Applying to Core and Higher Training
Thank you for joining us to learn more about our applying to core and higher psychiatry training.
Each year, we host webinars for anyone considering applying for core or higher training in the near future. These webinars cover how to apply, what factors to consider when applying, reflection on the application process, and are an opportunity to hear from trainees about their experiences of applying to and starting psychiatry training. These webinars are also useful to those trainers wishing to support their trainees in this process.
Watch back our Applying to CT1/ST1 Psychiatry Training Webinar below:
You can read back the questions and answers that were discussed during this webinar by looking at the Applying to CT1 - QA Report.
Watch back our Entering ST4 Psychiatry Training Webinar below:
You can read back the questions and answers that were discussed during this webinar by looking at the Entering ST4 - QA Report.
If you have any further questions, please email us at careers@rcpsych.ac.uk.
Below are further resources and information about applying to CT1/ST1 psychiatry training and entering ST4 psychiatry training
Resources
The National Psychiatry Recruitment Office is your first 'port of call' for specific information relating to the Core Training programme in psychiatry, within England, Scotland and Wales.
Below you can find helpful information about applying to Core Training:
- Applying for Core Training
- CT1 Core Psychiatry Training person specification
- ST1 Child and adolescent psychiatry person specification
- Up-to-date list of anticipated vacancies
- Special Circumstances
- Fitness to Practise declaration
- How to prepare for the Multi-Specialty Recruitment Assessment (MRSA)
- Recruitment timelines
Key dates
| Application window | Between 26 October 2023 (10am UK) and 23 November 2023 (4pm UK) |
| Longlisting window | Late October to mid-December |
| Invitation to MSRA | By Tuesday 20 December 2022 |
| MSRA test window | Between 4-16 January 2024 |
| Preferencing window | TBC – February 2024 |
| Initial offers released | TBC – March 2024 |
| Anticipated start date | August 2024 |
You can contact the National Psychiatry Recruitment Office by email at psychiatryrecruitment.nw@hee.nhs.uk or by phone on +44 1612 689 996.
For information about how to apply in Northern Ireland, please contact via email at psychiatry.nimdta@hscni.net or visit the Specialty Recruitment pages of the NIMDTA website.
The National Psychiatry Recruitment Office is your first 'port of call' for specific information relating to the Higher Training programme in psychiatry, within England, Scotland and Wales.
Below you can find helpful information about applying to Higher Training:
- Applying for Higher Training
- All ST4 person specifications and how to apply
- The August 2023 Certificate C is available online
- Up-to-date list of anticipated vacancies
- Special Circumstances
- Reapplication to Specialty Form and Reapplication to Specialty in Different Region Form
- Fitness to Practise declaration
- Self Assessment
- Booking a Interview
- Recruitment timelines
Key dates
| Application window | Between Thursday 16 November 23 and Thursday 7 December 2023 |
| Self-assessment evidence upload window | Tuesday 13 February 2024 – Friday 23 February 2024 |
| Interviews | Monday 29 January 2024/Tuesday 30 January 2024 Wednesday 31 January 2024/Thursday 1 February 2024 Monday 5 February 2024/Tuesday 6 February 2024 Wednesday 8 February 2024/Thursday 9 February 2024 |
| Preferencing Window | March 2024 – Preferences re-open between offers cycles. |
| Anticipated start date | Wednesday 7 August 2024 |
You can contact the National Psychiatry Recruitment Office by email at psychiatryrecruitment.nw@hee.nhs.uk or by phone on +44 1612 689 508.
For information about how to apply in Northern Ireland, please contact via email: psychiatry.nimdta@hscni.net or see their Higher Psychiatry Trainee Handbook on the NIMDTA website.
We’re a national community representing psychiatric trainees within the UK, here to support you throughout your training.
We believe passionately that by driving improvements in the quality of training and through supporting and valuing each other, we can improve the quality of care and the lives of people with mental illness.
- Psychiatric Trainees’ Committee Homepage
- PTC and You Guide
- Your PTC representatives
- The Registrar – Magazine of the Psychiatric Trainees Committee
Get in touch with the PTC via email: ptcsupport@rcpsych.ac.uk
You can find information about training and the curricula below:
- Curricula and guidance homepage
- Specialty training guides
- Dual training
- Run-through training
- RCPsych Flexibility in Training Policy for Training Time Reductions
- Curricula documents and resources
Core Training Curriculum
Specialty Curriculum
- Child and adolescent psychiatry curriculum
- General psychiatry curriculum curriculum
- Psychiatry of learning disability curriculum
- Old age psychiatry curriculum
- Forensic psychiatry curriculum
- Medical psychotherapy curriculum
Subspecialty Curriculum
Get in touch with the Curricula team via email: psychiatrytraining@rcpsych.ac.uk.