Ranking, preferencing and offers

Below is a summary of post interview processes.

Ranking, outcomes and preferencing

Eligible applicants will be invited to preference available posts on Oriel prior to offers being made. The sub-preferencing window will be confirmed in an email from the recruitment team. For guidance on how to rank/submit your preferences please refer to the Oriel Applicant User Guide.

Your ranking will be based on your combined interview and portfolio scores.

Scores will be collated to generate one national ranking from which offers will be made to all available posts. Following interview and ranking, you will either be deemed successful or unsuccessful and will be informed of this via Oriel.

Offers, references and scoresheet

Offers will be made to those successful applicants that have ‘matched’ to a post and will be based on the applicant’s ranking and preferences. Offers will be made via Oriel by 5pm on Tuesday 15 April 2025.

Following initial offers being released, further offers will be made in subsequent iterations. You have 48 hours from the time of offer (excluding weekends) to confirm via Oriel whether you wish to accept, reject or hold your offer. Offers made after the hold deadline will only have the option to accept or reject.

You can also choose to opt in or out of ‘Upgrading’ – by choosing to opt in; if a post becomes available that you have preferenced higher than the one you have chosen to accept you will automatically be upgraded to this new post. Refer to the recruitment timeline for the various deadlines.

Reference reports are not used at eligibility checking or at the selection centre but will be reviewed by the perspective employing Trust after offers have been made and prior to confirmation of appointment for successful applicants. This will only be requested electronically via Oriel when an offer has been accepted. Guidance on completing references is available via the Oriel resource bank. 

Scoresheets will be released to all applicants on a specified date. The recruitment office will communicate this date to you, therefore you do not need to request your scoresheets after interview.

Appeals Procedure

Please note that applicants may not appeal their portfolio shortlisting score.

Applicants can only submit an appeal where they believe the correct published procedure/process has not been followed correctly. Please note that only the evidence you uploaded can be taken into account and any additional evidence to support your appeal will not be considered.

Applicants will be given a 72-hour deadline to appeal where they believe the correct published procedure/process has not been followed correctly. Appeals received after the 72-hour deadline will not be considered. The outcome of the appeal is final and there is no further recourse for dissatisfied applicants.

Allocation

Once offers has been accepted, appointee’s details will be passed on to the local training boards/programme director around 14 weeks prior to your start date and to the first Trust you have been appointed to 12 weeks prior to your start date. Therefore, you should not expect to receive any communication prior to this time.