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Essential
32 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Skills and Abilities
Ability to provide strategic leadership across multiple foundation-level dental training programmes.
- Skills and Abilities
Ability to communicate with all levels of staff (including clinical and academic) on highly complex matters and difficult situations
- Skills and Abilities
Ability to analyse qualitative, quantitative, numerical, written, educational performance, quality assurance and workforce data from a range of sources to assess options, draw conclusions and inform decision-making.
- Skills and Abilities
Vision, strategic thinking and planning with highly developed political skills
- Skills and Abilities
Ability to demonstrate a high level of expertise in providing senior leadership
- Skills and Abilities
Ability to work on own initiative and organise workload, delegating work as necessary, working to tight and often changing deadlines
- Skills and Abilities
Ability to investigate concerns, identify root causes and implement improvement plans.
- Skills and Abilities
Proficient in the use of digital learning systems, e-portfolios, data analysis tools and Microsoft 365 applications.
- Skills and Abilities
Ability to lead and influence senior stakeholders across organisational boundaries.
- Skills and Abilities
Skilled in managing difficult conversations and resolving conflict
- Behaviours and Values
Identifies the processes and systems that will promote health, safety and security in the organisation
- Behaviours and Values
Promotes a safe environment for exchange of views and ideas and takes appropriate action when there are issues with health, safety and security
- Behaviours and Values
Investigates any actual or potential health, safety or security incidents and takes the required action
- Behaviours and Values
Uses clear, plain language and communicates in a way that supports openness, understanding and collaboration.
- Behaviours and Values
Interprets equality, diversity and rights in accordance with legislation, policies, procedures and good practice and will act in support of this
- Behaviours and Values
Constructively challenges and accepts constructive challenge from others
- Behaviours and Values
Recognises that improved patient care is at the heart of all decision making
- Behaviours and Values
Actively promotes change and improvement and sharing of knowledge and information
- Behaviours and Values
Demonstrates integrity, confidentiality, fairness and objectivity when managing sensitive educational, performance and governance matters.
- Behaviours and Values
Exhibits resilience and professionalism when dealing with complex, contentious or high-profile issues.
- Experience and Knowledge
Extensive knowledge of specialist areas, including dental education, public health and/or business management, acquired through postgraduate study, equivalent training or significant senior-level experience.
- Experience and Knowledge
Evidence of post-registration and continuing professional development.
- Experience and Knowledge
Understanding of the background to, and aims of, current healthcare policy and the implications for dental education and training.
- Experience and Knowledge
Appreciation of the relationship between the Department of Health and Social Care, its Arm’s Length Bodies and provider organisations.
- Experience and Knowledge
Extensive knowledge of how dental services and education/training are configured and regulated.
- Experience and Knowledge
A track record of commissioning, developing or implementing education programmes across complex settings, including negotiating changes to traditional modes of delivery.
- Experience and Knowledge
Experience of leading projects involving multiple partners and working across organisational boundaries.
- Qualifications and Training
Educated to master’s level or equivalent level of senior experience in a relevant specialist area.
- Qualifications and Training
Dental qualification at degree level.
- Qualifications and Training
Postgraduate qualification in education, clinical education, healthcare education or equivalent demonstrable educational leadership experience.
- Qualifications and Training
Evidence of maintaining GDC registration and relevant continuing professional development aligned to educational, clinical and leadership responsibilities.
- Qualifications and Training
Demonstrable outcomes in postgraduate dental education, including programme design, curriculum delivery, assessment, learner support, faculty development and quality improvement.
Desirable
Not listed in the available specification.
Job overview
An opportunity has arisen for appointment to the role of Associate Postgraduate Dental Dean for Foundation Training within the North West.
The post holder provides senior educational leadership for Dental Foundation Training and associated foundation-level dental education programmes across the North West of England, including programme development, quality management, trainee support, faculty development and assurance of training standards.
The post holder will have experience of and commitment to Dental Foundation Training, with a primary focus on this programme and related foundation-level dental education within the regional portfolio. Working with the Postgraduate Dental Dean and key system partners, they will support strategic development, national reform, innovation and operational policy across the North West, ensuring Dental Foundation Training supports NHS priorities and reflects current and future dental contract reform.
Main duties of the job
Key responsibilities include:
- Lead the provision of Dental Foundation Training in the North West of England.
- Lead regional implementation and operational oversight of the Early Years Dental Training curriculum and associated portfolio requirements, ensuring consistency across one-year Foundation-only and two-year JDFCT pathways.
- Provide senior oversight of JDFCT/Early Years pathways across dental practice, community, hospital and DCT-equivalent settings, ensuring effective coordination between Educational Supervisors, Training Programme Directors, Lead Employer and NHS England teams.
- Participate in strategic planning for Dental Foundation Training at national level.
- Support the development of specialised skills and wider educational opportunities relevant to Dental Foundation Training.
- Develop and evaluate an effective Dental Foundation Training study programme mapped to the Early Years curriculum and aligned with the Dental Gold Guide.
- Lead the process for the appointment of Training Programme Directors and Educational Supervisors.
- Develop and maintain robust processes to ensure appointed training practices meet required standards for the learning environment, educational provision, supervision and quality.
- Support the development, review and ongoing support of Educational Supervisors and Training Programme Directors.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The role is line managed by, and is professionally accountable to, the Postgraduate Dental Dean. The duties listed in the job description are not intended to be exhaustive. The post holder will carry out any other duties as may reasonably be required by their line manager.
You can find further details about the job, organisational structure, recruitment profile, expected outcomes and benefits information in the attached Job Description and other supporting documents.
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
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This advert is for Associate Postgraduate Dental Dean for Foundation Training with NHS England in Manchester, United Kingdom. The advertised salary is £132,145 pro rata. The contract type is Fixed term: 4 months (until 31 March 2027). The application deadline is 05 Oct 2026.
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