NIHR Academic Clinical Fellow Paediatric Dentistry

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1 NIHR Academic Clinical Fellow Paediatric Dentistry The University of Liverpool in partnership with NIHR, the North West HEE, and the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals Trust wish to offer an Academic Clinical Fellowship in Paediatric Dentistry. The new post offer individuals to undertake research academic training and clinical training with an NTN(a) training number. Further details of the integrated academic training pathways can be found at: We are seeking highly motivated, enthusiastic individuals wishing to excel in both their clinical and academic training and who have the ambition to be part of the next generation of world-leading academic clinicians. The post is tenable for 3 years. The successful candidate will be employed by HEENW lead employer trust and have an honorary contract with the University of Liverpool. ACF trainees undergo training in the generic skills required for a clinical academic: scientific methods, statistics, research governance, critical appraisal of research publication, grant writing etc. The trainee will join the established credit bearing research training programme within the Faculty of Life and Health Sciences and the School of Dentistry for which funding is provided by NIHR. Trainee can use this as a stepping stone to undertake further modules leading to Doctorate in Dental Sciences (DDSc) if desired. The major part of the academic placement will be the undertaking a research project in preparation for an application for a competitive peer-reviewed training Fellowship leading to a PhD (or equivalent) or if applicable a postdoctoral fellowship.

2 POST DETAILS Job Title NIHR Academic Clinical Fellow (ACF) Paediatric Dentistry Duration of the Post Up to 3 years (25% academic, 75% clinical). Lead Employer Trust St Helens and Knowsley Hospital Trust Trust in which training will take place Royal Liverpool and BROADGREEN University Hospital Trust /Liverpool University and Alder Hey Children s Hospital Institution in which academic training will take place University of Liverpool /School of Dentistry Research Programme: ACFs will have protected time to attend and complete an accredited postgraduate programme. Further academic time is provided over the three-year period to ensure the academic time commitments are met. ACFs will be given the option to choose from the accredit research modules of the DDSc programme within the School of Dentistry or the Liverpool Integrated Clinical Academic Training (ICAT) within the Faculty of Health and Life Sciences at the University of Liverpool, whichever is the more appropriate to their personal development needs and previous experience and qualification. Both programme are approved and funded by NIHR. It is expected that the ACF trainees would complete and submit an external funding application for a research fellowship to enable them to complete a higher degree (PhD) following the completion of their ACF fixed-term post, which would be completed as Outof-Programme-Research (OOPR).

3 School of Dentistry The School of Dentistry is a School within the Faculty of Health and Life Sciences. The Head of School is Professor Callum Youngson. The School has four Directorates: Undergraduate Dentistry, Dental Care Professionals, Continuing Professional Development and Postgraduate Dentistry. The Dental School has over 40 full-time academic staff supported by over 100 part-time staff with many honorary appointments held by hospital staff. Within the Faculty, the Dental School is represented on the Faculty Management Team and the ILT Senior Management Team. The School has its own Board of Studies which reports to the Faculty of Health and Life Sciences for curricular matters. Strong links exist between the Dental School and Dental Hospital. The Clinical Director is Avril Macpherson. The School has an annual intake of 72 undergraduates including 15 on the 4-Year Graduate Entry pathway for candidates with appropriate prior biomedical degrees. Research in the Dental School The Dental School has very strong links within the Faculty of Health and Life Sciences under the leadership if the Executive Pro Vice Chancellor of the Faculty, Professor Bob Burgoyne. the Faculty has a number of Research Institutes: Ageing and Chronic Disease; Infection and Global Health; Integrative Biology; Psychology, Health and Society, and Translational Medicine. In addition, the teaching and scholarship focussed activity, including educational research, is held within the Institute of clinical sciences. There are currently 3 main research themes in the dental school embedded into those research institutes: Clinical Dental Sciences, Basic Dental Sciences and Educational research. This provides a world-class team who feature strongly in oral research and associated fields of activity. Paediatric Dentistry Liverpool University Dental Hospital This department is responsible Specialist Paediatric Dental services and routine care for children under the care of the undergraduate students. The clinic space is shared with Orthodontics and has recently undergone major refurbishment work. The Paediatric Dental department consists of recently refurbished 10 dental chairs and one side surgery. Inhalation sedation and intravenous sedation is undertaken in the sedation suite, which consists of three dental units. There is also an equipped endodontic unit with a dental microscope and advanced endodontic equipment s to facilitate endodontic treatment in children.

