Medical Specialty Recruitment
Guidance to help you apply to your chosen medical specialty
Specialty Recruitment applicant guide
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Overview of Specialty Recruitment
Find out how to make the best possible application to your chosen specialty
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Recruitment timelines
Key recruitment dates for Specialty Recruitment
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Eligibility
Find out if you are eligible to make an application
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Applying
How to apply for Specialty Recruitment
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Shortlisting
Find out about different shortlisting processes
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Interviews and selection process
Find out about interviews and the selection processes
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Preferencing
Find out how preferencing works
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Offers, feedback and upgrades
Find out how offers, feedback and upgrades work
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Person specifications
Check your eligibility for your chosen specialty or sub-specialty
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Contact us
Key contact information
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Documents to support your application
Documents you may need for your application
Recruitment updates
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News
Find out the latest news
Medical specialities
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Anaesthesia
Find out more about Anaesthesia
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Clinical Oncology
Find out more about Clinical Oncology ST3
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Clinical Radiology
Find out more about Clinical Radiology ST1 and ST3
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Community Sexual and Reproductive Health
Find out more about Community Sexual and Reproductive Health
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General Practice and Public Health dual programme
Find out about dual training in General Practice and Public Health
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Emergency Medicine
Find out more about Acute Care Common Stem Emergency Medicine
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General Practice
Find out more about General Practice
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Intensive Care Medicine
Find out more about Intensive Care Medicine
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Medicine
Find out more about training in Medicine
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Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Find out more about Obstetrics and Gynaecology ST1 and ST3
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Occupational Medicine
Find out more about Occupational Medicine ST3
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Ophthalmology
Find out more about Ophthalmology
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Paediatrics
Find out more about Paediatrics
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Pathology
Find out more about Pathology
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Psychiatry
Find out more about Core Psychiatry and Higher Psychiatry training
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Public Health
Find out more about Public Health
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Surgery
Find out more about Core Surgery and Higher Surgery training
Related information
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Academic recruitment
Information about Academic Clinical Fellowships (ACF) and Academic Clinical Lecturers
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Complaints
Find out how to make a confidential complaint
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Fitness to Practise
How to make a Fitness to Practise declaration and find the right contact for your training programme
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Foundation Competencies
Evidence of Foundation Competence
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Inter-Deanery Transfers (IDT)
If your circumstances change, you may be eligible to apply for an Inter-Deanery Transfer (IDT)
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Less Than Full Time Training (LTFT)
Find out how to apply for Less Than Full Time Training
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Multi-Specialty Recruitment Assessment (MSRA)
The MSRA is a computer-based assessment you may need to complete for your chosen specialty
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Overseas applicants
Guidance for overseas applicants
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Qpercom Recruit
A number of virtual inteviews will be conducted using Qpercom Recruit
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Special circumstances
What to do if you have a requirement to train in a particular location
Recruitment data and publications
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Competition ratios
Review the competition ratios from previous years
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Equality and diversity
Review the equality and diversity data from previous recruitment rounds
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Fill rates
Review the fill rates from previous recruitment rounds
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Publications
Browse reports and guidance