Recruitment timelines

Plastic Surgery

Plastic Surgery ST3 recruitment will follow the timeline below.

Timeline and key dates

November 2025

Advert appears

By 5pm Wednesday 19 November 2025 

Applications open

At 10am Thursday 20 November 2025

December 2025

Applications close

At 4pm Thursday 11 December 2025

Evidence upload portal opens

Thursday 18 December 2025

January 2026

Evidence upload portal closes

Monday 5 January 2026

Self-assessment verification window

Tuesday 13 January to Wednesday 14 January 2026

Appeal window for candidates

Thursday 15 January to Monday 19 January 2026

February 2026

Invites to interview sent on

Monday 2 February 2026

Interview dates

Tuesday 10 February to Wednesday 11 February 2026

March 2026

Preferences open date

Thursday 12 March 2026 (To be confirmed)

Preferences close date

Friday 27 March 2026 (To be confirmed)

April 2026

Initial offers released (on behalf of all regions)

By 5pm on Tuesday 14 April 2026

Hold deadline

At 1pm on Wednesday 22 April 2026

Upgrade deadline

At 4pm on Thursday 23 April 2026

Interview scoresheet release date

To be confirmed

Please note that all dates are subject to change and applicants will be communicated with via Oriel if changes occur.

Page last reviewed: 18 November 2025
Next review due: 18 November 2027