Dental Specialties 

 

Dental Foundation Training (DFT)

The Dental Foundation Training National Recruitment Office (DFTNRO), based at Health Education England London and Kent, Surrey and Sussex (HEE LaKSS), co-ordinate the nationally agreed process for recruitment to Dental Foundation Training (DFT).

 

Recruitment Timeline 

Timelines for Dental Foundation Training recruitment may be accessed via the Dental Foundation Training National Recruitment Website 

 

Post Information  

Please refer to the information provide in the communications sent to you via your oriel account.  If you do have any queries, you may contact the recruitment team via the Applicant Support Portal.

Please note, any emails regarding your current application will be sent from 'noreply@oriel.nhs.uk'. Please ensure your email settings regarding SPAM allow emails to be received from 'noreply@oriel.nhs.uk'. All emails sent to applicants from this mailbox are authentic.

 

 

2024 DFT Recruitment Webinar 

This webinar details the Dental Foundation Training (DFT) recruitment process for 2024. The 2024 Dental Foundation Training (DFT) recruitment webinar may be accessed via the following link: https://youtu.be/7bmAjadwd-U

2024 DFT Webinar programme: 

(00:05) 2024 DFT Recruitment process presented by Post Graduate Dean Sana Movahedi

(29:52) Experience as a 12-month Foundation Dentist presented by Amish Jethwa

(41:40) Longitudinal Posts presented by Alice Rigby

(50:12) Academic Posts presented by Emma Elliot

(59:26) Questions & Answers (questions submitted LIVE via the webinar chat and via the prior-circulated form) 

Further information on the 2024 recruitment process may be accessed via: https://dental.hee.nhs.uk/dental-trainee-recruitment/dental-foundation-training

 

 

 

 

Dental Foundation Training (DFT) National Recruitment – Scheme Information

Expressing preferences will be completed via the Oriel online recruitment system

Information regarding 2023-24 national schemes will be published shortly. 

Dental Foundation Trainer Recruitment

Recruitment information for new dental foundation educational supervisors can be found on the Dental Foundation page HERE

Should you have any queries, please contact england.dft.lase@nhs.net  

Dental Core Training (DCT)

The Dental Core Training National Recruitment Office (DCTNRO), based at NHS England (NHSE) working across the East Midlands, co-ordinate the nationally agreed process for recruitment to Dental Core Training (DCT).

There are three levels of Dental Core Training Programmes:

  • Dental Core Training Level 1 (DCT1)

  • Dental Core Training Level 2 (DCT2)

  • Dental Core Training Level 3 (DCT3)

 

Recruitment Timeline 

The DCT Recruitment Timeline:

https://dental.hee.nhs.uk/dental-trainee-recruitment/dental-core-training-dct

Post Information 

Post details and information this year will be available via Oriel compared to separate job descriptions. The post information will also be published on the Dental Trainee Recruitment webpage for applicants to view before applications open in January 2024.

Dental Specialty

Post information 

There are a number of posts in London and Kent, Surrey and Sussex that we are recruiting for in 2024. More information about the recruitment process can be found on the relevant NHS England (NHSE) National Recruiting Office (NRO) websites:

 

Additional Dental Specialties

Dental Public Health 

Oral Surgery 

Health Education England East Midlands

Health Education North East 

Health Education Yorkshire and Humber

 

 

 

Orthodontics 

Paediatric Dentistry 

Restorative Dentistry 

Health Education North East 

Health Education East Midlands

Health Education North West

 

 

 

Special Care Dentistry 

 

 

Health Education North West 

 

 

 

Recruitment Timelines

Timelines for Dental Recruitment in 2024 can be found on the Dental Trainee Recruitment website: 

https://dental.hee.nhs.uk/dental-trainee-recruitment