Specialty Doctor

Job Overview

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.

Specialty Dentist in Oral Medicine
Specialty Doctor
Main area
Oral Medicine
Grade
Specialty Doctor
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 10 sessions per week
Job
287-DEN-9-26
Department name
LUH - Medical Staffing
Site
Liverpool University Dental Hospital
Town
Liverpool
Salary
£61,542 - £99,216 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
11/03/2026 23:59

The post is that of a Substantive Specialty Dentist in Oral Medicine (1.0 WTE) 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 and inpatient referrals as required, in conjunction with the senior clinicians.
• To undertake oral mucosal biopsies under local anaesthesia.
• 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.

• Full registration with the United Kingdom General Dental Council (GDC).

• MFDS/FDSRCS or equivalent
• Have a minimum of 4 years' post qualification experience.

• Post graduate clinical teaching qualification.

• Fully subscribed member of a recognised professional defence organisation.

• Commitment to effective departmental management.
• Ability to participate as part of a clinical teaching team.

• Extensive experience in Oral Medicine
• BLS trained
• Ability to participate in training junior hospital staff.

• Experience at Speciality Dentist level in Oral Medicine
• Previous experience as DCT or equivalent in Maxillofacial Surgery/Oral Medicine
• Previous experience as DCT3 in Oral Medicine/Oral Pathology
• ILS/ALS trained
• Experience of teaching at undergraduate level.

• Evidence of active participation in clinical audit/service evaluations/quality improvement programmes
• Willingness to play a part in Audit meetings at Trust and Regional level.

Please ensure you check the email account (including junk/spam boxes) from which you apply regularly as we will use this to contact you regarding your application.

Posts advertised to 'internal staff' are open to employees of hospitals within University Hospitals of Liverpool Group and you should confirm your employment within your application form.

Note:

Under current Home Office Immigration Rules we are currently unable to offer right to work visa sponsorship for Band 2 and 3 roles with a salary of less than £25,000 pa as they do not meet the UK Visas & Immigration criteria.

Only those applicants who demonstrate clearly how they meet our person specification will be shortlisted for interview.

We reserve the right to close any vacancies from further applications when we have received a minimum number of applications from which to make a shortlist. Please ensure you apply without delay if you wish to be considered for this role.

The Trust is committed to promoting equality and diversity; we value the contribution of individual talent, skills, knowledge and experience and aim for a workforce demography representative of the local community. We encourage applicants from the following groups that are currently under-represented in our workforce: black, Asian and minority ethnic, lesbian, gay, bisexual and Transgender (LGBTQ+), disabled, male and age 16-24.

This organisation has a zero-tolerance approach to the abuse of children, young people and vulnerable adults. All staff must ensure they adhere to the organisations safeguarding children and adults' policy and comply with the Local Safeguarding Children and Adult Board procedures. Staff should be mindful of their responsibility to safeguard children and adults in any activity performed on behalf of the organisation in line with the requirements of statutory guidance and legislation.

All employees (and volunteers) are expected to maintain their safeguarding knowledge and skills by completing mandatory safeguarding training which includes understanding and recognising the signs of abuse and neglect and taking appropriate action. As an organisation, we have adopted the Merseyside Domestic abuse workplace scheme which supports our staff who are experiencing Domestic Abuse /any forms of sexual violence.

You must have appropriate UK professional registration. This post is subject to the…