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Dental core training

Dental Core Training

Advert for Dental Core Training 1, 2 and 3 will go live on Tuesday 10th January 2023 with applications opening on Thursday 12th January 2023 at 10am. The application guide can be found here. Should you have any enquiries, please contact dctnro@hee.nhs.uk

Recruitment to Dental Core Training (DCT) is through a national selection process led by the DCT National Recruitment Office (DCTNRO). All information about the selection process is available on the DCTNRO website.

Post Descriptors for DCT1

West Region

South East Region

East Region

North/North East Region

Post Descriptors for DCT 2

West Region

South East Region

East Region

North/North East Region

Post Descriptors for DCT 3

West Region

South East Region

East Region

North/North East Region

Post Dental Core Training Fellowships

Information regarding Dental Core Training Fellowships will be published here in due course. Should you have any questions in the meantime, please contact the Service Desk here.

Skilled Worker Sponsorship

NES is now responsible for issuing Certificate of Sponsorships (COS) to Dental Trainees (Dental Core and Speciality Training Registrar Trainees only) in Scotland who require Skilled Worker sponsorship.

For further information on this, please go to the Scottish Medical Training website.

DCT interviews - Travel expenses

Any claims for expenses incurred in travelling to a Selection Centre should be made to the region that assessed you, not the DCTNRO. There is a £100 cap on all expense claims. Applicants attending interviews are entitled to travel and subsistence allowance at appropriate rates in accordance with Terms and Conditions for Hospital Medical and Dental Staff and AL (MD) 4/98. Those travelling to interviews must use the most cost effective means possible.

As per NES T&S policy when staying overnight in a hotel, guesthouse or the commercial accommodation, the overnight costs will be reimbursed as follows:

  • Commercial accommodation- Overnight allowance is up to £55.00 (inc.breakfast)
  • Non-commercial accommodation (when staying with friends or relatives) is £25.00
  • No claims will be paid unless they are supported by receipts.


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.

*Please note that DCT interviews will be conducted online therefore no travel will be required.

Contact us

If you have any questions please contact us by going to the Service Desk here and submitting a support request.


Last updated: 03/05/2021

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