Welcome to the ST3 Recruitment website

Your information hub for recruitment to Physician ST3 programmes for all specialties participating in the nationally-coordinated process

Plans for round 2 of ST3 Recruitment are being reviewed in light of the COVID-19 outbreak. Please monitor our news page for the latest updates.

　

If you are looking to apply to an ST3 level programme in one of the medical specialties coordinated by the Physician Specialty Recruitment Office (PSRO) national recruitment process, this website contains detailed information to help you. This covers recruitment to UK training programmes in these specialties in England, Scotland and Wales, and also Northern Ireland for clinical genetics, medical oncology and palliative medicine.

Completion of a substantive ST3 programme will lead to a Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) or a Combined Programme Certificate of Eligibility for Specialist Registration (CESR CP) depending on your training pathway up to this point. For more information on certification please see the JRCPTB website.

The process section of the website is the home to the majority of general information to help you navigate a recruitment round, including: timeline, eligibility criteria, planning your application, applying, interviews and offers. For specialty specific information such as interview dates and post numbers, interview format and data from previous years, please visit the relevant specialty's page.

In addition to the website, we have produced an 'Applicants' Guide' which overviews how the process works and is a good introduction for those new to specialty recruitment. This is available to download from the document library.

It is advisable to view the relevant person specification for the specialty(ies) to which you are intending to apply.

You may also wish to view competition ratios and scoring from previous rounds, which is available under the 'data' tab within the relevant specialty's page.

Stroke medicine

The PSRO also coordinate a national recruitment process for stroke medicine in England and Wales. Please see the stroke medicine section of the website for details about the process.

2020 recruitment

The provisional timeline for 2020 is available on the timeline page of the website. As in 2019 there will be two rounds:

  • Round 1 - opens for applications at 10am 29 January 2020 and closes at 10am 24 February 2020, for programmes starting from August to December 2020.
  • Round 2 - opens for applications at 10am 28 July 2020 and closes at 4pm 13 August 2020, for programmes starting from October 2020 to April 2021.

Latest news

Alternative Certificate for entry into Group 1 Higher-Specialty Physician Training

Recruitment to ‘Group 1’ higher medical specialties from 2022 will require completion of Internal Medicine training stage 1 (IMS1) capabilities. While the preferred entry pathway is comple Read More

IMY3 stand-alone recruitment - guidance added to website

Further details about the new IMY3 stand-alone recruitment process are available. This process is for those who have undertaken, or are currently undertaking, core medical training (CMT) or ACCS acute Read More

ST3 2020 R2 - provisional information about the process

ST3 2020 R2 – provisional information about the process As you may be aware, applications for ST3 2020 R2 are due to open on Tuesday 28 July 2020 at 10am. Despite the COVID-19 outbreak, we Read More

Issue with 2020 round 1 palliative medicine offers

There has been an issue found with scores from the recent ST3 palliative medicine recruitment process. The trainees whose outcome has been impacted have been contacted. For further details please go t Read More

ST3 2020 R1 - COVID-19 update - revised assessment process

Following previous announcements about contingency arrangements in response to the COVID-19 outbreak, the revised assessment process for the first round of ST3 Recruitment has been published to t Read More

ST3 2020 R1 – COVID-19 Update - Interviews Postponed

Due to the COVID-19 outbreak, all face to face interviews, not yet conducted, for recruitment have been postponed. This is in line with advice from Public Health England to help contain the spread of Read More

ST3 Round 2 - Applications Now Open

As of 10am, Tuesday 28/07/20 applications for ST3 round 2 2020 have opened and are scheduled to close on Thursday 13 August 2020 at 4pm. Please ensure that you complete and submit your Read More

ST3 Round 2 - Further update

Applicant guide - We are pleased to confirm that the Round 2 applicant guide addendum has now been published to the website. This can now be downloaded from the document library here: https://www.st3 Read More

ST3 Round 2 - Further update on plans.

We had previously written that we expected R2 to go ahead. This is confirmation that R2 will proceed and some summary information with what we can confirm at this stage.  There have been a few Read More

IMY3 stand-alone recruitment - details about the process

This is an update with further details about the new IMY3 stand-alone recruitment process. This process is for those who have undertaken, or are currently undertaking, core medical training (CMT) or A Read More

ST3 2020 Round 2 – Update on plans

Due to the current circumstances surrounding COVID-19, plans for the second round of ST3 recruitment are being reviewed. Whilst these are not yet finalised, we can confirm recruitment is planned Read More

Physician recruitment in 2021 - indicative guidance regarding changes

The introduction of the new internal medicine curriculum means that early (previously “core”, now stage 1) stage training for medicine is changing from two to three years in duration. As a Read More

Developments in medical training

A new internal medicine (IM) curriculum has been developed in response to Shape of Training and other drivers. The IM stage 1 curriculum has been submitted to the GMC and an approval decision is expec Read More

Helpdesk

Our FAQs section has the answers to many common queries but if you cannot find an answer to your question the PSRO runs an email helpdesk which can be contacted with any queries relating to ST3 recruitment. Normally, the PSRO will respond to all queries within 48 hours (excluding bank holidays and weekends).

To contact the helpdesk, please send an email to [email protected].

Any important announcements will be added to this website and noted in the news section, as well as being announced on our twitter feed.

Physician Specialty Recruitment Office

Physician ST3 Recruitment is managed and coordinated by the Physician Specialty Recruitment Office (PSRO) based in Health Education England. The process is governed in coordination with the Royal College of Physicians of London, also working closely with the Joint Royal Colleges of Physicians Training Board (JRCPTB).

Best wishes, and good luck with your application,

Dr Jo Szram
Clinical Lead for the Physician Specialty Recruitment Office

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