Job summary
- Main area
- Dental Foundation Training
- Grade
- NHS Medical & Dental: GP Educator GP00-GP01
- Contract
- Fixed term: 8 months (until 31 March 2027)
- Hours
- Part time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 990-SE-EC2750-E
- Employer
- NHS England
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Explorer House
- Town
- Southampton
- Salary
- £117,904 - £122,819 pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 22/06/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Dental Training Programme Director - Early Years
NHS Medical & Dental: GP Educator GP00-GP01
Our Organisation
We share the core values set out in the NHS Constitution, which all colleagues are expected to demonstrate.
We support you to work in a way that is best for the NHS, our patients and you and your colleagues. 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.
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Thames Valley & Wessex Dental Team, Workforce, Training & Education Directorate, NHS England for a Dental Foundation Training Programme Director (TPD) Early Years. The Dental Team ensures the effective organisation and delivery of Postgraduate Dental Education.
The TPD will be accountable to the Associate Postgraduate Dental Dean for Dental Foundation Training and hence to the Postgraduate Dental Dean, Thames Valley & Wessex.
They will have defined responsibility for the management of Foundation Dentists in training and the training programme.
Main duties of the job
Provide sessions (or agreed sessional commitment) of work for NHSE Attend and oversee all Dental Foundation study days of their allocated scheme at the relevant education training centres
When necessary, the local scheme NHSE TPD for Foundation will deliver education on Foundation study days. This will be agreed and directed by the Foundation Training Associate Dean and will be part of the contracted NHSE TPD sessional commitment
The days will run throughout the year, and every effort will be made to ensure fair access to practical skills and simulation facilities across Thames Valley & Wessex
Organise and facilitate regular case-based discussions at study day at the discretion of the Postgraduate Dean
In addition, commit to 30 study days at the scheme centre. When studies days are not taking place, the expectation is that the Associate Dean will have oversight of workload and commitments
Working for our organisation
NHS England has a wide range of statutory functions, responsibilities and regulatory powers. These are focused on supporting the wider NHS to deliver high quality care, as well as doing those things that are best done once for the whole NHS.
Our staff bring expertise across clinical, operational, commissioning, technology, data science, cyber security, software engineering, education, and commercial specialisms — enabling us to design and deliver high-quality NHS services.
In March 2025, the Government announced that NHS England and the Department of Health and Social Care will increasingly merge functions, ultimately leading to NHS England being fully integrated into the department.
If you currently work within the NHS and 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 process.
Colleagues with a contractual office base are expected to spend, on average, at least 40% of their time working in our offices.
We cannot offer visa sponsorship for any vacancies.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- To co-ordinate quality assessment and management of educational and clinical supervisors (trainers) relevant to the needs of DF training in a scheme as directed by the Associate Dean and Postgraduate Dental Dean
- To assist with the review of Educational Supervisors and training practices, including making practice visits and providing necessary reports, development and performance management of Dental Foundation trainers
- To liaise with Educational Supervisors (ESs) on a regular basis regarding the FDs’ progress towards working independently in NHS practice
- Ensure the trainers are up to date with the E-Portfolio
- Assist in monitoring the activities of ESs and training practices in conjunction with the Associate Dean to confirm that these are in line with NHSE, Dental Foundation Programme policies and guidance and COPDEND Quality Standards for Deaneries
- Hold regular scheme trainer meetings quarterly
- Hold performance meetings with each trainer on a 1:1 basis, including relevant paperwork and in line with NHSE document storage and data protection requirements
- Ensure that all trainers are aware of their performance and clearly understand reasons for suggested attendance at ‘existing’ trainer performance review interview
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
Qualification and Training
Essential criteria
- Primary dental qualification
- At least 5 years’ experience as a registered dental practitioner
- Current active GDC Registration (without conditions past or present)
- Previous appointment as a Dental Foundation trainer, Programme Director or equivalent
Experience and Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Previous experience and training in clinical and educational supervision to include Foundation Dentists
Desirable criteria
- Experience of educational leadership
Values and Behaviours
Essential criteria
- Meet professional requirements for Continuing Professional Development
- To promote effective workplace learning and to promote a values-based culture in line with NHS values
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post will require a submission for Disclosure to be made to check for any unspent criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Shalin Mehra
- Job title
- Associate Postgraduate Dental Dean
- Email address
- [email protected]
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