Core Recruitment and Accessing Surgical Training Mr Humphrey Scott Project Lead Core Surgical National Recruitment Head of HEKSS School of Surgery 19 November 2015 0
Overview Next years application process Changes since conception Competition ratios Summary
2016 Timeline Timeline for 2016 CST recruitment Advertisement Published 5 November 2015 Application Window Open - Wednesdsay11 November 2015 (10am, UK time) Close - Thursday 3 December 2015 (4pm, UK time) Longlisting December 2015 Invitations to Interview December 2015 Interviews Monday 25 January - Friday 5 February 2016 Sub-preferencing Deadline Friday 19 February 2016 (TBC) 1st Offers Made By Thursday 10 March 2016 Offer Holding Deadline Offers Upgrade Deadline Clearing Thursday 17 March 2016 (1pm, UK time) Thursday 24 March 2016 (4pm, UK time) April 2016 (TBC) Post Start Date from Wednesday 3 August 2016 NB: Offers will continue after the upgrades deadline until all posts have filled or there are no further successful applicants to offer 2
Who We Recruit For LETB/DEANERY 2015 POST NUMBERS East Midlands (North & South) 40 East of England 49 KSS 38 London 77 North West (Mersey & North Western) 77 North East 25 Thames Valley 18 Scotland 48 South West (Severn & Peninsula) 44 Wales 36 Wessex 23 West Midlands 56 Yorkshire and the Humber 54 TOTAL 585
Recruitment Process Application Longlisted against the national Person Specification Online interview booking through Oriel Sub-preferencing through Oriel Interview and rank Offers through Oriel 4
Oriel Recruitment Portal Register Book interviews Preference Posts Search for vacancies Complete and track application Accept post offers 5
Eligibility and Longlisting GMC Registration Foundation Competences English Language Proficiency Career Progression/experience ALS 6
Interviews 25 January - 5 February 2016 Charing Cross Hotel, London National Selection Centre Consistency across all 5 circuits
Interviews 5 circuits (9) x 10 days = 450 consultant 1400 applicants 5 lay, QA, admin.
Interview Process Document Checking Interview Day Interviews Feedback
Interview Stations Management Station Portfolio Station Clinical Scenario 1 pre prepared 3 minute presentation 10 minutes review 2 Clinical scenarios 2 minutes questioning of the presentation 1 Mgt Question Portfolio interview 3 minutes to read 1 outside 5 minutes to answer this question 5 minutes per question
Portfolio Guidance Portfolio Guidance available on website Must include Portfolio Checklist at front of portfolio 9 Scoring Criteria e.g. courses, clinical/proc edural experience, commitment to specialty Examples of acceptable evidence Must have completed by time of interview (excluding publications that are inpress )
How the offers work Unique rank according to interview score Oriel matches according to rank then preference First offers released by 10 th March 2016 online via email and text message 48hrs including weekends and bank holidays Can hold (only 1 offer across all specialties) and opt in to upgrades up until national deadlines
Proposals Changes since conception Pilot nationally co-ordinated recruitment 2009 No shortlisting Guaranteed 2 interviews Unlimited preferences
Proposals Changes since conception Agreed person specification Common application form Agreed minimum standard entry QA Process, fair transparent system
Changes Changes since conception Became UK project 2013 Moved to 1 interview 2013 Moved to single centre 2014 Constant review of process
How do we measure success?
Competition ratios Applications Specialty received Posts Available Competition Ratio (Applicants per post) ACCS Emergency Medicine Anaesthetics (including ACCS Anaesthetics) 881 363 2.4:1 1294 629 2.1:1 Clinical Radiology 917 247 3.7:1 Core Medical 2632 1550 1.7:1 Training (including ACCS Acute Medicine) Core Psychiatry 662 466 1.4:1 Training Core Surgical 1396 604 2.3:1 Training General Practice 5112 3612 1.4:1 Obstetrics and 599 238 2.5:1 Gynaecology Paediatrics 801 446 1.8:1
Specialty Level UK Applications Posts Competition ratios Cardio-thoracic surgery 1 68 8 8.5:1 Cardio-thoracic surgery 3 68 15 4.5:1 Core Surgical Training 1 1396 604 2.3:1 General Surgery 3 457 259 1.7:1 Neurosurgery 1 169 30 5.6:1 Neurosurgery 3 21 12 1.7:1 Ophthalmology 1 374 95 3.9:1 Ophthalmology 3 55 25 2.2:1 Oral and Maxillo-facial Surgery 1 27 5 5.4:1 Oral and Maxillo-facial Surgery 3 46 31 1.5:1 Otolaryngology 3 119 69 1.7:1 Paediatric Surgery 3 63 18 3.5:1 Plastic Surgery 3 200 88 2.3:1 Trauma and Orthopaedic 3 404 193 2.1:1 Surgery Urology 3 173 73 2.4:1
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