Dental Specialty Training posts NHS England working across the North West

Dental ARCPs  2026

All ARCPS, that are not part of a national or regional process will be held September 2026.

Oral Medicine/DMFR and Oral Pathology will be a national process, details will be confirmed by national panels.

Dental ARCP Requirements

Dental Specialty Training

These posts are advertised via Oriel when they become vacant. Appointment is by competitive interview and a clinical competency assessment and the structure and content of the posts will comply with the relevant SAC recommendations and the “Dental Gold Guide”.

Please find post descriptors attached. Some posts may not become vacant until March 2026. If you require further information, please contact: sarah.roberts135@nhs.net 

The Dental Gold Guide and accompanying forms can be accessed on the COPDEND WEBSITE

Posts are annually assessed using the ACRP process.  Trainee online e-portfolio:https://www.iscp.ac.uk/

The following dental specialty training is currently undertaken in NHSE NW:

• Dental Public Health
• Dental Radiology
• Endodontics
• Oral Medicine
• Orthodontics
• Oral Pathology
• Oral Surgery
• Paediatric Dentistry
• Fixed and Removable Prosthodontics (part-time four year self-funded posts)
• Restorative Dentistry and monospecs
• Special Care Dentistry

Period of Grace

Trainees who wish to take a period of grace must complete the period of Grace from which can be downloaded from the Denal Goldguide  2025 COPDEND Forms

Useful Links

COPDEND

http://www.copdend.org.uk

Dental Specialty Recruitment:

https://nww.oriel.nhs.uk

NHSE Dental Specialty Contacts