In this section you can find the provisional overall timetable for round 1 of the 2019 recruitment year (below). You can find the provisional overall timetable for Round 2 by clicking on the "2019 Round 2" tab on the grey menu above. Please note that separate timelines are given for both cascadable application specialties and national application model specialties. The specialties within each model are clearly stated by each timeline so please ensure you are looking at the one related to the specialty in which you are interested.
Dates subject to change
Please note that this timeline is provisional at this stage. Whilst we are not expecting the timeline published here to change, please be aware that this can never be guaranteed. As such, we would advise you to check this page relatively regularly.
Changes to any of the stages of the timeline will be reflected immediately on this page, as well as noted in a news item where considered necessary.
2019 round 1 - cascadable application specialties
The below timeline will apply if you are applying to specialties using the single cascadable application recruitment model - ie any of:
- acute internal medicine
- cardiology
- endocrinology and diabetes mellitus
- geriatric medicine
- renal medicine
| Timeline for 2019 ST3 recruitment (round 1) - cascadable application specialties | |
|---|---|
| Specialty advertisements published | Wednesday 23 January 2019 (to www.jobs.nhs.uk ) |
| Applications | open - Wednesday 30 January 2019 (10am, UK time) close - Thursday 21 February 2019 (4pm, UK time) - closing date was originally 20 February |
| Longlisting | (completed by) Wednesday 6 March 2019 |
| Shortlisting | (completed by) Monday 11 March 2019 |
| Interviews held | Monday 18 March - Wednesday 24 April 2019 |
| [It is advised that you check the specific interview date for your preferred specialty/region prior to applying. As available individual interview dates will be published to each specialty's page.] | |
| First offers made | between close of regional interviews and Thursday 25 April 2019 (5pm, UK time) |
| Offer holding deadline | Wednesday 1 May 2019 (1pm, UK time) |
| Interview feedback released | (by) Thursday 2 May 2019 |
| Offer upgrade deadline | Friday 3 May 2019 (4pm, UK time) |
| National clearing | approximately mid-May 2019 |
| Post start date | from Wednesday 7 August 2019 (and no later than 31 December 2019) |
2019 round 1 - national application model
The below timeline will apply if you are applying to specialties using the national single centre or single transferable score recruitment models - ie any of:
- allergy
- gastroenterology
- palliative medicine
- audiovestibular medicine
- genitourinary medicine
- rehabilitation medicine
- clinical genetics
- haematology
- renal medicine
- clinical neurophysiology
- medical oncology
- respiratory medicine
- clinical pharmacology and therapeutics
- medical ophthalmology
- rheumatology
- combined infection training
- neurology
- sport and exercise medicine
- dermatology
| Timeline for 2019 ST3 recruitment (round 1) - national application specialties | |
|---|---|
| Specialty advertisements published | Wednesday 23 January 2019 (to www.jobs.nhs.uk ) |
| Applications | open - Wednesday 30 January 2019 (10am, UK time) close - Thursday 21 February 2019 (4pm, UK time) - closing date was originally 20 February |
| Long/short-listing | long and shortlisting for each specialty will be completed no later than seven days prior to the first interview date for that specialty |
| Interviews held | Monday 4 March - Wednesday 24 April 2019 |
| [It is advised that you check the specific interview date for your prefered specialty/region prior to applying. As available individual interview dates will be published to each specialty's page.] | |
| First offers made | between close of interviews and Thursday 25 April 2019 (5pm, UK time) |
| Offer holding deadline | Wednesday 1 May 2019 (1pm, UK time) |
| Interview feedback released | (by) Thursday 2 May 2019 |
| Offer upgrade deadline | Friday 3 May 2019 (4pm, UK time) |
| Post start date | from Wednesday 7 August 2019 (and no later than 31 December 2019) |
In this section you can find the overall timetable for round 2 of the 2019 recruitment year (below).
Dates subject to change
Please note that this timeline is provisional at this stage. Whilst we are not expecting the timeline published here to change, please be aware that this can never be guaranteed. As such, we would advise you to check this page relatively regularly.
Changes to any of the stages of the timeline will be reflected immediately on this page, as well as noted in a news item where considered necessary.
2019 round 2 - application timetable
| Timeline for 2019 ST3 recruitment (round 2) | |
|---|---|
| Job advertisements published | (by) Thursday 18 July 2019 (to www.jobs.nhs.uk ) |
| Applications |
open - Tuesday 30 July 2019 (10am UK time) close - Thursday 15 August 2019 (4pm UK time) |
| Interview period | Tuesday 27 August 2019 – Friday 4 October 2019 |
| It is advised that you check the specific interview date for your preferred specialty prior to applying. Individual interview dates will be published to each specialty's page in May/June 2019. | |
| First offers deadline | Monday 7 October 2019 |
| Offer holding deadline | Wednesday 9 October 2019 (1pm UK time) |
| Offer upgrade deadline | Friday 11 October 2019 (4pm UK time) |
| Post commencing from | from Tuesday 1 October 2019 (and no later than 5 April 2020) |