Person Specifications 2012

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.

Each person specification is available from the medical specialty training website www.mmc.nhs.uk. Requirements will also be included in the application details for each post.

Academic Clinical Fellowships
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.

Themed core specialties	Person specifications available
Acute care common stem	Person specifications available
(ACCS) Acute medicine	CT1	CT2	CT2 CMT
(ACCS) Anaesthesia	CT1	CT2	CT2 Anaes
(ACCS) Emergency medicine	CT1	CT2	CT3 EM
Emergency medicine (EM)				ST4
Anaesthesia (Anaes) Core training programmes up to and including CT2	CT1	CT2	ST3
Intensive Care Medicine			ST3

Recruitment to ACCS will be by separate streams, dependent on intended specialty of final career path. The first two years of ACCS share a common curriculum, and competences completed are transferable. However it should be noted that it is not possible to move between specialty career paths without a further competitive selection process. Applicants are therefore advised to select the specialty of choice carefully.

Surgical specialties	Person specifications available
Core surgical Training Themed, core programmes within the surgery specialty group	CT1
	CT2 (For ACF and LAT recruitment only)
Cardiothoracic surgery	Individual specialties that are part of the surgery specialty group.	ST3
General surgery		ST3
Oral & Maxillofacial surgery (OMFS)		ST3
Otolaryngology (ENT)		ST3
Paediatric surgery		ST3
Plastic surgery		ST3
Trauma & orthopaedic surgery		ST3
Urology		ST3

Psychiatry	Person specifications available
Core psychiatry training Core training programmes up to and including CT3	CT1	CT2	CT3
Child & adolescent psychiatry	Individual specialties that are part of the psychiatry specialty group.		ST4
General adult psychiatry			ST4
Psychiatry of learning disability			ST4
Old age psychiatry			ST4
Forensic psychiatry			ST4
Psychotherapy			ST4

Medical specialties	Person specifications available
Core medical training Core training programmes up to and including CT2	CT1	CT2
Acute medicine	Individual specialties that are part of the medicine specialty group		ST3
Allergy			ST3
Audiovestibular medicine			ST3
Cardiovascular Medicine			ST3
Clinical genetics			ST3
Clinical neurophysiology			ST3
Clinical oncology			ST3
Clinical pharmacology & therapeutics			ST3
Dermatology			ST3
Endocrinology & diabetes			ST3
Gastroenterology			ST3
General (Internal) Medicine			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
Chemical pathology - 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
Sport & exercise medicine			ST3
Stroke medicine			ST3
Tropical medicine	ST3
Pharmaceutical medicine*	ST3

Run through Specialties	Person specifications available
Chemical pathology	ST1/ FTSTA	ST2/ FTSTA
Chemical pathology – Metabolic Medicine			ST3
Clinical radiology **	ST1
Community Sexual and Reproductive Health	ST1	ST2	ST3	ST4
General practice	ST1
Histopathology	ST1
Medical microbiology/virology – microbiology	ST1/ FTSTA	ST2/ FTSTA
Medical microbiology/virology – virology	ST1/ FTSTA	ST2/ FTSTA
Neurosurgery	ST1/ FTSTA	FTSTA2	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

If you are offered core training in a specialty, this does not guarantee progression through to Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT). There will be another round of open competition at the end of core training CT2 (CT3 for psychiatry and emergency medicine).

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

* Pharmaceutical medicine welcomes applications from a wide range of doctors who have undergone post Foundation training in a variety of specialties and who are currently employed in a UK Pharmaceutical position.

** 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.