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• Posted Date: 11/12/08

West Midlands Deanery

www.westmidlands.nhs.uk

The Postgraduate Dean: Dr E Hughes

St Chads Court, 213 Hagley Rd, Edgbaston, Birmingham B16 9RG. Tel. 0845 155 1022, Fax. 0121 695 2233.

Trusts in our domain

Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Trust,
Birmingham Children's Hospital NHS Foundation Trust,
Birmingham Woman's NHS Foundation Trust,
Burton Hospitals NHS Trust,
Coventry & Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust,
Dudley Group of Hospitals NHS Trust,
George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust,
Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust,
Hereford Hospitals NHS Trust,
Mid Staffordshire General Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust,
North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust
Robert Jones & Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic & District Hospitals NHS Trust,
Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Royal Wolverhampton Hospitals NHS Trust
Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust
Sandwell Mental Health NHS and Social Care Trust
Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust
South Staffordshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
South Warwickshire General Hospitals NHS Trust
University Hospital Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
University Hospital of North Staffordshire NHS Trust
University Hospitals Coventry & Warwickshire NHS Trust
Walsall Hospitals NHS Trust
West Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust
Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust
Worcestershire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust
Birmingham East and North PCT
Coventry PCT
Dudley PCT
Heart of Birmingham Teaching PCT
Hereford PCT
North Staffordshire PCT
Sandwell PCT
Shropshire County PCT
Solihull Care Trust
South Birmingham PCT
South Staffordshire PCT
Stoke on Trent PCT
Telford & Wrekin PCT
Walsall Teaching PCT
Warwickshire PCT
Wolverhampton City PCT
Worcestershire PCT

Profile

The NHS in the West Midlands employs over 126,000 staff and is the largest employer in the region. This includes 19 acute hospital trusts, including 7 Foundation Trusts, 7 mental health trusts including 2 Foundation Trusts,16 primary care trusts (PCTs), 1 Care Trust (jointly providing health and social services) and an ambulance trust.

The West Midlands has a population of 5.3 million, with a rich mix of cultures and an ethnically diverse population. The range of population spans the high number of young people in the city of Birmingham to the older population in the more rural parts of the region such as Herefordshire.

The geographical variation across the region leads to a range of different service models including large teaching hospitals, district general hospitals, community services and an extensive primary care network. The large population served allows a comprehensive range of specialist services to be concentrated within the region resulting in a wide range of training opportunities across all specialties.

For careers information and careers contacts please go to the medical careers section, under Workforce Deanery at www.westmidlands.nhs.uk

MMC Recruitment timetables for 2009

All specialties that are locally recruited will be advertised on 5th January 2009 the closing date varies dependent on specialty.

The NHS West Midlands Workforce Deanery Website is being updated for MMC 2009. This will provide full details of vacancies available in the region. Other information available will include:

• Interview timetable
• Local competition ratios
• Careers advice (including podcasts from specialties)

GP Recruitment is co-ordinated by the National Recruitment office at www.gprecruitment.org.uk Applications can be submitted from 5th January for a closing date of 18th January 2009.

Academic Training Programmes
We have excellent links with Birmingham, Keele and Warwick University, with opportunities from Foundation through to Academic Clinical Fellows and Lecturers. Details can be found at www.foundationprogramme.nhs.uk and www.nccrcd.nhs.uk

MMC Recruitment responsibilities

The Deanery recruits to the full range of specialties including Anaesthetics (CT1), ACCS (CT1), ACCS (CT3), Surgery in General (CT1 and CT2), T&O (CT1, ST1, ST3), Cardio-Thoracic (ST3), General Practice, Ophthalmology, Clinical Radiology, Core Medical Training, Paediatrics, O&G, Psychiatry. It leads on recruitment for Cardiothoracic Surgery.

Please see www.westmidlands.nhs.uk for a full list.

Recruitment procedures

All posts will be advertised for a minimum of 72 hours excluding Saturday, Sunday and Bank Holidays. Post will be advertised in the BMJ and at NHS Jobs on www.jobs.nhs.uk A list of posts will also be published on the MMC website.

Key personnel

The Postgraduate Dean for the West Midlands is Dr E Hughes. Heads of Specialty are listed on our website.

More information

Please see our website www.westmidlands.nhs.uk