Job Summary
Liverpool University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Aintree site wishes to appoint a full time locum for service at Dental Core Trainee grade on a fixed term contract to 3rd September 2025.
The Regional Maxillofacial Unit provides a comprehensive service in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery to the residents of South Sefton and Liverpool and more broadly to Merseyside and Cheshire as a whole.
The Regional Unit operates a ‘hub and spoke’ arrangement with other hospitals in the region. Most major surgery carried out centrally at the hub (Aintree) and numerous outpatient and minor surgery arrangements peripherally in the spoke hospitals.
The successful candidate will also participate in the Core Trainee MFU 1:8 or 1:9 full shift rota.
Applicants are required to be fully registered with the General Dental Council .
Main duties of the job
Within the full shift pattern, DCTs work across all areas of clinical practice in the hospital. This includes night cover, ward duty, trauma cover (including a trauma clinic and theatre), consultant clinics, ward work, Minor Oral Surgery under LA, GA day-case surgery, and inpatient operating lists.
There are sessions allocated for audit and education.
There are 30 inpatient beds in the MFU. We are an accredited practice development unit (PDU) and encourage multi-disciplinary working.
The DCT is responsible for the organisation of day to day management of the patients admitted under the care of the OMFS consultants under the supervision of the specialty registrars.
Person Specification
Audir/Research
Essential
- Have completed an audit project
Desirable
- Evidence of publication/ presentation
Qualifications
Essential
- Full registration as a dentist with GDC
Desirable
- Part 1 MFDS/MJDF
- Additional relevant academic qualifications
- Academic distinctions
- Have completed Dental Foundation or demonstrate equivalence
Experience
Essential
- Minimum of 1 years recognised experience in clinical dentistry when taking up post
Communication skills
Essential
- Good verbal and written communication skills
Training
Essential
- Evidence of Continuing Professional Development
Clinical Skills
Essential
- Demonstrate good current basic knowledge and skills
Attitudes and Attributes
Essential
- Demonstrate good verbal, written, interpersonal and IT communication skills
- Understanding of Professionalism
- Awareness of Role of DCT training
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Closing Date: 18 July 2025
