Applying

Dental Public Health recruitment

Recruitment to Dental Public Health training posts across the UK takes place through a national selection process led by a team working across the North East and North Cumbria.

Eligibility

Before beginning your application, you should check whether you're eligible to apply against the relevant person specification, which is available on the person specification for specialty training page.

It's very important that you complete your application in full and include all relevant information for each section.

Information:

For more information visit the dental specialty training eligibility page.

How to apply

An advert will appear on Oriel.

Applications for these posts can only be made via the Oriel online application system.

Please visit Oriel to register and apply.

Applications open on 26th October 2023 at 10am and close on 23 November 2023 at 4pm. 

Late applications will not be accepted.

The assessment centre dates are 9th & 10th January 2024.

For a more detailed list of dates, go to the recruitment timeline.

Information:

Find out more about using Oriel on the using Oriel to apply and preference page.

Recruitment for academic posts

National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Academic Clinical Fellows (ACFs) and Clinical Lecturers (CLs) will be recruited locally and will be expected to participate in the national recruitment process for clinical benchmarking as part of the selection process.

Read more about Integrated Academic Training on the NIHR website.

Important: Important

Communication between Health Education England (HEE) and applicants will be by email or through your Oriel account. You should check your email and Oriel account regularly so you do not miss vital information about your application.

Please also check your spam or junk mail to ensure that correspondence has not been filtered by your email provider.

Applicants with a disability

Applicants who require reasonable adjustments due to a disability will be able to provide information on the application form.

Information:

For more information visit the dental specialty training applying page.

Assessment of Dental Core competency

Applicants must demonstrate the competencies required at the end of UK Dental Core Training year 1 (DCT1) - that is, outcome 1 - at the time of interview and year 2 at the time of post commencement (or equivalent). Core competence can be demonstrated in the following ways:

Applicants currently undertaking a UK Dental Core Training year 2 (DCT2) post

  • If you're currently in a UK Dental Core Training year 2 (DCT2) post, you do not need to provide any further evidence at the time of application. However, any offer of a training post will be conditional on successful completion of DCT2. You'll be required to provide a certificate of completion of DCT2 or evidence of satisfactory Review of Competence Progression (RCP) outcome to your employing Trust prior to commencement.

Applicants who've previously completed a UK DCT2 post

  • If you've successfully completed a UK DCT2 post  which commenced on or after August 2016 , you're required to provide a certificate of completion of DCT2 or evidence of satisfactory RCP outcome at the time of application. You must attach scanned or PDF copies of your certificate or RCP outcome to your application.
  • If you hold a certificate of completion of DCT which commenced prior to August 2016, you'll need to apply for a National Certificate of Dental Core Equivalence (NCDCE) through the process detailed on the NHS Education for Scotland website.

All other applicants

  • If you hold a National Certificate of Dental Core Equivalence (NCDCE) at the time of application, you're required to attach a copy of your certificate to your application.
  • If you do not currently hold an NCDCE, you'll need to apply for a certificate through the process detailed on the NHS Education for Scotland website. If you're unsuccessful in being awarded a certificate you will not be eligible for appointment to specialty training and will be removed from the recruitment process.

Page last reviewed: 3 October 2023

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