CT1 Core Surgical Training Recruitment At A Glance

Welcome to CT1 Core Surgical Training Recruitment at the North Western Deanery

Please scroll down the page or click on one of the links below to find out about Core Surgical Training recruitment and training in the North Western Deanery.

Recruitment Information | Recruitment Timetable | Programme Information | Employment Information

Next recruitment episode anticipated	Closed as of 7th December 2012 New See here for January 2013 candidates' bulletin
Recruitment Information
Specialty & Level (Type of Work)	CT1 Core Surgical Training (Themed)
Anticipated Number of Vacancies	55 x CT1 (see split by theme below)	Fill Rate	Previous years' fill rates can be found here
Recruitment Round	November 2012
Type of Recruitment	National - coordinated by the KSS Deanery/ Core Surgery National Recruitment Office
Qualifications & Professional Registration Required	Click here to access the 2013 person specifications, or if this link does not work, please visit the following link and search for "2013 person specifications" - www.mmc.nhs.uk
Eligibility Criteria	See here for Eligibility Criteria
Anticipated Start Date	Wednesday 7th August 2013
Competition Ratios	In round 1, 2011, there were around 4.6 applications for every post.
Contact Us	helpdesk.recruitment@pat.nhs.uk
Application Process	Visit http://www.surgeryrecruitment.nhs.uk/ for details
Online Recruitment Portal	Click here to go direct to Intrepid: Pathway or access via the Surgery Recruitment website
Provisional Recruitment Timetable
Advert	See here
Advert appears	29th October 2012
Apply from	Monday 12th November 2012 at 11am GMT
Closing Date	Friday 7th December 2012 at 11am GMT
Shortlisting	Not applicable
Invitations to Interview expected	January 2013 TBC
Interview Date(s)	Monday 11th February 2013 and Tuesday 12th February 2013
Interview Location	Ethihad Stadium, Manchester, M11 3FF
What to bring to interview	Refer to the Document Checking section of the Core Surgery website In addition, please bring your CRB certificate, if this is available to you**
Travel Expense Claim Forms	Download Travel Expense Claim Form here
Offers from	National offers day - TBC - week commencing Monday 18th February 2013
Programme Information
Programme Details	See here
Role Description (or Job Description if available)	Will be provided in due course
Training Locations	See the Sector Guide for Core Surgery OR Map of Core Surgery training locations OR
Anticipated Duration of Programme	2 years
Anticipated Outcome of Programme (subject to satisfactory progression)	Completion of Core Training in Surgery See Gold Guide for further details
Expected Rotation Information	Usually 6 month blocks
Sample Rotation	See below for break-down of tracks by theme
GMC Trainees' Survey link	North Western Deanery Core Surgical Trainees 2011
Employment Information
Employer	Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust
Salary Scale / Basic Pay	Refer to NHS Employers' Pay Circular (M&D, latest issue, Specialty Registrar - Core Training)
National Terms & Conditions	Junior Doctors' Terms & Conditions of Service
Travel and relocation expenses policy	Refer to paragraphs 277 - 308 in the Junior Doctors' Terms & Conditions of Service. For Relocation Expenses, also see Pennine Lead Employer Policies' page
Other Policies & Guidance	Click here for Lead Employer policies. Click here for Deanery policies.

Last reviewed: 11th February 2013

Hospitals Sites for Core Surgical Training

Update 29/1/2013 Please note that we are only able to offer to theme for recruitment 2013. We do intend to have an allocation process once offers have been accepted. However, at this time, we cannot confrim full track details for 2013 and feel it is better to offer to theme rather than to tracks that may subsequently have to be changed.

Specialty	Level	Anticipated vacancies**
Cardiothoracic Surgery	CT1	1 Please see also details of ST1 Cardiothoracic Surgery run through post
ENT	CT1	9
General Surgery	CT1	^Updated18
OMFS	CT1	2
Trauma & Orthopaedics	CT1	^Updated14
Paediatric Surgery	CT1	2
Plastic Surgery	CT1	3
Urology	CT1	6

Key

Blue = North Sector Trusts

Green = South Sector Trusts

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Proposed break-down of tracks by theme for 2013

Theme	Major Specialty	Minor Specialty
Cardiothoracic Surgery	18 months of Cardiothoracic Surgery	6 months of General Surgery
ENT	18 months of ENT	Usually 6 months of General Sugery but sometimes Plastic Surgery instead
General Surgery	18 months of General Surgery	6 months of either Urology, Orthopaedics, ENT or Cardiothoracic Surgery
OMFS	4 x 6 months placements in OMFS	Including ENT, General Surgery, Neurosurgery and Plastic Surgery
Paediatric Surgery	12 months of Paediatric Surgery	12 months in either Orthopaedics and General Surgery or Orthopaedics and ENT
Plastic Surgery	18 months of Plastic Surgery	6 months of General Surgery or Orthopaedics
T&O	18 months of Orthopaedics	6 months of General Surgery and sometimes Plastic Surgery instead
Urology	18 months of Urology	6 months of General Surgery