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Specialty training recruitment

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Deferring the commencement date for specialty training programmes is generally only permitted for statutory reasons (e.g. maternity leave, sick leave, paternity leave). With the Covid-19 pandemic, there are likely to be a number of successful applicants who are unable to commence training on the advertised start date, for a number of non-statutory reasons.

Any trainee seeking a deferral should contact HEIW.Recruitment@wales.nhs.uk detailing the reasons for deferment. Please note whilst trainees can request a deferral it is up to the discretion of Health Education and Improvement Wales to agree.

Please find below the national timelines for the upcoming recruitment rounds:

 

Round 1  
Vacancies published By 5pm on Wednesday 2nd of November 2022
Applications open At 10am on Thursday 3rd of November 2022
Applications close At 4pm on Thursday 1st of December 2022
Interview Window Tuesday 3rd of January to Friday 17th of March 2023
Initial offers released By 5pm on Thursday 30th of March 2023
Hold deadline At 1pm on Tuesday 4th of April 2023
Upgrade deadline At 4pm on Tuesday 11th of April 2023
Hierarchal deadline At 4pm on Wednesday 12th of April 2023

 

Round 2  
Vacancies published By 5pm on Wednesday 16th of November 2022
Applications open At 10am on Thursday 17th of November 2022
Applications close At 4pm on Thursday 8th of December 2022
Interview Window Tuesday 3rd of January to Friday 14th of April 2023
Initial offers released By 5pm on Thursday 20th of April 2023
Hold deadline At 1pm on Tuesday 25th of April 2023
Upgrade deadline At 1pm on Wednesday 26th April 2023
Hierarchal deadline At 4pm on Wednesday 26th April 2023

Please find below indicative numbers for training posts in HEIW for Round Three recruitment. You can click through to the listed lead recruiters to find out further information about each specialty including its entry requirements.

*** These are indicative numbers and remain subject to change throughout the recruitment round.

To apply for any of these vacancies please visit www.oriel.nhs.uk 

Round one
Specialty Indicative Numbers Recruitment lead
ACCS - Anaesthetics 14 - 16 ANRO West Midlands
ACCS - IM 2 Royal College of Physicians
ACCS Emergency Medicine 14 - 18 London and the South East
Cardiothoracic Surgery 0 - 1 Wessex
Clinical Radiology 4 - 9 London and the South East
Core Anaesthetics 14 ANRO West Midlands
Core Psychiatry 25 - 27 North West
Core Surgery 45 London and the South East
Histopathology 6 London and the South East
IMT 84 Royal College of Physicians of London
Neurosurgery 0 - 1 Yorkshire and Humber Deanery
Obstetrics and Gynaecology 9 North West
Community Sexual and Reproductive Health 0 East of England
Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

ST1 0

ST3 0 - 1

Yorkshire and the Humber Deanery
Ophthalmology

ST1 1 - 5

ST3 0 

South West
Paediatrics

19

RCPCH Recruitment
Public Health 4 HEE
Stroke Medicine 2 PHST Recruitment
WCAT 0 - 5 Health Education and Improvement Wales
 
Round two
Specialty Indicative Numbers Recruitment lead
Acute Medicine 5

Physician Specialty Recruitment Office (PSRO)

Anaesthetics 14 - 20

Anaesthetics National Recruitment Office

Cardiology 1

PHST Recruitment

Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 2

Health Education England (HEE) North West

Cardiothoracic Surgery 0 - 1

HEE - Wessex

Combined Infection Training 1 - 2

Physician Specialty Recruitment Office (PSRO)

Clinical Genetics 1

PHST Recruitment

Clinical Neurophysiology 0 - 1

PHST Recruitment

Clinical Oncology 0 - 4

Health Education England (HEE) London & the South East

Clinical Pharmacology 0 - 1

PHST Recruitment

Diabetes and Endocrinology 0 - 2

Physician Specialty Recruitment Office (PSRO)

Dermatology 0 - 2

Physician Specialty Recruitment Office (PSRO)

Emergency Medicine 0 - 3

Health Education and Improvement - Yorkshire and Humber

Otolaryngology 1 - 2

Health Education and Improvement Wales

Gastroenterology 5 - 6

Physician Specialty Recruitment Office (PSRO)

General Adult Psychiatry 3 - 5

Health Education England (HEE) North West

Geriatrics 5 - 11

Physician Specialty Recruitment Office (PSRO)

Genito-Urinary Medicine 2

Physician Specialty Recruitment Office (PSRO)

General Surgery 7 - 12 HEE - London
Haematology 0 - 1

Physician Specialty Recruitment Office (PSRO)

ICM 7 - 10

PHST Recruitment

Psychiatry of Learning Disability 3

Health Education England (HEE) North West

Medical Oncology 0 - 3

PHST Recruitment

Neurology 0 - 3

PHST Recruitment

Obstetrics and Gynaecology 0 - 2

HEE - North West

Old Age Psychiatry 4 - 6

Health Education England (HEE) North West

Ophthalmology

ST1: 1 - 5

ST3: 0

HEE - East Midlands

Plastic Surgery 1 HEE - London
Renal Medicine 0 - 1

Physician Specialty Recruitment Office (PSRO)

Respiratory Medicine 0 - 2

Physician Specialty Recruitment Office (PSRO)

Rheumatology 0 - 2

Physician Specialty Recruitment Office (PSRO)

Paediatrics 3 - 5

HEE - Thames Valley

Palliative Medicine 2 - 5

Physician Specialty Recruitment Office (PSRO)

Trauma and Orthopaedics 7 - 10 Health Education and Improvement Wales
Urology 0 - 1

HEE - Yorkshire and Humber

Vascular Surgery 1 - 2 HEE - Yorkshire and Humber

 

Applicant Guides:

Applicant guides and additional information for applicants to the Wales only vacancies can be found below.

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Information for applicants from the EU

Please visit the GOV.UK website for up to date information for EU citizens moving to the UK following the UK's departure from the EU (Brexit).

Information for applicants from outside of the EU

From 6 October 2019, all medical practitioners have been added to the Shortage Occupation List in the UK. This means that medical practitioners are exempt from the Resident Labour Market Test (RLMT) when applying to foundation and specialty training programmes, with the exception of Public Health, subject to eligibility.