Dental Core Trainee/Junior Clinical Fellow

Applications are invited for the post of Dental Core Trainee in Oral Surgery / Oral Maxillofacial Surgery. This is a full time position to start September 2026. The post is based at the Royal Gwent Hospital, Newport, The Grange University Hospital, Cwmbran and Nevill Hall Hospital, Abergavenny, South East Wales.

Salary to be agreed dependent on experience. Will accept applications from Medical FY1 and FY2.

The post includes 1 in 9 night on-call duties with time off before and after the nights. The days' on-call will be spread throughout the week.

The department provides a modern service for the whole of Gwent which has a population of approximately 700,000 people. The main oral and maxillofacial unit is based at the Royal Gwent Hospital (RGH). Acute take and major inpatient maxillofacial surgery are delivered at the Grange University Hospital (GUH)

Additional outpatient and minor oral surgery clinics are held at Nevill Hall Hospital, Abergavenny. The unit at RGH has modern facilities which include 6 consultation rooms and 3 orthodontic surgeries. On site is a day case suite and two minor oral surgery operating theatres. The laboratory houses 3 technicians and is situated in the heart of the department at RGH. It is fully equipped and has state of the art facilities for 3D patient planning and printing. The department undertakes a wide range of oral & maxillofacial surgical procedures, including dentoalveolar surgery, orthognathic surgery, surgery for orofacial malignancy, trauma and salivary gland surgery including sialendoscopy. We also have orthodontic and restorative specialties available at the unit. This DCT oral surgery post will allow full access to training at consultant-led clinics and regular weekly supervised and stand-alone oral surgery theatre sessions under local and general anaesthesia.