National Recruitment to Core (CT1) and Specialty (ST4) Training in Psychiatry in England, Scotland and Wales - August 2013 Intake

The form is divided into sections with an explanation at the top of each page. Guidance and help text is provided throughout the application wherever you see the  information symbol.

You can navigate to each section using the links in the menu on the right. When you have completed a section, it will be marked with a green tick . Incomplete sections will be marked with three orange dots  and the pages you have not yet started completing will have a red cross. You will not be able to submit your application until every section has a green tick, although you will be able to edit sections marked with green ticks before submission. 

If a question requires a narrative answer, you may wish to prepare your answers in advance and then paste the text into the relevant text box when the application window opens.

IMPORTANT NOTE: To avoid corrupting your text during the ‘copy-and-paste’ process please paste your text into a Notepad document first (this will strip the text of all the hidden characters) and then copy it from Notepad into the text box in your application.

PERSONAL INFORMATION SECTION

In this section you will be asked to provide the following information:

• Your date of birth
• Your current residential address (and correspondence address if different)
• Your home and mobile telephone numbers

If you wish to train on a less than full time basis or would like to defer your start date you will need to provide relevant details in this section. Information regarding adjustments required due to disability will also need to be provided here.

MEDICO-LEGAL DETAILS SECTION

In this section you will be asked to provide the following information:

• Your English language skills and evidence you will submit to support it
• Your nationality
• Your UK national insurance number (if applicable)
• Your country of residence
• Your current immigration status if not a EU/EEA resident

You will also be asked to provide information regarding transportation during your training. As a trainee doctor, you will be expected to be able to attend to emergencies and provide domiciliary care which may include out of hours visits if you are based in a community post rather than a hospital. If you are not a car-driver, you are expected to provide a car and driver at your own expense in order to meet this requirement.

FITNESS TO PRACTISE SECTION

This section used yes/no dropdown menu answers. You will be asked a series of questions about your criminal convictions, professional conduct, driving offences, etc. You MUST provide details of all criminal convictions including road traffic offences. You do NOT need to declare parking offences, for example, but you must declare any offences of driving with excess speed. Please see the Applicant Guide for further details.

CLINICAL REFERENCES SECTION

This section asks you to list three referees. One MUST be your current or most recent supervisor, familiar with your clinical development. The other two referees should relate to your most recent previous posts. For all three referees you will need to provide their address, email, contact number and dates you worked with the referee. Please see the Applicant Guide for further details.

FOUNDATION COMPETENCES SECTION

In this section you will need to provide details of the evidence you have which demonstrates you have achieved your foundation (or equivalent) competences. Detailed information about foundation competencies can be found on the Foundation Programme website. The way in which you can demonstrate your foundation competences will depend on your individual circumstances. Please see section 3.1.1 of the Applicant Guide for full details of how to evidence your competences.

QUALIFICATIONS SECTION

In this section you will be asked about your primary medical qualification as well as any other undergraduate or postgraduate degrees and qualifications you might hold.

• Primary Medical Qualification

This section uses dropdown menu options for you to choose from. You will need to provide the following details:

-    Name of qualification

-    Start and end date of the course of studies leading to the award of the qualification (day, month, year)

-    The country where awarded

-    Medical school

-    Date qualification obtained (day, month, year)

• Undergraduate Degrees and Qualifications

This section asks you to provide details of your medical degree, any other undergraduate and/or postgraduate degrees and qualifications you may have. Your primary medical qualification is not scored, but additional qualifications may receive a score.

You will be asked to select the correct statement from a dropdown menu. You must then complete the text box (word limit = 30) to give further information (e.g. title of course / degree, dates etc.). If you have further qualifications to add, select ‘add qualification’. If you want to change it, select ‘delete qualification’ and re-enter, as appropriate.

These are the statements that you can select (the numbers in brackets show the shortlisting mark for that statement):

-      Any degree undertaken whilst at medical school, e.g. intercalated BSc or equivalent (2)

-      Any degree prior to medicine, e.g. BA, BSc (1)

-      None (0)

• Postgraduate Degrees and Qualifications

These are the statements you can select (the numbers in brackets show the shortlisting mark for that statement):

-      Any degree undertaken whilst at medical school, e.g. intercalated BSc or equivalent (2)

-      Any degree prior to medicine, e.g. BA, BSc (1)

-      None (0)

EXPERIENCE SECTION

In this section you are asked to list all your previous posts in reverse order, starting with the current / most recent. You will need to document the name of the person you worked for, the post you were in, the level you worked at and the name of the Trust, together with dates. You must list each separate component of your foundation posts, rather than ‘Foundation Year 1 post’ and ‘Foundation year 2 post’, each of which covers several separate attachments. Select ‘Add new post’ for each post you wish to list. If you make an error, select ‘Delete post’, and then re-enter correctly.

The form will ask you if you have any gaps in your career history. Please note that if you select ‘No’ and there are any significant time gaps between the posts you have entered, the system will not allow you to submit the form unless you have provided an adequate explanation.

