Applying

Before you apply for Specialty Training you should check that you're eligible.

All applications must be submitted via Oriel, we are unable to accept any applications outside of this system.

Please ensure you are only logged into Oriel in one browser window, on one device, as having multiple windows open may impact updates you make.

Please check your application thoroughly before submitting as no one is able to change information after submission, including the administrative team.

Please ensure you submit your application before the 4pm deadline.

You must read all of these pages, which form the Nuclear Medicine ST3 specialty applicant guidance  in conjunction with the general guidance on the Medical Specialty Recruitment pages before beginning your application.

Summary of changes for 2026 recruitment

Details of the changes are provided throughout these pages in conjunction with central guidance issued by the national recruitment team that applies across specialties.

Changes to person specification

Please review the MDRS statement about changes to person specifications.

Portfolio Review

There will be a portfolio review section added to interview Station A.

Total of five domains for the portfolio component of the interviews, reduced from seven in last year’s self-assessment. To achieve this change the prizes and awards section has been merged with the academic domain and the teaching and training domains have also been merged. See guidance document for full details.

At the point of application applicants will complete a supporting evidence section where they will review the guidance document.

Select the category your single piece of evidence is most appropriately associated with, along with the title of the evidence at the point of application.

To note:

• Any applicant who declares E for all achievements for all domains will not be permitted to move to the MSRA stage of the recruitment process
• Only one piece of evidence will be permitted for each domain
• Evidence for each domain should be uploaded as one continuous pdf

Evidence upload

• Qpercom will be used to upload evidence and guidance will be provided
• You will be required to upload the supporting evidence page of your Oriel application to Qpercom
• Once you have submitted your evidence on Qpercom recruit and pressed finished and submit you cannot edit the documents you have uploaded

Interviews

Interview Station A will now incorporate the portfolio review where uploaded evidence will be assessed for 10 minutes prior to the candidate entering the station. As this is now part of the interview process, no appeals will be allowed.

2 questions on Station A will be about 2 domains of evidence candidates have uploaded.

There is an increase length of both stations to 15 minutes. See interview page for more detail.

Recruitment process

Reasonable adjustments and Disability Confident Scheme (DCS)

We will ensure, where possible, that reasonable adjustments are made at interview to meet the needs of applicants with disabilities.

You must ensure that you include this on the application form.

Failure to provide the requested information and documentation by the stated deadline will result in adjustments and/or Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) status not being met.

Any applicants applying under DCS, whose evidence is found eligible after review of the evidence, will be required to score above the minimum cut-off score in the MSRA exam – this is 201 on each of the 2 components. For more information regarding reasonable adjustments and the Disability Confident Scheme and evidence required, please review the MDRS applicant guidance.

Longlisting

Longlisting is the process of checking that applicants meet the minimum requirements to be eligible for a Nuclear Medicine post. You can find the eligibility criteria on the person specification here. More information about longlisting can be found on the Medical Specialty Recruitment pages.

It is very important that you ensure you meet the eligibility requirements and any competency document you need to attach is present and correct when you submit your application.

Should at this stage or any stage your application be found to not meet essential criteria, as outlined in the person specification, you will be found ineligible, and your application will not be progressed further.

Multi-Specialty Recruitment Assessment (MSRA)

As part of the selection process for 2026 recruitment all eligible applicants will be required to sit the MSRA (unless they have not met the initial eligibility checks). The result from this will form your shortlisting score. We will not accept MSRA scores from any previous sittings.

The MSRA is a computer-based assessment, delivered in partnership with Work Psychology Group and Pearson VUE, which has been designed to assess some of the essential competences outlined in the Person Specification and is based around clinical scenarios.

The MSRA will be delivered at Pearson VUE test centres and remote testing provisions will be in place, as a reasonable adjustment, for those who require it.

Shortlisting

In the event that the volume of eligible applicants exceeds the interview capacity, applications will be shortlisted for the purpose of reducing the number of applicants invited to interview to a number which we can accommodate.

Please note that applicants will be required to score above the minimum cut-off score in the MSRA exam – this is 201 on each of the 2 components.

All applicants that score higher than the cut-off score but are not initially invited to interview will be put on a reserve list this will be indicated by your Oriel status.

Interview stations

In 2026 there will be 2 interview stations of up to 15 minutes each.

We will be using a virtual interview system called Qpercom Recruit.