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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 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 NHS England – North West:
- 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 Dental Gold guide 2025 COPDEND Forms
Useful Links
NHS England – North West Dental Specialty Contacts
Paediatric Post Liverpool 2026 - Due to a glitch in the system, I unable to upload the Job Description for the Liverpool Paeds post 2026. Please contact england.dental.nw@nhs.net to obtain a copy - apologies for this inconvenience.
