Preferencing

At the time of application, applicants will be asked to preference all regions that they would be prepared to work in, there will be no specific programme information just the region's name.

Preferencing

During the recruitment process there will also be further periods where applicants can alter their preferences (see below). 

It is important to be aware that if applicants put any of the preference options in the not wanted column on Oriel, they will never receive an offer for this region, even if it means that they are bypassed with the offer going to a lower ranked applicant.

Applicants can only receive an offer for preferences that have been positively ranked. ICMNRO therefore suggest that applicants only move a preference to the not wanted column if they are certain they do not want to receive an offer from that region.

A list of the NHS England Local Offices, PSD Scotland, NIMDTA and HEIW posts recruiting at this level are available on the Posts section of the website.

Please be reminded that the recruitment process is competitive with more applicants applying than posts available.

The preferencing window will be opened at regular periods. The window will initially be open from 10am on Wednesday 19 November 2026 to Monday 12 April 2027.

ICMNRO will then close the window to allow for the preparation for offers to take place. Once the first wave of offers has been released by 5pm on Tuesday 13 April 2027, the preferencing window will be opened in between each offer recycle, to allow applicants to update their preferences should they wish.

This process will continue up until the upgrading deadline at 4pm on Thursday 22 April 2027.