4 There are three consultants in Paediatric Dentistry. There are strong links with the Dental department and Alder Hey in medical and surgical specialties. There is a close working relationship with other dental specialties within the Dental Hospital. The Department has strong research link with the institute of Physiology, Health and Society and transitional medicine. The unit has also strong links with other institutions. Alder Hey Children s Hospital Paediatric Dental Department encompasses the specialties of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Orthodontics and Paediatric Dentistry. In addition, the department forms the main base for the Regional Cleft Palate Unit. New patient referrals are seen through Consultation clinics. The department is responsible for both the routine dental care of children and also specialist Paediatric dental services. A wide range of medically compromised patients are seen from those with special needs to those with medical and physical disabilities. There are facilities to provide dental treatment for these children under local anaesthetic with or without sedation, and also under general anaesthetic. These are exciting times as the hospital has now moved to a new, state-of-the-art 270-bed hospital Alder Hey Children's Health Park. The hospital has been designed with the input of children to be a child-friendly environment. All the outpatient and inpatient departments within the organisation have been designed bespoke to the needs of the patients that attend that particular department, in all occasions by a dedicated Health Park Team and Alder Hey staff in order to offer our patients and staff the best experience possible in our Hospital. STAFFING Liverpool University Dental Hospital Dr S Al Badri Ms S Lee Mr N Willmott Miss L Gartshore Mr A Jones Miss Y Chau Ms A Roberts Miss J Hook Elizabeth Willasey Mrs C Manning Reader / Honorary Consultant, Joint Clinical Lead Consultant and Joint Clinical Lead Consultant (P/T) Lecturer /Specialist StR Specialty Dentist Clinical Lecturer (P/T) Clinical Teacher (P/T) Clinical Lecturer (F/T) Senior Clinical Teacher Alder Hey Children s Hospital Miss S Lee Mr. R Llewelyn Miss J May Consultant and clinical lead Consultant (P/T) Consultant (Cleft service P/T)

5 Mrs C Clugston Mrs S Jeffery Mr A Jones Specialty Dentist (P/T) Speciality Dentist (P/T) StR Facilities Office accommodation and computer facilities are available within the School. The Dental School and Hospital has two large lecture theatres, seminar rooms, office accommodation, extensive IT support and well-equipped laboratories. The School is in close proximity to the Royal Liverpool Hospital and the main medical library. The website for the Department can be found at The University of Liverpool The University was established in 1881 as a University College, and received its Royal Charter in The University has developed to occupy a single precinct of 35 hectares, which lies close to the heart of the city. There are approximately 13,620 undergraduate students and 2,740 postgraduate students. The University of Liverpool is a research-intensive Russell Group university with a tradition and reputation for excellence. Following an extensive consultation carried out in a new, three faculty academic structure was agreed: Humanities and Social Sciences; Science and Engineering; and Health and Life Sciences. The purpose of the restructuring exercise was to more effectively support the achievement of the University s Strategic Plan priorities by enabling better support for and facilitation of academic endeavour and collaboration through an enhanced capacity to respond to cross-disciplinary research challenges and with greater devolution of decision making and budgetary control. The Faculty of Health and Life Sciences comprises five Research Institutes; Ageing and Chronic Disease, Infection and Global Health, Integrative Biology, Psychology, Health and Society, and Translational Medicine and the Institute of Learning and Teaching (ILT) The Faculty s key research strengths embedded into the five Research Institutes enhance existing collaborations and foster interdisciplinary alliances, allow better integration of related research activities and increase the critical mass focusing on areas of research with high impact. The considerable track record of clinical research in Liverpool will benefit from closer engagement between clinical and non-clinical research groups that these Institutes will foster, as will the synergies of those working towards similar aims in both human and animal health. The Research Institutes cover a wide spectrum of high quality research and offer opportunity for postgraduate research experience through MRes, MPhil

