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One position. South Wales, near Cardiff.

A surgical apprenticeship under Dr Ted

Learn hair restoration properly, then help build Calibre Hair Clinic.

Start with your name and email. Take the next step when you are ready.

Dr Ted performing a hair restoration procedure
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The film

Hear it from Dr Ted first

Before you apply, watch Dr Ted explain it in his own words.

One role

One position. One standard. A doctor trained until the work is theirs.

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What you gain

Four things you cannot find
elsewhere in medicine

No chasing bloods. No ordering X-rays. Four things that are close to impossible to find elsewhere in medicine.

01 · Mastery

A surgeon’s precision. An architect’s eye.

Like an architect, you begin by understanding what someone hopes to achieve and what you have to work with. You learn to observe how hair grows naturally, plan the result, and bring it to life through painstaking attention to detail. You train until the judgement isn’t borrowed, but yours.

02 · Mentorship

Inside the methodology he built

A working apprenticeship under Dr Ted, inside the methodology he built: contraction rate, tumescence protocol, graft geometry, TrichoLAB donor mathematics, and the advanced hair loss cases other clinics decline.

03 · Autonomy

Fewer cases, higher standard

Fewer cases at a higher standard. Time to prepare properly, operate without a volume target, and do the work the way it should be done.

04 · Legacy

Inherit a philosophy, not a vacancy

You are not filling a vacancy. You are inheriting a philosophy, with a place at the centre of what Calibre becomes.

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Fit

Who this is for,
and who it is not

✓ This is for you if

  • You are GMC registered with an interest in practical procedures. Your background specialty does not matter. Your aptitude does.
  • You can say “I don't know”, “teach me” and “I was wrong” without flinching.
  • You notice asymmetry, proportion and naturalness because you cannot help noticing.
  • You prepare properly, follow through, and feel it when a standard slips.
  • You want to become world-class and are willing to earn it slowly, over years.

✕ This is not for you if

  • You want a platform or a following more than a craft.
  • Income and status are the engine. Money here is a consequence, not the driver.
  • You are after rapid independence or a quick route to your own practice.
  • If you can't work as part of a team to grow the clinic.

We would rather lose you at this page than at year two. Read both lists honestly.

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The path

A long apprenticeship,
by design

There is no shortcut in the training because there is none in the work. Over years, not months, you move from observing, to assisting, to operating, to leading.

Observe

Nuances in private-sector practice and patient psychology that the right candidate will notice and the wrong one will miss.

Assist

You begin with fundamentals under close supervision.

Operate

Responsibility arrives as your judgement and your hands earn it.

Lead

The end point is a doctor trusted the way patients trust Dr Ted, at the centre of the institution Calibre is becoming. Once you can practise independently, your salary rises to £100,000 a year. We anticipate this taking one to two years.

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About

Dr Ted
and Calibre

Dr Ted has developed an exacting approach to hair restoration. Where conventional practice accepts a constraint, he asks whether it is real. His clinical methodology considers factors rarely discussed elsewhere: contraction rate, tumescence protocol, graft geometry, TrichoLAB donor mathematics, 3D planning, and advanced hair loss cases that other clinics decline.

Calibre is the institution being built around that work. The models are teaching hospitals and craft ateliers, not other hair clinics. The ambition is for Calibre to be the place where hair restoration is being reinvented.

Dr Ted at work in the Calibre clinic
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Reputation

Building on recognised work

Dr Ted Hair Transplants holds Elite Coalition status with the Hair Restoration Network, one of only 25 clinics in the world. Dr Ted is a member of the British Association of Hair Restoration Surgeons, and was invited to join the International Alliance of Hair Restoration Surgery, which admits very few members globally.

You will help build Calibre to the same standard.

Hair Restoration Network
British Association of Hair Restoration Surgery
International Alliance of Hair Restoration Surgeons
American Hair Loss Association
American Hair Loss Association Best Hair Transplant Surgeons Guide 2026
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Proof

Evidence, not claims

The standard is visible in the work.

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FAQ

Straight
answers

Do I need hair transplant experience?
No. Aptitude, judgement and temperament count for more than your CV. Training you completely is the point.
Where is this?
South Wales, near Cardiff.
What does it pay?
Start on £40,000 to £50,000 a year, depending on experience. On successful completion of training, when you can practise independently, your salary rises to £100,000. We anticipate this taking one to two years.
How long does the training take?
Years, not months. It is an apprenticeship, not a course.
What happens after I apply?
Start with your name and email. We will email you a short eligibility screener. If you meet the initial criteria, we will invite you to send one video of around four minutes via WhatsApp. The team will review your video and invite shortlisted applicants to complete an aptitude assessment, before selecting candidates to meet Dr Ted.
When do applications close?
Applications close on 7 October 2026. Start with the short eligibility screener; we will explain the next steps by email.
Why is the application so demanding?
Because we want the right person.
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The application

Your next step
starts here

Leave your name and email. We will send you a short eligibility screener. If you meet the initial criteria, your next step is one video introduction of around four minutes.

Applications close on 7 October 2026.

We will use your details only to manage your application. You can ask us to remove them at any time.

The invitation

If you are still reading, take that seriously.

Start on £40,000 to £50,000 a year, depending on experience, with progression to £100,000 when you complete training and can practise independently. We anticipate this taking one to two years.

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