Medical Specialty Recruitment

Specialty Recruitment applicant guide

Overview of Specialty Recruitment

Find out how to make the best possible application to your chosen specialty
Recruitment timelines

Key recruitment dates for Specialty Recruitment
Eligibility

Find out if you are eligible to make an application
Applying

How to apply for Specialty Recruitment
Shortlisting

Find out about different shortlisting processes
Interviews and selection process

Find out about interviews and the selection processes
Preferencing

Find out how preferencing works
Offers, feedback and upgrades

Find out how offers, feedback and upgrades work
Person specifications

Check your eligibility for your chosen specialty
News

Find out the latest news
Contacts

Find contact information for each region
Specialty recruitment webinar

Watch our webinar on 2023 specialty recruitment
Specialty Recruitment Interview Schedule 2023

Planned interview dates for Round 1 and Round 2 specialty recruitment taking place in each region/nation
Industrial action and management of Doctors in Postgraduate Training

Latest guidance on industrial action and Doctors in Postgraduate Training

Qpercom Recruit

A number of virtual inteviews will be conducted using Qpercom Recruit
Applying on Oriel

Guidance on using Oriel to apply for posts
Fill rates

Review the fill rates from previous recruitment rounds
Overseas applicants

Guidance of overseas applicants
Academic recruitment

Information about Academic Clinical Fellowships (ACF) and Academic Clinical Lecturers
Competition ratios

Review the competition ratios from previous years
Inter-Deanery Transfers (IDT)

If your circumstances change, you may be eligible to apply for an Inter-Deanery Transfer (IDT)
Expenses

Policies and guidance for candidates and clinicians
Foundation Competencies

Evidence of Foundation Competence
Documents to support your application

Information to support your application
Fitness to Practise

How to make a Fitness to Practise declaration and find the right contact for your training programme
Self-assessment and interviews

Find out everything you need to know about self-assessment and interview
Offer exchanges and enhanced preferences

Offer exchanges or enhanced preferences can be used to change your preferences on your application
Special circumstances

What to do if you have a requirement to train in a particular location
Complaints

Find out how to make a confidential complaint
Multi-Specialty Recruitment Assessment (MSRA)

The MSRA is a computer-based assessment you may need to complete for your chosen specialty