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Specialty Dentist in Oral Medicine | Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 31 July 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £52,530 - £82,400 per annum, pro rata |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 30 August 2024 |
| Location: | Liverpool, L3 5PS |
| Company: | Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 6468592/287-DEN-30-24 |
Summary
The postholder will work in the Oral Medicine Department at LUDH where the Consultants in Oral Medicine are Dr Bijaya Rajlawat (Specialty Lead), Professor Anne Field, Dr Daniel Finn and Dr Caroline McCarthy.
The appointee will be expected to liaise with colleagues in Oral Surgery, Oral Diagnosis and Special Care Dentistry as well as other specialties at LUDH and the Trust.
To participate in the Oral Medicine service, including daytime emergency cover andinpatient referralsas required, in conjunction with the senior clinicians.
To participate in quality improvement projects and patient safety initiatives.
The postholder will be expected to engage in their own continuing professional development and to provide continuing dental education for other staff.
Clinical teaching of undergraduate and postgraduate students and junior staff
All clinical staff are accountable and responsible for their own clinical competence and should limit their activity to that which is deemed to be within their competence.
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was created on 1 October 2019 following the merger of two adult acute Trusts, Aintree University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust.
The merger provides an opportunity to reconfigure services in a way that provides the best healthcare services to the city and improves the quality of care and health outcomes that patients experience.
The Trust runs Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital, Liverpool University Dental Hospital and the Royal Liverpool University Hospital.
It serves a core population of around 630,000 people across Merseyside as well as providing a range of highly specialist services to a catchment area of more than two million people in the North West region and beyond.
To hear more about our achievements click here https://www.liverpoolft.nhs.uk/media/13089/1606-annual-report-booklet_final.pdf
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The post is that of Locum Specialty Dentist in Oral Medicine (1.0 WTE) fixed-term for 12 months based at Liverpool University Dental Hospital Hosted by Liverpool University Dental Hospital, Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation.
The clinical duties of the Specialty Dentist will be:
To participate in the Oral Medicine service, including daytime emergency cover andinpatient referralsas required, in conjunction with the senior clinicians.
To undertake oral mucosal biopsies under localanaesthesia.
Together with the consultants, to have continuing responsibility for the care of patients including monitoring of clinical test results and responding to urgent patient queries.
To participate in the training and continuing education of junior hospital staff.
To participate in the teaching of undergraduate dental students if required.
To participate in quality improvement projects and patient safety initiatives.
This advert closes on Wednesday 14 Aug 2024