Job summary
- Main area
- Primary Care Dentistry
- Grade
- NHS Medical & Dental: GP Educator GP01
- Contract
- Fixed term: 12 months (Until 31/10/2026)
- Hours
- Part time - 4 sessions per week (16 hours)
- Job ref
- 990-NEY-18012-E
- Employer
- NHS England
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- 990 Durham - Bourne House
- Town
- Durham
- Salary
- £118,665 pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 08/10/2025 23:59
- Interview date
- 13/10/2025
Employer heading

Dental Foundation Training Programme Director
NHS Medical & Dental: GP Educator GP01
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
The Training Programme Director (TPD) is primarily responsible for the commissioning and provision of, and quality managing Dental Foundation Training within NHS Primary Care dental practices. Scheme.
The Dental Foundation Training Programme Director will be accountable to the Postgraduate Dental Dean under the direction of the Associate Dean or equivalent, for the discharge of their responsibilities.
The post holder will have a demonstrable working knowledge of the aims and objectives of Dental Foundation Training and NHS General Dental Practice.
They will act as a point of support for Educational Supervisors and Foundation Dentists involved with the Dental Foundation Training Scheme and will contribute to training and delivery of educational programmes relevant to DFT.
Main duties of the job
- Provide the Postgraduate Dental Dean or their nominee with regular Quality Management reports and other reports when required
- Where appropriate, liaise with the Local Office of NHS England (or its agents) regarding Dental Foundation Training
- Able to work as an integral part of the Dental Foundation Training Programme team to develop quality based training for Foundation Dentists in the WT&E Local Office programmes to national and regional standards
- Provide and receive complex or sensitive communications and ensure that information is shared with a degree of tact, diplomacy and/or sensitivity in a suitable format for the relevant audience
- Establish and proactively maintain effective relationships with stakeholders within internal and external networks
- Input and contribution to relevant internal/external project groups
- Attend regional and national meetings as required
- Facilitate and deliver the DFT study day programme alongside scheme educational supervisors whilst providing support for DMDE appointed study day speakers as required
- Establish and maintain effective relationships with colleagues within the medical and dental professions; this includes attendance at meetings of TPDs and ESs and other committees as appropriate
- When required and briefed, represent the Postgraduate Dental Dean and present the views of the WT&E Local Office to outside bodies
- Liaise and work collaboratively with clinical educators, the administrative team, and other members of the WT&E Local Office
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.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Full details of the role can be found in attached Job Description.
The successful applicant will be the Training Programme Director for the regional North scheme
Secondments
Applicants from within the NHS will be offered on a secondment basis only, agreement should be obtained from their employer prior to submitting an application.
You can find further details about the role, including key responsibilities and accountabilities, alongside the organisational structure and person specification in the attached Job Description and other supporting documents.
Please note the reason for the fixed term contract is short term vacancy
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Full registration with the GDC
- A higher diploma/degree
Desirable criteria
- Mentoring/coaching qualification
- Leadership qualification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Excellent knowledge of Primary Care dentistry
- Experience of Postgraduate Dental Education including Dental Foundation Training
Desirable criteria
- Experience as an Dental Foundation Training Educational Supervisor
- Experience of leading a team
Skills
Essential criteria
- A continuing quest for personal and professional development
Desirable criteria
- A positive attitude to change and doings things differntly
- Ability to reflect
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Chris Kardos
- Job title
- Dental Foundation Training Associate Dean
- Email address
- [email protected]
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