Profile

The Severn Deanery is part of NHS South West the Strategic Health Authorities and working in tandem with colleagues in the Peninsula Deanery oversees junior doctor training in the largest geographical area in the SHA structure – stretching from Land’s End to Tewkesbury. The Severn Deanery is responsible for the planning, commissioning and management of postgraduate medical and dental education and training in Somerset, Avon, Gloucestershire and parts of Wiltshire. The deanery patch serves a population of approximately 4 million. It has a healthcare workforce in excess of 70,000, with a breadth of learning and working environments, including some of the largest teaching hospitals nationally and some of the smallest rural primary care trusts.

There are over 2,000 trainees at any one time. The span is from Taunton in the South to Cheltenham in the North, Bristol in the West and Swindon in the East. The deanery covers a spread of approximately, 85 miles North to South and 40 miles East to West. With Bristol located relatively centrally in the footprint and with the largest concentration of trainees (University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust and North Bristol NHS Trust are the two major Teaching Hospitals) many trainees chose to locate themselves in Bristol or the immediate Bristol area. All the other Trusts (with the possible exception of Yeovil) are easily commutable on a daily basis with the excellent motorway network both North and South (M5) and East and West (M4).

MMC Recruitment timetables for 2012

Advertising from November 2011 for CT/ST1; advertising from February 2012 for ST3+ and any re-advertised CT/ST1 posts

For CT/ST1 posts:
All applications processed and offers made as soon as possible after interviews but no later than 9th March. Non UK-EEA applications can, if agreed by the recruiting specialty be processed from the start of the application process. Alternatively non UK-EEA applicants can be invited to apply if vacancies remain after the first round of interviews. Additional advertisements can be placed at any time during the process where required. Applicants can accept, hold or reject an offer

Details of interviews held locally will be available on the Severn deanery website asap

Recruitment procedures

The advertisement will appear in the BMJ, MMC web site (www.mmc.nhs.uk) on the Severn website (www.severndeanery.nhs.uk) and NHS jobs. Royal College web sites will also inform candidates of posts where appropriate.

Key personnel

Leann King Recruitment and Selection Manager – Paediatrics, Public Health and Ophthalmology
Caroline Stitfall - Recruitment and Selection Manager - Obstetrics and
Gynaecology and Psychiatric Specialties
Sue House - Recruitment and Selection Manager - Surgery, Radiology and Pathology
To be confirmed- Recruitment & Selection Manager – Medicine
Diane Lloyd Recruitment and Selection Manager - Emergency Medicine, ACCS and Anaesthetics

More information

Please see our website: www.severndeanery.nhs.uk for full details of the vacancies
Candidate Support email: severn.stsupport@southwest.nhs.uk Candidate Hotline: 01454 252610