Recruitment to Dental Core training (DCT) posts in the UK is through a national selection process led by Health Education England’s East Midlands local office (DCT posts in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland will be included). The advert is now closed (closing date was Tuesday 12th February 2019).
Applicants can apply to three vacancy types DCT1 DCT2 or DCT3. The level of DCT post will depend on how many years of DCT training an applicant has previously undertaken.
Applications and offers will be made through the national recruitment system Oriel (www.oriel.nhs.uk). This system enables the national coordination of the application and offer processes and will allow applicants to accept only one post.
Longlisted applicants will be invited to attend one of the five national selection centres held from 29th April to 3rd May 2019. Applicants will be able to select which centre to attend. The selection centre dates for the North East area will be held at St James Park Conference Centre in Newcastle on:
- Wednesday 1st May 2019
- Thursday 2nd May 2019
Further information on the recruitment schedule including dates can be found through the timeline tab listed to the right of this page.
Applicants will be asked to preference all the posts in which they are interested. By preferencing more posts applicants will have a better chance of securing a post. If applicants choose only a limited number of preferences it could be that they are unsuccessful in securing any post if they do not score highly at the selection centre for the posts they have preferenced. Offers will be made in rank order by performance at the selection centre. Once offers have been made the system will also allow upgrades so that you can accept a higher preference post if that becomes available.
SJT Assessment/Selection Centre Attendance: It is the responsibility of individual applicants to ensure that leave is booked appropriately and sufficient notice is provided to Training Units.
Applicant Selection Centre Expenses: Any claims for expenses incurred in travelling to a Selection Centre should be made to the region that assessed you, not the DCTNRO. This should normally be a venue close to your residence or place of work. You will be expected to explain why this is not the case if you appear to have excessive expenses.
If you attended a Selection Centre in England, information on the Candidate Expenses Policy and a copy of the claim form can be found by visiting the national recruitment website.
Important: You are only eligible to claim for expenses if you are a current employee of an NHS Trust or NHS Board. No other applicants, for example Dental Foundation/Vocational Trainees, are allowed to claim.
All queries must be directed to Applicant Support via the following email address DCTNRO@hee.nhs.uk - please note, there is no contact telephone number!
Further information is contained in the Applicant Guide and Person Specifications for each vacancy.
To download a copy of the Dental Silver Guide please visit the COPDEND website.