Job summary
- Main area
- Dentistry
- Grade
- NHS Medical & Dental: GP Educator GP00 - GP01
- Contract
- Fixed term: 15 months (until 31 March 2027)
- Hours
- Part time - 2 sessions per week (8 hours per week)
- Job ref
- 990-NEY-19538-E
- Employer
- NHS England
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Wellington Place
- Town
- Leeds
- Salary
- £113,917 - £118,665 pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 01/01/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Dental Foundation Training Programme Director
NHS Medical & Dental: GP Educator GP00 - 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
This is an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic and knowledgeable educator to join the Dental Foundation Training Faculty within Yorkshire and the Humber, as a Training Programme Director. The role is 2PAs per week.
The post holder will have experience of, and commitment to, postgraduate dental education and the delivery of high quality education and training.
The post holder will work with the Associate Dental Dean, in planning and delivering the Dental Foundation Training within the region.
They will be responsible for a scheme of Foundation Dentists and supporting their development throughout Foundation Training.
The post holder must hold current registration with the GDC as a Dentist.
The role will require some travel across Yorkshire and the Humber, to attend meetings and educational events.
Main duties of the job
Main duties of this role include:
- Recruitment to training posts and programmes
- Postgraduate programme management, including assessments, progression, support and remediation, careers support, less than full-time training and other related work-streams.
- To assist the Associate Dental Dean and Postgraduate Dean in the early identification of trainees requiring additional support through local monitoring, escalation as required and referral to appropriate services.
- To develop educational programmes where needed to support achievement of curriculum competencies, engaging with commissioning processes as required.
- Recruitment and quality assurance of training practices
- To identify learning needs and support provision of educational appraisal, educator development and resource for faculty, trainees and learners.
Working for our organisation
Our work supports the NHS to deliver high quality services for patients and best value for taxpayers.
Our staff bring expertise across hundreds of specialisms — including clinical, operational, commissioning, technology, data science, cyber security, software engineering, education, and commercial — enabling us to design and deliver high-quality NHS services.
We lead the NHS in England 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
Earlier this year, the Government announced that NHS England will gradually merge with the Department of Health and Social Care, leading to full integration. The aim is to create a smaller, more strategic centre that reduces duplication and eliminates waste.
If successful at interview, we will initiate an Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) via the Electronic Staff Record (ESR). This retrieves key data from your current or previous NHS employer to support onboarding, including competency status, Continuous Service Dates (CSD), and annual leave entitlement. You may opt out at any stage of the recruitment process.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
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.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Primary clinical healthcare qualification
- Membership/Fellowship of a College, Faculty, professional association and/or regulatory body
Desirable criteria
- Attendance at courses aimed to support educational development (example: educator courses, Train the trainer, etc)
Knowledge and Experience
Essential criteria
- Considerable experience of working with learners or doctors in training in an educational context
- Knowledge of the NHS, its structures and processes, including an understanding of healthcare/multi-professional workforce matters
Desirable criteria
- Demonstrable track record of delivery in service and education
Skills and Abilities
Essential criteria
- Skills for managing relationships with a range of different stakeholders
- Strategic thinking – ability to anticipate and resolve problems before they arise
- Must be able to prioritise own work effectively and be able to direct activities of others. Experience of managing and motivating a team and reviewing performance of the individuals
Values and Behaviours
Essential criteria
- Values diversity and difference operates with integrity and openness
- Actively develops themselves and supports others to do the same
- Commitment to and focused on quality, promotes high standards in all they do
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Jason Atkinson
- Job title
- Associate Dental Dean
- Email address
- [email protected]
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