The Lead Employer Trust is hosted by County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust. It operates under a service level agreement to 11 host Training Trusts in the North East and Cumbria.

The LET is based at the Northeast SHA based at Waterfront 4, Goldcrest Way, Newburn Riverside, Newcastle. NE15 8NY. The LET has a dedicated helpdesk for all general enquires which is 0844 8797258

Alternatively, you may email your query to Scott.hunter@nhs.net who will pass your query on to the relevant Officer.

The LET is responsible for the recruitment and employment of the Specialty Doctors in training. In addition, the LET employs some of the dental and public health trainees, although the majority of dental trainees are employed by individual practices. All specialty trainees (with the exception of GP trainees) are employed by CDDFT for the duration of their training programme which may vary depending on specialty. Trainees will rotate around the host Trusts in the North East as appropriate to their training needs.

The LET has its own in house Human Resources, Payroll and recharge teams. Contact details for these are all available on the Northern Deanery website. All teams work in specialty specific areas to ensure improved customer service for trainees.

There are 2 websites that you may find helpful -

Please visit our dedicated Live and Train recruitment website which gives full information on in the Northern Deanery.

http://www.northerndeaneryrecruitment.nhs.uk

and http://mypimd.ncl.ac.uk/PIMDDev

All trainees will receive a statement of their main terms and conditions of service, which outlines the relevant policies and procedures to be followed as an employee. A copy of any relevant policy can be obtained by request to the Helpdesk as above.