05 November 2024 (Last updated 5 Nov 2024)

We are very grateful to AUGIS for the opportunity to write to you all regarding General Surgery ST3 national selection. The process of recruiting our colleagues of the future cannot be delivered without the assistance of the current consultant body. We hope that as many of you as possible will be able to join us this year. There are few more significant opportunities for us practicing consultants to shape our profession, and we really are immensely grateful to all of you who give up your valuable time in supporting the recruitment process.

For the 2024 recruitment round, General Surgery successfully piloted a face-to-face shortlisting event. As a direct result of that event, face-to-face shortlisting is now being offered across the other surgical specialties. However, those who attended our shortlisting day last year will no doubt recall the volume of work this entailed for the panel members. This round we will spread the work out across the same number of panellists, but over 2 consecutive days on Monday 27^th & Tuesday 28^th January 2025. This will better enable us to complete reviews of all the applications we receive by the end of the event (and make for a more rewarding and enjoyable experience). We will be delighted to accommodate panellists who can attend for either one or both of the shortlisting days.

As with last year, expenses will be available to support those giving up their time for in-person shortlisting. We acknowledge and apologise for delays with the invoices being processed last year. The process has been refined for this upcoming shortlisting round, which will mean a smoother process for the expenses being reimbursed this time.

Please note that the expense process will be updated for this round, and we will publish this information as soon as possible. So please do not book any travel or hotel accommodation at this stage.

Interviews for applicants successful in shortlisting will be held remotely (online) as in previous years. The interview dates for 2025 are Monday 17^th – Wednesday 19^th March 2025 and as with shortlisting, we will be delighted to accommodate panellists who can interview on one, two or all 3 interview dates.

Please do consider bringing your professional experience, knowledge, and judgment and join us for the in-person shortlisting days on Monday 27^th & Tuesday 28^th January 2025 which will be held at the NHS England London Recruitment office at 10 South Colonnade, Canary Wharf, and/or the online interviews from Monday 17^th to Wednesday 19^th March 2025.

Note: Panel members must be current NHS Consultants on the specialist register for General Surgery, in good standing with their employer and hold in-date equality and diversity training at the time of the shortlisting meeting / Interviews.
 
2025 General Surgery ST3 Shortlisting Day (27^th & 28^th January 2025)
https://lasepgmdeevents.hee.nhs.uk/events/recruitment/5565e3a1-f010-41e4-9b14-29366f913e42

2025 General Surgery ST3 Interview Days (17^th - 19^th March 2025)
https://lasepgmdeevents.hee.nhs.uk/events/recruitment/428201c4-83ba-467d-b27b-dfd8c835b856

We look forward to working with you.

 
Best wishes,

Mr Nick Watson & Miss Deborah Markham

 

Nicholas Watson
Consultant Colorectal/General Surgeon
Vice Chair General Surgery Specialty Advisory Committee (SAC)
Higher Surgical Training Programme Director NHS WTE-EM (North)
UK Lead for ST3 General Surgery National Recruitment

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