There are national changes to the recruitment process in relation to GMC eligibility and maximum application limits and the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) interviews

The full summary of the changes to the General Surgery ST3 Shortlisting process can be found on the Medical Speciality Website.

Important to note: Applicants are required to read the full applicant handbook attached to this Oriel advert and complete the Shortlisting Evidence Applicant & Educational Supervisor Checklist and the 7 templates required to be uploaded to the Qpercom Evidence Portal.

Please note that there is a strict application policy that applications cannot be accepted after the deadline. 

Applications should be submitted via the General Surgery vacancy on Oriel.

All applicants applying to specialty training are required to have the essential competences or equivalent.

For more information on competences please refer to the resource bank on Oriel and the Medical Specialty Training website.

For those experiencing difficulties when uploading evidence, please ensure you contact the team via the PGMDE Support Portal 

Please upload all required evidence of competences to your application form when completing it online.

Applicants will use the Qpercom Evidence Portal to upload all required documentation, including:

The Shortlisting Evidence Applicant & Educational Supervisor Checklist, the 7 Shortlisting Evidence Templates, and all supporting evidence.

Further detailed guidance will be provided when the Qpercom evidence upload window opens.

All eligible applicants will be invited to upload their completed Shortlisting Evidence Applicant & Educational Supervisor Checklist, which must be reviewed and signed by the applicant’s Educational Supervisor (or equivalent), including the Educational Supervisors name and GMC number (or equivalent), the 7 completed templates, and supporting evidence for each shortlisting question detailed on the application form.

The evidence for each of the 7 Shortlisting questions should be clearly described within the templates and Shortlisting Evidence Applicant & Educational Supervisor Checklist which will need to be uploaded with the supporting evidence as one single merged PDF document to the Qpercom Evidence portal during the evidence upload window.

The 2026 General Surgery ST3 Shortlisting Panel will assess all eligible applications to produce a shortlist score. Shortlisted candidates will be invited to an interview.

If any submitted evidence is found to be false or misleading, it will be reviewed, and the applicant may be referred to a Probity Panel.

Document checking: Please check the Supplementary Applicant guidance for further details of documents required for the interview.

Interview structure: This will be an online 40-minute interview via Qpercom Recruit. There will be three stations consisting of a clinical scenario, a management scenario and a Professional Development station. Communication skills will be assessed throughout the interview. Reading time will be allocated for both the clinical and management scenarios.

Preferencing Posts: Preferencing will be made available via Oriel and more information will follow at a later stage.

  

For information regarding reasonable adjustments and Disability Confident Scheme please refer to the Medical Specialty Recruitment website

Please review the person specification, available on the hyperlinks tab, for the full eligibility criteria for this specialty.

   All medical practitioners are on the shortage occupation list, so all specialty recruitment applicants will be exempt from the resident labour market test.

The Medical Specialty Recruitment website has guidance for applicants requiring a visa.

Please follow the links below for information about salary scales in the four UK nations.

England: https://www.nhsemployers.org/topics/pay-pensions-and-reward

Scotland: http://www.msg.scot.nhs.uk/pay/medical/junior-doctors

Wales: http://www.wales.nhs.uk/nhswalesaboutus/workingfornhswales/payconditions/payandconditionsresources

If you have made a positive declaration in the FTP section, you must follow this up by completing our form on the support portal, you must contact London recruitment office via support portal by the close of the application window. Failure to provide the outlined information by the close of application may result in your application being withdrawn.

A full timeline can be found in the supplementary Applicant guidance:              

Interview Dates:  Thursday 26th – Friday 27th March 2026

Interview venue: Qpercom Recruit 

Posts commence: August 2026 (TBC by employing trust) 

  All interviews will be held remotely via Qpercom Recruit. For more information, please refer to the supplementary applicant guidance. 

Programme preferences 

You will not be asked to give preferences of specific programmes at the application stage. These will be given at a later stage via Oriel. More information will follow at a later stage for those still in competition at that time. 

Please visit the PGMDE Support Portal, where you will find a series of FAQs, and you will be able to submit an enquiry to the London Recruitment Team.

       Please click this link  https://medical.hee.nhs.uk/medical-training-recruitment/medical-specialty-training/surgery/higher-surgery/general-surgery/overview-of-general-surgery/posts for updated post information

Please note that post numbers and post information are subject to change.