**Key Dates in the Application Process for 2019/2020 are yet to be released. Applications will be via the https://www.oriel.nhs.uk website.
Please check here for more details over coming weeks.
Dates from last year's (2018/19) can be found below and may be a useful guideline for the coming year:
7th November 2018
Applications Opened
Scored 'self assessment questions' via an online application form. During your interview, interviewers will check your application form against your portfolio to confirm that your self assessment is correct. You will be asked to talk about and expand on items in your portfolio and items that you, or your interviewer may choose to highlight. These questions are there to give you a chance to highlight your strong points. The more time you spend beforehand considering what makes you a good candidate, the more highly you will score at this stage. The points that are raised by your panel as a result of your 'self assessment
questions' will contribute towards your portfolio station mark. However, your self assessment score will only be used to differentiate between tied scores after interview. Probity is of the utmost importance. Anything that you say on your self assessment form should be verifiable.
29th November 2018
Online Applications Closed
You will be asked to rank all jobs in your chosen deanery in order of preference. All the available posts will have different hospital/specialty combinations and these combinations will be different for all deaneries. These posts will be allocated in the same way as for Foundation Programme applications. At this stage, you will need to decide the importance of location or specialty choice. Some candidates will have a definite specialty preference at this stage. Far more will still be unsure. If you do have a couple of possible specialties in mind, it is important that you select these for your Core programme, as many will have a minimum requirement for the number of months that you have spent in them at CT1/CT2 to ensure eligibility for ST3 and beyond.
Interviews held (Previous years were from approx. Monday 23 January - mid February but this may change!!)
In 2018 all CST interviews will be held at a national selection centre over a 12 day period from 23 January - 10rd February 2018. Applicants will attend a single national interview and will be eligible to preference all available posts at all participating deaneries.
Monday 4th March 2019
Offers Made
Friday 8th March 2019 (1pm, UK time)
Offer holding Deadline
Friday 15th March 2019 (4pm, UK time) (tbc)
Offers Upgrade Deadline
**Eligibility
Every applicant was required to demonstrate that they have met all the necessary eligibility requirements as described in the person specification. You will need to provide supporting documentation at interview
Qualification - Applicants must have valid MBBS/MBChB or equivalent medical qualification
GMC Registration- All applicants must have full GMC registration & licencing by the time of appointment to a post
Right to Work in the UK - UK/EEA nationals will generally only need to provide their passport to prove their right to work.
Removed from/Relinquished posts? - If the answer to this question is 'yes', details of this response must be provided to
declaration @kssdeanery.ac.uk before the closing date of applications.(Each such case is assessed individually by the CSNRO and the Postgraduate Dean of the Interviewing Panel and so this is not an automatic exclusion from application)
Evidence of Achievement of Foundation Competences - If currently in an FY2 programme due to finish in August 2018, this could simply be done by providing the name of your Foundation School. You will also need to provide documentation of the completion of FY1 competences at interview.
Fitness to Practice - You will be required to answer questions assessing this. Under the medical exception from the
'Rehabilitation of Offender Act (1974), you must declare all criminal convictions, including those otherwise considered 'spent' Details and supporting documentation will need to be provided to declaration @kssdeanery.ac.uk before the closing date of applications.
Language Skills - If your undergraduate medical training was taken in English and you have noted this on your application form, no further evidence will be required. If your undergraduate training was carried out in a different language, you will need to provide some alternative evidence of your language skills (e.g. IELTS)
Health - You will be expected to have met professional health requirements in line with GMC Good Medical Practice guidelines
Online Applications Closed
You will be asked to rank all jobs in your chosen deanery in order of preference. All the available posts will have different hospital/specialty combinations and these combinations will be different for all deaneries. These posts will be allocated in the same way as for Foundation Programme applications. At this stage, you will need to decide the importance of location or specialty choice. Some candidates will have a definite specialty preference at this stage. Far more will still be unsure. If you do have a couple of possible specialties in mind, it is important that you select these for your Core programme, as many will have a minimum requirement for the number of months that you have spent in them at CT1/CT2 to ensure eligibility for ST3 and beyond.
Interviews held (Previous years were from approx. Monday 23 January - mid February but this may change!!)
In 2018 all CST interviews will be held at a national selection centre over a 12 day period from 23 January - 10rd February 2018. Applicants will attend a single national interview and will be eligible to preference all available posts at all participating deaneries.
Monday 4th March 2019
Offers Made
Friday 8th March 2019 (1pm, UK time)
Offer holding Deadline
Friday 15th March 2019 (4pm, UK time) (tbc)
Offers Upgrade Deadline
**Eligibility
Every applicant was required to demonstrate that they have met all the necessary eligibility requirements as described in the person specification. You will need to provide supporting documentation at interview
Qualification - Applicants must have valid MBBS/MBChB or equivalent medical qualification
GMC Registration- All applicants must have full GMC registration & licencing by the time of appointment to a post
Right to Work in the UK - UK/EEA nationals will generally only need to provide their passport to prove their right to work.
Removed from/Relinquished posts? - If the answer to this question is 'yes', details of this response must be provided to
declaration @kssdeanery.ac.uk before the closing date of applications.(Each such case is assessed individually by the CSNRO and the Postgraduate Dean of the Interviewing Panel and so this is not an automatic exclusion from application)
Evidence of Achievement of Foundation Competences - If currently in an FY2 programme due to finish in August 2018, this could simply be done by providing the name of your Foundation School. You will also need to provide documentation of the completion of FY1 competences at interview.
Fitness to Practice - You will be required to answer questions assessing this. Under the medical exception from the
'Rehabilitation of Offender Act (1974), you must declare all criminal convictions, including those otherwise considered 'spent' Details and supporting documentation will need to be provided to declaration @kssdeanery.ac.uk before the closing date of applications.
Language Skills - If your undergraduate medical training was taken in English and you have noted this on your application form, no further evidence will be required. If your undergraduate training was carried out in a different language, you will need to provide some alternative evidence of your language skills (e.g. IELTS)
Health - You will be expected to have met professional health requirements in line with GMC Good Medical Practice guidelines