Location
The West Midlands Deanery covers the geographical area of Birmingham, Coventry, the Black Country, Herefordshire, Shropshire, Solihull, Staffordshire, Stoke-on-Trent, Telford and Wrekin, Warwickshire, and Worcestershire. Everyday almost a hundred thousand people are treated in hospital, see their GP or are cared for by the NHS in the West Midlands. There are 27 Local Education Providers in the West Midlands.
Profile
The West Midlands Deanery covers the geographical area of Birmingham, Coventry, the Black Country, Herefordshire, Shropshire, Solihull, Staffordshire, Stoke on Trent, Telford and Wrekin, Warwickshire, and Worcestershire. Every day almost a hundred thousand people are treated in hospital, see their GP or are cared for by the NHS in the West Midlands. Local Education Providers in the West Midlands include;
Our Postgraduate Schools are:
- School of Anaesthetics, Critical Care and Emergency Medicine
- School of Medicine
- School of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
- School of Ophthalmology
- School of Paediatrics
- School of Pathology
- School of Public Health
- School of Psychiatry
- School of Radiology
- School of Surgery
- School of Dentistry
- School of GP
We also have a dedicated careers department offering advice to prospective applicants to the West Midlands and to doctors already in training within the West Midlands. Further details about medical careers within the West Midlands, including podcasts and contact information, can be found on our website:
http://www.westmidlandsdeanery.nhs.uk/Home/CareersSupport.aspx
Trusts in our Domain
The West Midlands Deanery is responsible for postgraduate medical and dental training in the West Midlands. We recruit into 700-800 specialty training posts each year. We have 12 Postgraduate Specialty Schools who are responsible for the delivery of both core and specialty training programmes, including trainee recruitment and selection, curriculum delivery, faculty development, assessment and quality assurance.
- Birmingham Children's Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
- Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Trust
- Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health Foundation Trust
- Birmingham Women's NHS Foundation Trust
- Black Country Partnership NHS Trust
- Burton Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Partnership Trust
- Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust
- Dudley and Walsall Mental Health NHS Partnership Trust
- George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust
- Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust
- Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust
- The Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
- The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
- The Royal Wolverhampton Hospitals NHS Trust
- Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust
- Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust
- The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust
- South Staffordshire and Shropshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
- South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust
- University Hospital Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
- University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust
- University Hospital of North Staffordshire NHS Trust
- Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust
- Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust
- Worcestershire Health & Care NHS Trust
- Wye Valley NHS Trust (formerly Hereford Hospitals NHS Trust)
Recruitment timetables for 2013
A detailed 2013 specialty recruitment timetable will be available at the following link: http://www.westmidlandsdeanery.nhs.uk/Recruitment2013.aspx
Information available will include: the number of vacancies in each specialty, interview dates, interview venues and programme and rotation information.
Recruitment Procedures
All vacancies will appear athttp://www.westmidlandsdeanery.nhs.uk/Recruitment2013.aspx and www.jobs.nhs.uk
The ST1/CT1 application window will be from 12/11/2012 until 07/12/2012 with all initial offers made by 01/03/2013.
For CT2/ST3 posts (& re-adverts) the application window will be 25/02/2013 until 22/03/2013 with all initial offers made by 23/05/2012
For Specialty Recruitment 2013 the West Midlands Deanery will be nationally coordinating
• Anaesthesia (CT1, and ST3) and ACCS Anaesthesia (CT1) in partnership with the Royal College of Anaesthetists.
• Intensive Care Medicine (ST3) in partnership with the Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine.
• Clinical Genetics (ST3)
Enquiries relating to national recruitment coordinated by the West Midlands should be sent to nationalrecruitment@west¬midlands.nhs.uk
Key personnel
Professor Elizabeth Hughes, Postgraduate Dean
Other information
The Deanery operates an online helpdesk that will answer all queries within 48 hours.
WEST MIDLANDS DEANERY
