Th. Atoll Hospital. Application forms and documents for the post may also be submitted via email to [email protected].

And if the government announces a public holiday before the deadline of this announcement, applications can be received up to the number of days of the announced holiday.

From the applicants for this position, candidates will be shortlisted based on their educational level and experience (if experience is required to meet the basic requirement, after completing that period), and those with the highest points among the applicants for this position will be shortlisted.

The interview and examination for recruitment to this post will be held between 20 October 2026 and 01 November 2026 on a date to be set by this hospital at Th. Atoll Hospital.

Within three days of the interview being held, the "Sheet of Points Awarded to Job Applicants (A2 Sheet)" will be made public at this office and on the office's website. If there is any objection to the points awarded to job applicants, such objection must be submitted to this office within three days of the A2 Sheet being made public.

For clarification regarding this announcement, contact 6782775. Email: [email protected].

The "Guidelines and Procedures for Recruitment and Appointment to Doctor Job Metric Posts 2023" and all documents related to these guidelines can be obtained from the Civil Service Commission website at https://www.csc.gov.mv/Policy/Index/92.