Applying

Recruitment to Orthodontic dentistry training posts across England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales takes place through a national selection process led by a team based in 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 you can find on the Dental specialty training person specifications page.

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

How to apply

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

Please visit Oriel to register and apply.

Applications open on Thursday 9 January 2025 and close on Thursday 30 January 2025. 

Late applications will not be accepted.

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

Communication between Health Education England (HEE) and you 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.

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.

Applicants with a disability, health concerns or religious requirements

If you wish to discuss the possibility of an adjustment at the virtual interviews, you must provide full details by email to [email protected] by the application closing date. 

In this email, please indicate what your requirements are and provide evidence if applicable. For example, applicants with dyslexia will need to provide their work psychology report. 

Reasonable adjustments will not be made if you do not inform [email protected] in advance prior to the application closing date.

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.