Although there are two vacancies for the joint IMT/ACCS-Internal Medicine (ACCS-IM) process: one covering programmes in Scotland, and a separate one for programmes in England, Northern Ireland and Wales. Applications will only be considered for one vacancy, and you should ensure that you only apply to your preferred one. The Oriel system will not prevent two applications being made, and at the closing date, any applicants that have a live (i.e. not withdrawn) application to both vacancies will have the first one submitted withdrawn with no option to change their preferred application.

Applicants who only apply to one of the joint IMT/ACCS-Internal Medicine (ACCS-IM) process in Round 1 of national recruitment will be awarded 5 points onto their shortlist score. The points will be awarded based on ’live’ applications to the round as of the application closing date. This means that if you applied to a specialty other than IMT but withdrew it before the application closing date, this would not be counted when deciding whether to award the 5 points. Points will not be awarded retrospectively based on applications being withdrawn after the closing date. More information about this can be found on the application scoring section of the IMT Recruitment website: https://www.imtrecruitment.org.uk/recruitment-process/applying/application-scoring

The application period will run from 10:00 on Thursday 23rd October 2025 until 16:00 on Thursday 20th November 2025, subject to the conditions of the Applicant’s Guide and process. Please note all times are UK.

Before applying, please ensure that you read the Internal Medicine Training CT1 Person Specification and Scotland Applicant Guide. When completing your application form please ensure that you upload evidence of the required competences, prior to submitting your form.

Applicants can view the Scotland applicant information and full Scotland timeline in the recruitment section of the Scottish Medical Training website (https://www.scotmt.scot.nhs.uk/recruitment/specialty-recruitment/applicant-guide/).

Candidates will be able to preference available posts within the Scotland Deanery. Indicative post numbers for Scotland will be available here on the Scottish Medical Training website once applications open.

Please see the hyperlinks tab for information on the programmes, the recruitment process, eligibility/entry criteria, person specification, etc. as well as contact information for any further queries.

Applicants who are currently undertaking a UK (or UK-affiliated) foundation training programmes and those currently undertaking a specialty training programme and in possession of a National Training Number (NTN) or Deanery Reference Number (DRN) will not be required to provide any evidence of achievement of foundation competence at the application stage.

All other applicants will be required to do so, and to upload this evidence to Oriel, so as to allow this to be submitted alongside their application.

This will either be in the form of a Foundation Programme Completion Certificate, for those who have completed foundation training since February 2023; or a Certificate of Readiness to Enter Specialty Training (2024 version), for all other candidates. If you are required to submit a CREST form with your application and do not do so then you will not be offered another opportunity to upload it and your application will not proceed to the next stage of the process.

More information on accessing, completing, uploading and providing this document can be found at sources accessed via the hyperlinks tab on Oriel.

To be eligible to apply for specialty training, applicants must hold full registration with the General Medical Council (GMC) (https://www.gmc-uk.org/registration-and-licensing/join-the-register/registration-applications/application-registration) at the time of application. For further details on this requirement please consult the UK Medical and Dental Recruitment and Selection (MDRS) website (https://medical.hee.nhs.uk/medical-training-recruitment/news/changes-to-medical-specialty-training-recruitment-for-2026) and person specification for the specialty.

Please read the guidance regarding GMC registration carefully, which can be found here on the GMC website (https://www.gmc-uk.org/registration-and-licensing).

The Home Office determine the legislation regarding eligibility for non-UK nationals to enter training programmes, prospective applicants must ensure they are aware of the changes in legislation and how this may impact on their eligibility to be considered for training posts if they are non-UK nationals.

Please ensure you visit the UK Government website (https://www.gov.uk/browse/visas-immigration) for full details if this applies to you.

Please note: any notification of new legislation set down by Home Office which may impact on any of our applicants between recruitment opening and offers being issued will be deemed applicable to this recruitment process.

During the recruitment round please visit the recruitment section of the Scottish Medical Training website (https://www.scotmt.scot.nhs.uk/recruitment/specialty-recruitment/) regularly to access up-to-date information relating to this vacancy and information about the recruitment process.

If you have any further questions, please contact: nationalrecruitment@nes.scot.nhs.uk