Remaining GP Specialty Training programmes – Round 2

Round 2 applications have now CLOSED.

VACANCIES

Applicants for round 2 will apply for any remaining vacancies and will not be asked to indicate their deanery preferences until later in the process when we will ask you to choose your preferences only from those deaneries with vacancies.

At this stage we are unable to identify exactly where these vacancies will be but in order for applicants to determine if they wish to apply for round 2, we have published a table of anticipated round 2 vacancies below and will continue to update this as more information becomes available.

WHO CAN APPLY?

New Candidates:

• If you did not apply to GP in round 1, you can apply for any remaining vacancies in round 2 provided you meet the essential entry criteria. It is particularly important that you read the information given on the Entry Requirements page particularly with regard to the requirement for demonstrating evidence of achievement of foundation competency. You can attach your evidence of achievement of foundation competency to your application form or you can post it to the NRO to reach us by 9.00am 26th April 2010.
   
• If you registered in round 1 but did not actually submit an application, you can access your previous application form and complete it and submit for round 2. You will need to log on to the GP system as an existing user with the e-mail address and password you previously used to register.

Existing applicants:

If you did apply to GP in round 1 you can still apply for any remaining vacancies in round 2 but you must be aware of the following:

• The GP system does not allow you to submit more than one application at a time; therefore you will be not be able to submit a new application. Instead, you should contact the NRO (temp@gprecruitment.org.uk) so that we can re-instate your current application and consider you for any remaining vacancies in round 2. Do not “fudge” the system by using a different e-mail address or altering any digits in your GMC number – to do so will render your round 2 application invalid.
   
• If your round 1 application failed to progress because you did not provide satisfactory evidence of achievement of foundation competence, you will be able to re-submit evidence in support of a round 2 application.
  
  
• If your round 1 application failed to progress because you did not achieve the minimum acceptable standard in the Stage 2 (shortlisting) assessment, we are unable to consider your application in round 2. You cannot re-take this assessment in 2010.
   
• If your round 1 application failed to progress because you failed to demonstrate satisfactory evidence of any competence at Stage 3 Selection Centre, we are able to re-assess your application in round 2 and you will be able to attend Selection Centre again. You will be assessed in competition with other round 2 candidates and we will not be able to provide you with feedback from your previous round 1 Selection Centre assessment.
   
• All appointable round 1 candidates will be considered for any remaining vacancies through our local and national clearing processes before any offers are made in round 2. It is not necessary for any “reserve” round 1 candidate to re-apply in round 2.
  

OVERSEAS APPLICANTS

As in round 1, we can only make offers to applicants whose immigration status would require an employer to apply for a work permit if there are no suitable remaining UK/EEA applicants. For round 2, we will consider your immigration status as at the closing date (19th April 2010). The NRO will contact any applicants who applied in round 1 who were not processed due to their immigration and right to work status in order to obtain more up to date information about their status as at the closing date for round 2.

TIMETABLE

All key dates for round 2 are given in the Recruitment Calendar. You will need to make a note of these as we are unable to extend any deadline in any circumstances. You are strongly advised to check your e-mail and the tracker page of your electronic GP application on a daily basis as you will be expected to respond to any requests immediately.

MORE INFORMATION?

More information to help you with your application for a GP specialty training programme is available in our Applicants Guide and the How to Submit an Application Guide. Both of these guides should be read in conjunction with the information for round 2 on this page and the updated information regarding dates for submission of evidence of foundation competency given on the Entry Requirements page.

A full description of our selection process is available on the GP assessment process pages together with examples of the assessments used.

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