SUPPORTING INFORMATION SECTION

This section has a number of important questions which are scored at the shortlisting stage. Completion of the text boxes is not mandatory if you have no evidence for the section. Any claims you make in your application may need to be supported by evidence at interview.

• Achievements outside Medicine (word limit = 100)

This is a free text box. If you give one or more examples of an achievement, ensure that you include details of your role, the effort required, and the relevance of the achievement in relation to psychiatry training. For example, just stating that you were head boy / girl will not attract as many marks as a statement that includes the relevance of this to your application and future training.

• Presentations or posters (word limit = 100)

In this section you will use the ‘drop-down’ list to select a statement most relevant to your circumstances and provide details in a free text box. Do not include audit presentations here, please use the separate audit section. These are the statements that you can select (the numbers in brackets show the shortlisting mark for that statement):

-           I have given a presentation at an international level (5)

-           I have presented a poster at an international level (4)

-           I have given a presentation at a national level (4)

-           I have presented a poster at a national level (3)

-           I have given a presentation at a regional level (3)

-           I have presented a poster at a regional level (2)

-           I have given a presentation at a local level (1)

-           No presentations or posters (0)

• Publications (word limit = 150)

In this section you will use the ‘drop-down’ list to provide details of your most relevant publications and provide details in a free text box. Peer-reviewed journals include the BMJ, Lancet, New England Journal of Medicine and most specialty journals. If you are unsure, visit the journal’s website to determine whether submissions are peer-reviewed.

Please provide full citation details (as in PubMed, but excluding your own name) of any published work, specify any abstracts and give a statement about your personal contribution to the work in the text box.

These are the statements that you can select (the numbers in brackets show the shortlisting mark for that statement. They do not show in the dropdown menu but are included here for information):

-           I am the 1st/2nd/3rd, or last author of more than one peer-reviewed publication (5)

-           I am the 1st/2nd/3rd, or last author of one peer-reviewed publication (4)

-           I am a named author (any rank) of a publication or published case report (3)

-           I had a letter published (2)

-           I had an e-letter published or have clear evidence of research activity as yet unpublished (1)

-           I have no publications (0)

• Teaching (word limit = 150)

In this section you will use the ‘drop-down’ list to provide details of your teaching experience. Please select the highest statement that applies to you and provide the details, e.g. the type of teaching, your personal contribution and details of any feedback obtained, in the text box. Attendance at mandatory, short training-to-teach sessions (most Foundation programmes and many undergraduate programmes include some mandatory training on how to teach) do NOT count as formal training in this context. We are looking for evidence of a more substantial training course in teaching methods; typically, but not always, training in different teaching methods lasting at least a week.

These are the statements that you can select (the numbers in brackets show the shortlisting mark for that statement):

-           I have been actively engaged in teaching different groups & hold a teaching qualification (4)

-           I have been actively engaged in teaching different groups and undertaken formal training in  teaching (3)

-           I have been actively engaged in teaching of different groups (2)

-           I have been teaching junior colleagues and medical students (1)

-           I have no teaching experience (0)

•  Clinical Audit (word limit = 250)

In this section you will use the ‘drop-down’ list to provide details of your clinical audit experience. Please select the highest statement that applies to you and provide the details, e.g. titles and dates, your contribution, what the audit showed, whether the audit was presented or published and whether the audit cycle closed, in the text box. These are the statements that you can select (the numbers in brackets show the shortlisting mark for that statement):

-           I have completed an audit cycle and described service change (5)

-           I have completed an audit cycle (4)

-           I have presented results of audit at departmental or educational meeting (3)

-           I have been involved in audit but cycle not completed (2)

-           I have had token involvement in audit (1)

-           No audit activity (0)

• Management, Leadership, Team working and Communication skills (word limit = 200)

In this section you need to describe your activities and achievements which demonstrate your management skills, your experience of working in a team and your ability to communicate effectively in all aspects of your professional and clinical work, relevant to a career in psychiatry.

• Personal statement (word limit = 300)

In this section please describe how you believe you meet the person specification requirements for the psychiatry training programme. Include the particular skills and personal attributes that make you suitable for a career in this specialty. Please provide fresh supporting information. Do not simply repeat the information you have already mentioned elsewhere in the application form. Consider any activities you have undertaken and achievements accomplished which demonstrate your commitment to a career in psychiatry.

EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY MONITORING SECTION

This section deals with equal opportunities monitoring information required by the National Health Service (NHS) to monitor their recruitment practices. In order to comply with the obligations placed on them under equality legislation, employers are obliged by law to collect and analyse this information. Deanery-designated human resources / recruitment administrators are the only individuals with the right to access this information. They will liaise with your employing organisation to help them ensure they are adhering to equality and diversity guidelines.

DECLARATION SECTION

You MUST complete this section prior to submission. By ticking the declaration box, you are confirming that your application is correct and that it is your own work. Please be aware of the very serious implications if your application is found to be false.

Last updated: 2 November 2012