Careers

The successful candidate will report directly to the Head of Division and will have overall responsibility for the day-to-day coordination of the administrative services of the Division. In addition, proactive participation is required into the development of both the clinical and academic aspects of the Division to ensure that the team deliver work at the highest standards and meet all deadlines. Regular and ongoing project work and liaising with other divisions is a key feature of this role, ensuring necessary changes and developments are implemented.

The Dublin Dental University Hospital is the principal dental education institution in Ireland, providing comprehensive training for all members of the dental team, offering dental services for patients to include specialist and tertiary referral care, emergency care and general dental treatment, as well as delivering cutting-edge research.

The Dublin Dental University Hospital (DDUH) Microbiology Research Unit, Trinity College Dublin and the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland Department of Microbiology at Beaumont Hospital are internationally acclaimed for clinical and transnational microbiology research. Both departments have collaborated successfully for many years on the molecular epidemiology, population biology, antibiotic resistance mechanisms and evolution of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). One of our main research themes focuses on investigating routes of transmission of MRSA and methicillin susceptible S. aureus (MSSA) in the hospital environment using high-throughput molecular platforms including DNA micro-array profiling and whole-genome sequencing in order to prevent the spread of infection.