• Advert number: 185449-0
• Posted Date: 11/12/08

Royal College of Physicians

www.rcplondon.ac.uk

11 St Andrews Place, Regent's Park, London NW1 4LE. Tel: 020 7935 1174.

Location of vacancies

The Royal College of Physicians of London will be organising recruitment to Core Medical Training CT1 posts in all English Deaneries for 2009.

Profile

The Royal College of Physicians of London provides a huge range of services to our 20,000 Members and Fellows and other medical professionals. These include delivering examinations, training courses, continuous professional development and conferences; undertaking clinical audits; publishing newsletters, guidelines and books through to maintaining the College's historical collections. We also lead medical debate, and lobby and advise government and other decision-makers on behalf of our members.

The Royal College of Physicians was approached by MMC to develop a co-ordinated approach to recruitment to Core Medical Training CT1 posts in all English Deaneries for 2009. The system is web-based and applicants will be able to apply via a dedicated national portal from 9.00 am on Monday 5 January. The application can be regularly stored and updated until it is ready for submission. The closing date is noon on Friday 16 January.

For further information and contacts please see the dedicated recruitment website www.cmtrecruitment.org.uk

MMC Recruitment timetables for 2009

Applications - Open on Monday 5th January, close at noon (GMT) on Friday 16th January 2009 – this gives
applicants a 12-day window to submit their application, a more generous allowance than the required 8 days  
CPS Test - 21st February 2009
Interviews - 2nd-27th March 2009
Offers - Begin within 2-3 days of interview, by Deanery. Coordinated offers window closes 28th April 2009
(to be confirmed)

MMC Recruitment responsibilities

The RCP National Recruitment system is recruiting for all Core Medical Training posts at CT1 level in England. There are 1111 posts available. The number of posts within each Deanery is available at www.cmtrecruitment.org.uk The appointments will be for two year programmes involving acute and specialised
medical posts in all Deaneries. The National scheme involves a web-based application form, submitted to the applicant’s top two preferenced UoAs for shortlisting and interview. The application form, shortlisting criteria and interview format will be standardised and based on Department of Health Guidance and previous practice. The web-based system will allow applicants to track the status of their application and access email contacts with regard to invitation to interview, post offers etc. Allocation to posts within each Deanery (or Unit of Application)
will be the responsibility of the Deanery. The National scheme will allow ‘cascading’ of appointable trainees from the Deanery that has assessed the applicant to a Deanery with vacancies, acceptable to the applicant.

All applicants are required to sit the same Knowledge Test that applicants to General Practice Training sit on 21st
February. The test is a mandatory part of the application process for both GP and CMT, but in the latter case the Test is a pilot. The results will not be used to rank CMT applicants, but will be used to gain further knowledge about improved assessment techniques.

Recruitment procedures

Vacancies will be advertised in the BMJ, NHS Jobs and at Deanery websites. The recruitment procedure is as described above, full details are available at www.cmtrecruitment.org.uk

Key personnel

Professor Bill Burr, CMT Recruitment Lead and Director, Joint Royal Colleges of Physicians Training Board
All information, FAQs, contacts and email address can be accessed from the dedicated website
www.cmtrecruitment.org.uk

More information

Please see our website at www.cmtrecruitment.org.uk