You are requested to rank your preference choice for shortlisting purposes. We will reopen this after interviews to allow you to amend this prior to offers being released.

Please note there are two person specifications relevant to this post;

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NIHR supplementary person specification (available via the ‘Documents tab’ )

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National specialty person specifications for DCT 1, DCT 2, DCT 3 which can be found via the National Specialty Training Website: Person specifications for Dental Core Training (DCT) recruitment | Dental Hub (https://dental.hee.nhs.uk/dental-trainee-recruitment/dental-core-training-dct/person-specifications-for-dental-core-training-dct-recruitment)

Applications for these ACF awards will only be accepted via Oriel.

All candidates’ application status on Oriel will be progressed to longlisted whilst eligibility checks are taking place, to assist in more timely review of applications. This does not indicate that you have met all your eligibility checks. This stage will continue until mid-November. You can be withdrawn at any stage in the recruitment if you are found not to meet the essential criteria from the NIHR or specialty person specifications.

Please note that the grade/s advertised are the grade/s at post start date. This means that applicants must be eligible to train at the advertised grade/s at the start date of the post.

For Entry at DCT 1 applicants must

Found appointable at Dental Core Training Year 1 interviews in Round 1 2026/2027 recruitment. You will need to submit a separate application, and more information can be found here (https://dental.hee.nhs.uk/dental-trainee-recruitment/dental-core-training-dct)

Or

Been found appointable at DCT 1 interviews in 2025-26

For entry at DCT 2 applicants must:

Evidence of completion of DCT 1 by start date

or Equivalence in the form of National Certificate of Dental Core Equivalence One (NCDCE1) (https://www.nes.scot.nhs.uk/our-work/dental-national-certificate-of-dental-core-equivalence-1-ncdce1/) at the point of application

And

Been found appointable at Dental Core Training Year 2 interviews at the 2025/2026 recruitment or appointable at 2026-2027 DCT 2 recruitment (which will require a separate application form)

For entry at DCT 3 applicants must:

Evidence of completion of DCT 2 by start date or Equivalence in the form of National Certificate of Dental Core Equivalence 2 (NCDCE2) (https://www.nes.scot.nhs.uk/our-work/dental-national-certificate-of-dental-core-equivalence-2-ncdce2/) at the point of application

And

Been found appointable at Dental Core Training Year 3 interviews at the 2025/2026 recruitment or appointable at 2026-2027 DCT 3 recruitment (which will require a separate application form)

You must not have a RCP in the grade you are applying for at the start date.

Please note that the grade/s advertised are the grade/s at post start date. This means that applicants must be eligible to train at the advertised grade/s at the start date of the post.

Please be aware that trainees are not permitted to repeat training for the purposes of taking up an ACF post and trainees are not permitted to start at a grade that is not advertised.

As an example, if a post is advertised at DCT1 grade, then a current DCT 1 trainee who is on track to become an DCT1 trainee at the post start date would NOT under any circumstances be permitted to take up the ACF post at DCT 1 grade as this would entail repeating training that has already been completed. If you are in receipt of an RCP at the grade you are applying to you will not be eligible for that grade.

Competencies:

All applicants applying to dental specialties are required to have essential competences or equivalent depending on the level they are applying for. For more information on how to evidence the competence required, please view the relevant person specification (https://dental.hee.nhs.uk/dental-trainee-recruitment/dental-core-training-dct/person-specifications-for-dental-core-training-dct-recruitment)

Applicants must upload all required evidence of competence as part of their online application. Failure to provide the necessary evidence may affect the assessment of eligibility.

If you experience any difficulty when uploading evidence, please ensure you contact the team via PGMDE support porta (https://lasepgmdesupport.hee.nhs.uk/support/home)l

For more information regarding reasonable adjustments and disability confident scheme please refer to the Medical Specialty Recruitment website (https://medical.hee.nhs.uk/medical-training-recruitment/medical-specialty-training/overview-of-specialty-training/applying).

If you have made a positive declaration in the FTP section, you must follow this up by completing our form on the support portal (https://lasepgmdesupport.hee.nhs.uk/support/tickets/new?form_19=true), you must contact London recruitment office via support portal by the close of the application window. Failure to provide the outlined information by the close of application may result in your application being withdrawn.

Applicants with an NTN based outside of the region to which they are applying must provide a Support for Reapplication to Continue Training in another region’ (https://dental.hee.nhs.uk/binaries/content/documents/dental/components/national/download-cards/recruitment/downloads---documents-to-support-your-application/downloads---documents-to-support-your-application/hee%3AfileLinks%5B2%5D/hee%3Afile?forceDownload=true) form.

Applicants who have previously relinquished a specialty training programme must provide a Support for Reapplication to a Specialty Training Programme (https://dental.hee.nhs.uk/binaries/content/documents/dental/components/national/download-cards/recruitment/downloads---documents-to-support-your-application/downloads---documents-to-support-your-application/hee%3AfileLinks/hee%3Afile?forceDownload=true) form

Applicants with an NTN based inside of the region to which they are applying must provide their most recent RCP.

Applicants who are in a dual training programme, much provide both ARCP demonstrating satisfactory progression.

Eligibility Criteria for recruitment to Specialty Training – Immigration Requirements

All Dental practitioners are on the shortage occupation list, so all specialty recruitment applicants will be exempt from the resident labour market test.

NHS England (NHSE) is responsible for the sponsorship of Medical and Dental trainees for their Skilled worker visa application in England. The Dental Speciality Recruitment (https://dental.hee.nhs.uk/dental-trainee-recruitment/overseas-applicants) website has guidance for applicants requiring a visa.

Interview date: 1st December 2026 (Subject to change)

Interview venue: Remote interviews via Microsoft teams (access to a microphone, camera and good WiFi connection is essential)

Posts commence on: 1st September 2027

Document checking: Please have ready 1 form of photographic identification for document checking.

Length of interview: 30 minutes (subject to change)

Interview structure: A single station interview covering different criteria from the person specification

Please visit the PGMDE Support Portal (https://lasepgmdesupport.hee.nhs.uk/support/home) where you will find a series of FAQs, and you will be able to submit an enquiry to the London Recruitment Team.