Regulation 34 Interpretation: foundation training

(1)

In this Part, “foundation training” means a relevant period of employment during which a dental practitioner—

(a)

is employed under a contract of service by Velindre University NHS Trust under the direction of the NWSSP Committee, and

(b)

attends the practice of an approved trainer who has agreed with HEIW to supervise the provision by the dental practitioner of an appropriate range of dental care and treatment and for the dental practitioner to attend such study days as that contract provides, with the aims and objectives of enhancing clinical and administrative competence and promoting high standards through relevant postgraduate training and in particular to—

(i)

enable the dental practitioner to practise and improve the practitioner’s skills,

(ii)

introduce the dental practitioner to dental practice in primary care,

(iii)

identify the dental practitioner’s personal strengths and weaknesses and balance them through a planned programme of training,

(iv)

promote oral health of, and quality dental care for, patients,

(v)

develop further and implement peer and self review, and promote awareness of the need for professional education, training and audit as a continuing process, and

(vi)

enable the dental practitioner to—

(aa)

make competent and confident professional decisions including decisions for referrals to other services,

(bb)

demonstrate that the practitioner is working within the guidelines regarding the ethics and confidentiality of dental practice,

(cc)

implement regulations and guidelines for the delivery of safe practice,

(dd)

know how to obtain appropriate advice on, and practical experience of, legal and financial aspects of practice,

(ee)

demonstrate that the practitioner has acquired skill and knowledge in the psychology of care of patients and can work successfully as a member of a practice team, and

(ff)

demonstrate that the practitioner has completed foundation training to a satisfactory level.

(2)

In the definition of “foundation training” in paragraph (1), “relevant period of employment” means—

(a)

a period of full-time employment normally of one year and not more than 2 years, to demonstrate satisfactory completion of foundation training,

(b)

an equivalent period of part-time employment, or

(c)

in the case of a dental practitioner who is neither exempt under regulation 39(4) from the requirement to undertake foundation training, nor has satisfactorily completed foundation training as in sub-paragraph (a) or (b), but—

(i)

has performed community dental service,

(ii)

has performed personal dental services prior to 1 April 2006,

(iii)

has otherwise gained experience of dentistry in primary care as a dental practitioner,

(iv)

has been employed in a hospital as a dental practitioner, or

(v)

holds or is enrolled on a course to achieve a postgraduate qualification in dentistry registerable with the General Dental Council as an additional diploma by virtue of regulations made under section 19(1)(c) of the Dentists Act 1984^f1 (regulations with respect to the register),

such period of employment, which may be less than, but will not exceed that in sub-paragraph (a) or an equivalent period of part-time employment, as HEIW may determine that the dental practitioner must complete in order to have satisfactorily completed foundation training.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: Relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2007/3101 and S.I. 2019/593.