Medical Specialty Recruitment

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

Industrial action and management of Doctors in Postgraduate Training

Latest guidance on industrial action and Doctors in Postgraduate Training

Clinical Oncology

Clinical Radiology

Emergency Medicine

General Practice

Medicine

Occupational Medicine

Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Pathology

Psychiatry

Public Health

Surgery

Other specialties recruiting now

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