Person Specifications 2011

Each specialty (and the level at which you would be entering training) has a nationally agreed person specification that lists the required competences for that specialty. In making an application, you will need to provide evidence to prove that you have achieved the specified competences.

If you are applying for an Academic Clinical Fellowship (ACF), you will need to meet the criteria in both the clinical person specification for your chosen specialty and level and the ACF person specification.

 

Person specifications for 2011 are available below and are grouped into the following areas.

Follow the links in each table to view or download the person specifications as pdfs.

Themed core specialties

Themed core specialties

(Bold type for combination of specialties for early years training)

Person specifications available

Comments

Acute care common stem

         

(ACCS) Acute medicine

CT1

CT2

CT2 Core Medical Training  

Themed, core programmes within the acute care common stem specialty group

(ACCS) Anaesthesia

CT1

CT2

CT2 Anaesthesia

(ACCS) Emergency medicine

CT1

CT2

CT3

 

Emergency medicine

     

ST4

 

Anaesthesia

CT1

CT2

ST3

 

Core training programmes
up to and including CT2

Surgical specialties

Surgical specialties

Person specifications available

Comments

Surgery in general (generic)

CT1

 

   

Themed, core programmes
within the surgery specialty group

Surgery in general (generic)   CT2     For ACF and LAT recruitment only

Cardiothoracic surgery

   

ST3

   

General surgery

   

ST3

 

Individual specialties that
are part of the surgery
specialty group.

Oral & Maxillofacial surgery (OMFS)

 

 

ST3

 

Otolaryngology (ENT)

   

ST3

 

Paediatric surgery

   

ST3

 

Plastic surgery

      

ST3

 

Trauma & orthopaedic surgery

 

 

ST3

 

Urology

 

 

ST3

 

 

Psychiatry core training

Psychiatry

Person specifications available

Comments

Core Psychiatry Training

CT1

CT2

CT3

 

Core training programmes
up to and including CT3

Child & adolescent psychiatry

     

ST4

Individual specialties that
are part of the psychiatry
specialty group.

General adult psychiatry

     

ST4

Psychiatry of learning disability

     

ST4

Old age psychiatry

     

ST4

Forensic psychiatry

     

ST4

Psychotherapy

     

ST4

Medical specialties

Medical specialties

Person specifications available

Comments

Core medical training

CT1

CT2

   

Core training programmes
up to and including CT2

Acute medicine

   

ST3

 

Individual specialties that
are part of the medicine specialty group.

Allergy

   

ST3

 

Audiological medicine

   

ST3

 

Cardiology

   

ST3

 

Clinical genetics

   

ST3

 

Clinical neurophysiology

   

ST3

 

Clinical oncology

   

ST3

 

Clinical pharmacology & therapeutics

   

ST3

 

Dermatology

   

ST3

 

Endocrinology & diabetes

   

ST3

 

Gastroenterology

   

ST3

 

Genito-urinary medicine

   

ST3

 

Geriatric medicine

   

ST3

 

Haematology

   

ST3

 

Immunology

   

ST3

 

Infectious diseases

   

ST3

 

Infectious diseases & medical microbiology

   

ST3

 

Infectious diseases & virology

   

ST3

 

Medical oncology

   

ST3

 

Medical ophthalmology

   

ST3

 
Metabolic medicine     ST3  

Neurology

   

ST3

 

Nuclear medicine

   

ST3

 

Occupational medicine

   

ST3

 

Palliative medicine

   

ST3

 

Paediatric cardiology

     

ST4

Rehabilitation medicine

   

ST3

 

Renal medicine

   

ST3

 

Respiratory medicine

   

ST3

 

Rheumatology

   

ST3

 

Sports & exercise medicine

   

ST3

 

Stroke Medicine (sub specialty)

    ST3  

Tropical medicine

   

ST3

 

Run through specialties

Run through specialties

Person specifications available

Comments

Chemical pathology

ST1/

FTSTA

ST2/

FTSTA

     

Chemical pathology – Metabolic Medicine

   

ST3

 

Clinical radiology

ST1

 

     

Applicants may apply
directly from foundation
training or after having completed core training
in other specialties

General practice

ST1

       

Histopathology

ST1

     

Medical microbiology/virology – microbiology

ST1/

FTSTA

ST2/

FTSTA

   

Medical microbiology/virology – virology

ST1/

FTSTA

ST2/

FTSTA

   

Neurosurgery

ST1/

FTSTA

ST2/

FTSTA

ST3/

FTSTA

 

Obstetrics & Gynaecology

ST1/

FTSTA

ST2/

FTSTA

ST3/

LAT

 

Ophthalmology

ST1/

FTSTA

ST2/

FTSTA

ST3

 

Paediatrics

ST1/

FTSTA

ST2/

FTSTA

ST3/

FTSTA

ST4

Public Health

ST1

     

 

Notes

Acute care common stem (ACCS) core training is a two-year programme plus a further specialty specific year for all themes:

  • For Anaesthesia, a further specialty specific CT2 will be linked to the Anaesthetic themed ACCS
  • For Acute Medicine, a further year of core medical training CT2 will be linked to the Acute Medicine themed ACCS
  • For Emergency Medicine, a further specialty specific CT3 will be linked to the Emergency Medicine themed ACCS

Clinical radiology level ST1 welcomes applicants from ST1, 2, 3 and CT 1, 2, 3 in acute care clinical specialties, such as medicine, surgery and paediatrics. It is also possible to apply direct from Foundation training.