Maxillofacial Prosthetist / Reconstructive Scientist
Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Prescot, L355DRView on map(opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Salary
£49,387 to £56,515
Contract
Fixed-Term
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
16 November 2026
4 days leftJob description
Full Time 12 Month FTC - Maternity Leave Cover: Feb 2027 - Feb 2028 An exciting opportunity has arisen to assist in the delivery of a Prosthetic servi...
- To provide a prosthetic service to Aintree University Hospital
- To provide surgical and osteotomy planning assistance using digital planning software (Dolphin, Materialise Enlight)
- To provide rehabilitation using facial prosthetics
- Provide splinting and trauma devices as required
- The role may evolve to encompass other duties
Responsible for clinics in the prosthetics department to assess and review patients and provide prostheses as necessary.To assist in delivering 3D osteotomy planning services.Fit or activate as required splint device, appliances or prostheses in clinic/operating theatreProvide direct support for colleagues, and other staff during difficult patient contact episodes or meetings with other healthcare professionals (case conferencing etc) that affects the prosthetic service.
This list is not exhaustive, and the role may evolve to encompass other responsibilities.
Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust serves a population of over 600,000 with a workforce of over 10,500 dedicated and skilled staff across 21 sites.
Acute Care
Providing emergency and maternity services at Whiston, Southport and Ormskirk hospitals, and medical and surgical specialties across all our sites.
Primary Care
Providing primary care services at Marshalls Cross Medical Centre situated in St Helens Hospital.
Providing adult community services for St Helens and a wheelchair service in Chorley, South Ribble, and West Lancashire. Our inpatient unit at Newton Community Hospital is where patients needing acute hospital beds can continue rehabilitation. We also provide urgent care at our Urgent Treatment Centre located in St Helens town centre.
We provide the Mersey Regional Burns & Plastic Surgery Unit at Whiston Hospital and the Spinal Injuries Unit at Southport Hospital to more than 4 million people across the whole of Merseyside, West Lancashire, Cheshire, Isle of Man and North Wales.
- Rated Outstanding by CQC Inspection August 2018
- Top 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers & Health Service Journal)
- National Preceptorship Accreditation (2023) for Nursing & AHP Preceptorship Programme.
Qualifications
Essential
- BSc (Hons) Dental Technology or historical equivalent
- Masters Maxillofacial Prosthetics/ Reconstructive Science or equivalent experience
- Registered with the General Dental Council
Desirable: - Range of short courses applicable to position; - Registration with the IMPT
Know
Essential
- Proven high standard of technical work in the manufacture of: Facial Prosthetics, Osseointegrated Prosthetics, Custom made implantable devices, 3D planning, Osteotomy planning & Trauma Splinting
- Effective organiser
- Ability to apply research outcomes to clinical and technical problems
Desirable
- Evidence of Research and Audit and ability to co-ordinate research programme
- Evidence of publication
- Proficient teaching / presentation skills
- Evidence of professional level of conduct in clinical often highly distressing situations
- Evidence of publications in relevant journals
Skills
Essential
- Highest level of accuracy and dexterity with regard to physical skills
- Ability to analyse and make clinical and technical decisions using complex multi-stranded information
- Ability to work in a team
- Good interpersonal skills, requiring a critical approach to work
- Excellent communication skills
Desirable
- Proven track record of team building and good working relationships
- Essential to be able to communicate highly complex, sensitive specialist information to patients and staff with broad spectrum of age, ethnicity, culture and education
- IT competence to record, use and disseminate database information. Analyse data to produce stereolithography models, CADCAM
How to apply
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First seen
29 October 2026
Last checked
2 November 2026
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