6 and PhD study pathways. The close links between the ILT and the Research Institutes of the Faculty ensures that our teaching activities are research-led. The Institute of Learning and Teaching comprises six schools Dentistry; Health Sciences; Life Sciences; Medicine; Psychology; Veterinary Science and cross school units including the Human Anatomy Resources Centre. The Institute provides excellent learning opportunities through offering a wide range of specialist focused undergraduate, taught postgraduate (PGT) degree and Continuous Professional Development (CPD) activities. This integration of Schools within the Institute places the Faculty at the forefront of developments in the education of a wide range of diverse disciplines, which provides a stimulating environment that enriches the staff and student experience of university life. Liverpool University Dental Hospital Liverpool University Dental Hospital (LUDH) is an integral part of the Royal Liverpool and Broad Green University Hospital Trust (RLBUHT) and forms one of the clinical directorates of the Trust. Located on the main teaching hospital campus alongside the Royal Liverpool University Hospital, Liverpool University Dental Hospital (LUDH) occupies a self-contained modern building on Pembroke Place, originally constructed in the late 1960s. It has undergone a series of major refurbishments in recent years which have significantly extended and upgraded its surgeries, teaching clinics and patient waiting areas. The Liverpool University Dental Hospital (LUDH) provides a regional service to the inhabitants of Merseyside covering the full range of dental specialties, including Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Orthodontics, Paediatric Dentistry, Restorative Dentistry and Special Care Dentistry. There is also an active Dental Public Health Unit. A Cone beam CT scanner was installed in the Dental X-ray Department in 2012 and provides a specialist diagnostic service both within the Trust but to neighbouring hospitals and specialist practitioners. There is an Oral Diagnosis Department which provides emergency treatment for a limited number of patients and training for dental students in diagnosis and the management of acute dental problems. The Hospital has approximately 160 dental units, including six 20-unit teaching clinics, consultation and teaching suites for all the dental specialties and its own dental technical laboratories. The ground floor houses the Hospital's Oral Diagnosis department, alongside surgeries for dental extractions, minor oral surgery and designated clinics for the treatment of medically compromised patients and patients with latex allergy. There is a well-designed General Anaesthetic extractions surgery and recovery area and operating facilities for day case patients requiring treatment under general anaesthesia or intravenous sedation. There are approximately 60,000 outpatient attendances per year, plus 9,000 self-referrals through the Oral Diagnosis department. Specialist departments include Restorative Dentistry, Paediatric Dentistry, Orthodontics, Special Care Dentistry and Oral Medicine and a Consultant-led Dental Sedation Unit. There are strong links with

7 the Regional Maxillofacial Unit (MFU) at Aintree Hospitals Trust, a leading centre nationally for the treatment of oral cancer. A number of consultants from the MFU have sessions in the Dental Hospital. The City of Liverpool The City of Liverpool provides an exciting social, cultural, historical and environmental milieu. The city centre has an excellent shopping centre, a great variety of restaurants, clubs, pubs and bars, and, of course, lies close to the River Mersey with its historic docks. Liverpool boasts excellent art galleries and museums (including The Walker Art Gallery and The Tate in the North), theatres, cinemas, and the renowned Philharmonic Hall, home to the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Liverpool is the home of The Beatles, and the Liverpool Institute of Performing Arts associated with Sir Paul McCartney. It has two exceptional cathedrals facing each other along Hope Street, two famous football teams (Everton and Liverpool), and two tunnels beneath the river. Architecturally, Liverpool is a fascinating city with a wide variety of types of buildings, public squares and civic parks. Liverpudlians have a well-deserved reputation for friendliness, a great sense of humour, and a capacity for enjoying themselves. Liverpool was awarded the European City of Culture 2008 and has attracted a lot of European financial support to develop the city infrastructure. See Website: then Contacts Academic Lead: Dr. Sondos Albadri, sondos.albadri@liverpool.ac.uk Training Programme Director: Miss Sharon Lee, Sharon.Lee@alderhey.nhs.uk