How to add or remove a FD to your contact depends on if your practice is in England or Wales.
England
NHS Dental Services are responsible for adding and removing FDs from a contract.
NHSE Workforce Training Education (WT&E) send our NHS Dental Finance team all the relevant information including:
- the FD performer number
- the contract number
- who their trainer will be
If a FD is no longer with your practice but still appears on your contract in error, contact your NHSE WT&E support officer.
Wales
To attach a FD to a contract, the Local Health Board (LHB) must use the ‘Allocation of Foundation Dentists to Contract’ function.
Select ‘Contract folder’ and ‘Allocation of Foundation Dentist to Contract’.
Before attaching a FD, you must have the 'Foundation Dentist' indicator ticked on the performer record.
Enter the start date for the performer. This date must be on or after the Foundation Dentist indicator start date you've entered on the performer record.
Enter the performer number and select 'Create' on the top right-hand corner of the table to bring up the creation window. Each green field in this window is mandatory and must be completed to complete the process.
Mandatory fields
All the mandatory fields must be completed.
Once they’ve been completed, select 'Save' to attach the performer to the contract.
Contract ID
Enter the contract number or use the magnifying glass to search.
Trainer
Enter the performer number of the FD trainer. To attach a trainer to the FD, you must make sure the performer has the ‘Vocational Trainer’ indicator ticked on their performer record. For further information on adding the ‘Vocational Trainer’ indicator to a performer record, see the help screen on ‘Performer Update’.
Performer Start Date
Enter the date the FD starts on the contract. This must be in the current financial year.
Performer End Date
Enter the date the FD ends on the contract.
Full Time or Part Time
Select if the FD is working full time or part time.
If you select 'Refresh Finance / UDA details', the financial and UDA information will refresh. This information will automatically pro-rata, based on the dates the performer is attached to the contract.
Adding a part time FD
The LHB is responsible for adding a FD to a second contract. You must contact them directly.
Removing a FD
If the FD has not been removed from the contract and their tenure has finished, you must use the 'Allocation of Foundation Dentists to Contract' function.
Select ‘Contract folder’ and ‘Allocation of Foundation Dentist to Contract’.
Adding an end date for the FD performer record will not end the tenure.