| Essential | Desirable | Measure |
| Qualifications | | |
| Registered with the GDC, has current professional indemnity and is an NHS performer | Has dental committee experience. | Practice visit, application form. |
| Minimum personal NHS commitment of 1000 UDAs | Larger NHS commitment, but not so large to detract from the time able to be spent supporting an FD | Practice visit, BSA report |
| Stable relationship in practice | Involvement in management of practice. Practice owner | Practice visit |
| Present in practice with FD for minimum 3 days a week | Present in practice with FD each day they are present in the practice | application form |
| Willing to accept FD in practice on terms of FT scheme | Postgraduate qualifications, particularly credits toward PGCE | Practice visit, application form |
| Knowledge and Experience | | |
| Minimum 4 years experience in GDS or salaried service, including own FT year, at time of FD starting in practice | Over 4 years experience in GDS or salaried service | Application form |
| Minimum 15 hours verifiable CPD in year of application | More than 15 hours CPD on postgraduate courses | Certificates |
| High clinical and ethical standards | Previous experience as a dental clinical educator. Education qualification. Reflective practitioner. | Practice visit, application form certificates, reflections, interview |
| | Ability and desire to be an educator. Motivated to do FT for the interests of the FD. | Interview |
| | Teaching experience | Interview |
| Can produce a personal or professional development plan | Knowledge of VT curriculum | Interview |
| | Can produce evidence of reflective writing and practice | Evidence with application form |
| | Can produce evidence of involvement in appraisal | Evidence with application form |
| Skills, abilities and values | | |
| Is able to integrate well and is valued by the members of the team . | A dentist who works as part of a team in a well run practice | Interview and practice visit |
| High clinical and ethical standards | Able and willing to adapt and change with the times as legislative requirements, technologies, materials and methods change. | |
| Provides a full range of NHS treatment | A dentist who is able to communicate effectively with patients and team members | |
| Good communication skills. | A dentist who is available and accessible to patients and staff | |
| Has skills required to support colleagues. | A dentist willing to re-organise their daily routine and that of the practice to take account of the presence of a Foundation Dentist | |
| A dentist able to cope with change, who is flexible and can handle uncertainty | A dentist who can demonstrate a critical faculty for self assessment | |
| | A dentist who can demonstrate involvement in staff training and development | |
| | A dentist who can demonstrate the ability to give and receive feedback | |
| | A dentist who can demonstrate enthusiasm and commitment to teaching and learning | |