How to enter the SAS grade

Minimum entry requirements for SD posts are:

• Full GMC registration, and
• Has completed at least four years’ full-time postgraduate training (or its equivalent gained on a part-time or flexible basis)
  • at least two of these years need to be in a specialty training programme in a relevant specialty or as a fixed term specialty trainee in a relevant specialty; or
  • the doctor has equivalent experience and competencies.

Both BMA and NHS Employers offer further information on Specialty Doctors’ careers:

• SAS contracts
• SAS Charters
• Specialty Doctors and Specialist grade doctors