Recruitment timelines

Clinical Oncology

Clinical Oncology ST3 recruitment will follow the timeline below.

Timeline and key dates

July 2026

Advert Appears

By 5pm Monday 27 July 2026

Application open

At 10am Tuesday 28 July 2026

August 2026

Applications close

At 4pm on Thursday 13 August 2026

Evidence verification upload window opens

Friday 14 August 2026

Evidence verification upload window closes

Thursday 27 August 2026

Preferencing

To be confirmed. You will be notified via Oriel when the preferencing window opens

October 2026

Interviews

Friday 9 October 2026

Initial offers released

By 5pm Tuesday 20 October 2026

Hold deadline

At 1pm Tuesday 27 October 2026

Upgrade deadline

At 4pm Thursday 29 October 2026

Hierarchical deadline

At 5pm Thursday 29 October 2026

These dates are subject to change but you will be notified in advance if it is necessary to make any amendments to the timeline.

Religious holidays

Wherever possible, recruitment offices will avoid religious holidays when planning interview dates, but this cannot be guaranteed.

If you are unable to attend an interview date for this reason, you should contact the specialty Recruitment Lead via PGMDE Support Portal at the earliest opportunity to establish if it is possible to make alternative arrangements.

Page last reviewed: 20 July 2026
Next review due: 20 July 2028