Dental Core Trainee (DCT2)
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
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Job overview
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.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
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.