Job summary
- Main area
- Specialist in Paediatric Dentistry
- Grade
- NHS Medical & Dental: Specialist Grade
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 6 sessions per week
- Job ref
- 411-SUR-25-7452948
- Employer
- Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Alder Hey
- Town
- Liverpool
- Salary
- £100,870 - £111,441 per annum, pro rata of quoted salary
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 02/10/2025 23:59
Employer heading

Specialist in Paediatric Dentistry
NHS Medical & Dental: Specialist Grade
Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust is a provider of specialist health care and has a presence in community outreach sites and, in collaboration with other providers, our clinicians help deliver care closer to patients’ homes by holding local clinics at locations from Cumbria to Shropshire, in Wales and the Isle of Man. The Trust also provides inpatient care for children with complex mental health needs at our Sunflower House building newly relocated, and opened on the hospital site.
We currently have more than 4,000 staff working across our community and hospital sites. We’re also a teaching and training hospital providing education and training to around 540 medical and over 500 nursing and allied health professional students each year.
As black and minority ethnic (BME) employees are currently under-represented in this area, we particularly welcome applications from members of our BME communities. All appointments will be made on merit.
You can expect a warm welcome at Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust, our staff are friendly and welcoming. We listen to each other and work together to embed our Trusts values and behaviours. At Alder Hey we appreciate our staff and reward them with an outstanding benefits package including:
- Great flexible working opportunities
- Lease car scheme and Home Electronics Scheme
- Generous annual leave and pension scheme
- Extensive staff health and well-being programmes
Job overview
A position for a substantive part-time Specialist in Paediatric Dentistry at Alder Hey Children’s Hospital is available.This is part time (6.00 programmed activities)
This post will provide service delivery and patient care for medically compromised children as part of a Team of Paediatric Dentists, Orthodontists and Maxillo-Facial Surgeons at Alder Hey.
Main duties of the job
To deliver a dental service in Paediatric Dentistry for the patients of Alder Hey Children’s Hospital;
To undertake clinical procedures within the remit for Paediatric Dentistry
To attend continuing education courses as appropriate
To provide an exemplary ethical standard as a role model for dentists at all levels
To take part in all aspects of Clinical Governance activities in the Directorate and participate in appraisal and postgraduate educational activities.
Working for our organisation
As one of Europe’s biggest and busiest children’s hospitals, at Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust, we treat everything from common illnesses to highly complex and specialist conditions. In addition to our main hospital site, we offer paediatric services at a number of community sites and hold local clinics across Merseyside, Cumbria, Shropshire, Wales and the Isle of Man. We also provide specialist inpatient care for children with complex mental health needs in our recently relocated and newly opened state of the art facility.
Alder Hey has a thriving research portfolio and leads research into children’s medicines, infection, inflammation and oncology. We are becoming recognised as one of the world’s leaders in children’s healthcare and research. We contribute to public health, lead cutting-edge research and teach the next generation of children’s specialists. Alongside this is our Innovation Hub, a dedicated space where clinicians and industries can come together to create new products and technologies.
We know that a children’s hospital is different and that our job is more than just treating an illness. To us, every child is an individual. As well as giving them the very best care, we set out to make them feel happy, safe and confident as they play, learn and grow. At Alder Hey we are here to look after a child and their family and that includes mums, dads, brothers and sisters.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The successful candidate will work under the direction of the Consultants in Paediatric Dentistry and will undertake all aspects of paediatric dental care, including the assessment of children for extractions under general anaesthesia, the treatment of all children under 16-years of age and those referred for specialist paediatric dental care.
Clinical treatment includes care of the medically, physically and mentally compromised child. This will include:
- Assessment of children for dental treatment under general anaesthetic or local anaesthetic
- Paediatric dentoalveolar and soft tissue oral surgery under general or local anaesthetic
- Dental treatment for children who are in-patients
- Treating anxious patients using inhalation sedation
The post will also include participation on the wards, and dental assessments of in-patients, providing paediatric dental advice and treatment for these children.
The successful candidate will take part in all aspects of clinical governance activities in the Directorate and participate in appraisal and postgraduate educational activities.
The appointee will be responsible through the Clinical Lead (Sharon Lee) for the satisfactory performance of their duties. Full clinical support will be given by all consultants within the Department.
Person specification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Evidence of General Professional training
- Shows knowledge of evidence-based dentistry
- Management of specialist patients in a Paediatric Dentistry Unit
Desirable criteria
- Competent in dentoalveolar and soft tissue surgery
- General Practice / Community dental experience
- Experience in more than one specialty
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Sharon Lee
- Job title
- Clinical Director
- Email address
- [email protected]
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