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Job summary

Main area
Dental
Grade
NHS Medical & Dental: GP Educator GP00
Contract
Fixed term: 12 months (Until 31st October 2026)
Hours
Part time - 9 sessions per week (There are 9 vacant sessions to undertake the role of Dental Foundation Early Years Training Programme Director. Sessions will be allocated and agreed with successful applicants)
Job ref
990-LON-14719-E
Employer
NHS England
Employer type
NHS
Site
10 South Colonnade
Town
London
Salary
£109,536 pro rata
Salary period
Session by session
Closing
06/07/2025 23:59

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Dental Foundation Training Programme Director - Early Years

NHS Medical & Dental: GP Educator GP00

Our Organisation

The NHS is building a culture that is positive, compassionate and inclusive – and we all have our part to play.

As employers we are committed to protecting and promoting the physical and mental health and wellbeing of all our colleagues. This underpins our values as set out in the NHS Constitution and supports us to be an Employer of Choice, while helping our colleagues to deliver high quality services for our patients and communities.

As a flexible employer, we want to support you to work in a way that is best for the NHS, our patients and you. Talk to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s a job share, part time, hybrid working or another flexible pattern. In addition, although the role advertised may have a ‘home’ office base indicated, we remain committed to supporting flexibility around workplace locations. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

We are an accredited Living Wage Employer which means that every colleague working for our organisation and third-party contractors will earn a real Living Wage.  We are one of over 15,000 organisations, who voluntarily chose to pay the real Living Wage.

Job overview

NHSE Workforce Training and Education Directorate (WT&E) is looking to recruit to the posts of Dental Foundation Early Years Training Programme Director working across London and Kent, Surrey and Sussex.  

You will work as part of the regional London and KSS teams.  You will be required to carry out practice visits across London and KSS, in person and remotely.

The post holders will work closely with the Regional Dean, Associate Deans and Office teams within WT&E.

There are 9 vacant sessions to undertake the role of Dental Foundation Early Years Training Programme Director. Sessions will be allocated and agreed with successful applicants.

Main duties of the job

Work in collaboration with Associate Deans for Workforce and Foundation in delivering recommendations of NHSE Dental Education reform programme (DERP)

Quality Management of Early Years (Dental foundation and Early years 2-year programme) for a delegated scheme within London, Kent Surrey and Sussex region. 

  • To monitor the professional development of Foundation Dentists on the Early years (2-year programme) and report this to the regional Associate Dean for Foundation.
  • To ensure that this quality management processes conforms to guidance
  • To organise an allocated Early Years Dental Foundation Scheme 

The allocation of TPDs to individual schemes will be at the discretion of the Regional PGDD and AD (Dental Foundation).

Working for our organisation

The NHS England board have set out the top-level purpose for the new organisation to lead the NHS in England to deliver high-quality services for all, which will inform the detailed design work and we will achieve this purpose by:

  • Enabling local systems and providers to improve the health of their people and patients and reduce health inequalities.
  • Making the NHS a great place to work, where our people can make a difference and achieve their potential.
  • Working collaboratively to ensure our healthcare workforce has the right knowledge, skills, values and behaviours to deliver accessible, compassionate care
  • Optimising the use of digital technology, research, and innovation
  • Delivering value for money.

If you would like to know more or require further information, please visit https://www.england.nhs.uk/.

Colleagues with a contractual office base are expected to spend, on average, at least 40% of their time working in-person.

If you are successful at interview, we will run an Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) in the Electronic Staff Record system (ESR). This transfer gathers valuable information from a previous or current NHS employer to support the onboarding process, including; statutory and mandatory competency status, Continuous Service Dates (CSD), and annual leave entitlement.  You will have the opportunity throughout the recruitment process to inform us if you do not consent.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

You can find further details about the job, organisational structure, recruitment profile, expected outcomes and benefits information in the attached Job Description and other supporting documents.

Secondments

Employees of NHS Trusts can only be offered the role on a secondment basis.  Agreement should be obtained from their employer prior to submitting the application.

Person specification

Qualifications & Training

Essential criteria
  • Primary dental qualification
  • Maintain an NHS clinical commitment and GDC registration
  • At least 5 years’ experience as a registered dental practitioner
  • Previous experience and training in clinical and educational supervision to include Foundation Dentists

Skills and Abilities

Essential criteria
  • A working knowledge of the aims and objectives of Dental Foundation Training & Dental Core Training

Experience and Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Experience of educational leadership

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Ralitsa Zlatkova
Job title
School Operations Manager
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
0203 020 0201
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