Dental Therapist Foundation Training Educational Supervisor Applications.

NHSE Workforce, Training and Education Northeast are accepting applications from experienced GDPs and Dental Therapists for Foundation Dental Therapist (FDT) Educational Supervisors within the region.

Timeline - Educational Supervisor Recruitment for the 2026/27 training year:

Pre-entry requirements:

• Becoming an Educational Supervisor course completed within the last three years. Courses will be held at Bourne House, Durham Tuesday 14 October 2025 and Thursday 15 January 2026. For full details and to book your free place, please go to Accent Course Manager.

• Equality and Diversity course completed within the last three years
• University of Central Lancashire (UCLan) Medical education: Educational Theory to Educational Practice Medical Education: Theory to Practice, Short Course.  Registration with any similar educational course will be acceptable at this stage subject to it being at Postgraduate certificate level or greater.  This is not a mandatory requirement for a first year Dental Therapist Educational Supervisor 
  • Venue: Online teaching
  • Commences September annually
  • For queries regarding the application process email pgapplications@uclan.ac.uk  
  • If appointed, on completion of the course and proof of certificate, the course fee may be reimbursed (subject to available funding).

Applications and accompanying documents must be submitted electronically to england.dft.ne@nhs.net by the closing date of midnight Sunday 11 January 2026. 

Please title the email “Educational Supervisor application” and attach all the required documents which must be named accordingly.  

Please note:

• Handwritten applications will not be accepted
• Late applications will not be accepted
• Applications which are unsigned and/or incomplete and fail to include all documentation will not be progressed
• All applications will be verified and only those which are complete and correct will be accepted to take part in the Educational Supervisor appointment process
• As part of the long listing process, we will check the GDC website for verification of your registration number, date of registration and any listed restrictions or conditions. We will also check the CQC website to ensure there are no areas of non-compliance for the practice

The following documents relate to the 2025-26 process are for information only.  2026-27 documents will be available in the coming months. 

Supporting documentation:

FDT ES Role Profile

FDT ES Recruitment Policy

FDT Finance Information

Longlisting and Shortlisting Criteria

Assessor Practice Visit Checklist

Associated documents:

The application comprises of five parts

1. Application form (to be completed electronically)

2. Educational Supervisor practice: list of essential and desirable requirements (to be completed electronically)

3. Sample Provider letter for applicants who are Performers/ noncontract owners only

4. Monitoring information (to be completed electronically)

5. List of essential documents to be submitted with your application

What our current Eductional Supervisors say:

Clare Hindmarch,  Educational Supervisor

‘I enjoy my role as an Educational Supervisor for the Therapy Scheme. It is a valuable experience to mentor a newly qualified clinician in the early days of their career and allows me to develop my own reflective practice and ensure I maintain excellent standards in my clinical work. I enjoy the variety it brings to my working week and has encouraged my practice to work on our team referrals to fully utilise the scope of a Dental Therapist. ‘

Nick Marshall, Educational Supervisor

‘As an educational supervisor on the therapy scheme, I find it very rewarding to use my experience to help mentor a new graduate. Seeing someone progress from an inexperienced starter to a competent independent clinician under your guidance is very satisfying.

There are benefits to patient care as I feel happier booking longer appointments for those patients that would benefit from it without as much concern about the financial implications.

Supervising someone else also encourages me to reflect on my own practice and ensure that I am maintaining good standards. I am also given access to training opportunities through the deanery.

I have more control over the sorts of treatment I want to complete. Being able to refer straightforward restorative treatment allows me to focus on the more complex work that I find engaging. It also allows me to share the management of high needs patients who may require long treatment plans.

It offers variety to my day-to-day practice. Tutorials, hands on supervision and assisting on study days can offer a welcome change to the sometimes monotonous realities of clinical practice.’

Details for the recruitment of Dental Foundation Training (DFT) Educational Supervisors can be found here.