Recruitment for Aug 2011/ Feb 2012
Recruitment for 2011 starts earlier than previous years. Check the national recruitment office calendar for the recruitment dates
Key Facts about Recruitment 2011
- HOW— national scheme
- www.gprecruitment.org.uk
- STAGE 1— from Dec 2010
- DEADLINE— TBA
- STAGE 2— Jan 2011
- STAGE 3— Feb 2011
Key Facts about Recruitment Process
- NUMBER OF STAGES— 4
- long listing against basic eligibility criteria
- short listing through 2 papers under exam conditions
- 2/3 exercises at a selection assessment centre day
- allocation of posts to successful candidates by rank
Key Facts about Norwich Recruitment
- Norwich Scheme
- 2011 Places allocated before clearing— 22
- 2011 Average ranking by successful candidates — 1.0
- 2011 Places— 28
- Aug 11 Start — 14
- Feb 12 Start— 14
- 2012 Places— 30
- Aug 12 Start — 14
- Feb 13 Start— 12
Recruitment to all GP VTS schemes in the UK is through The National Recruitment Office for GP Training (www.gprecruitment.org.uk). Applications are accepted online, starting November 2011, for recruitment to the scheme in both August and the following February. There are generally 14 ST1 places available in both August and February on the Norwich Scheme and around 300 in the East of England Deanery.
For entry to the scheme you will need a primary medical qualification (medical degree), to be fully registered with the GMC at the time of application, to be able to provide evidence of achievement of foundation competencies and to hold a current driving licence valid for the UK. Precise details can be found at www.gprecruitment.org.uk[specific link].
The Application process has 2/3 stages. The first is a long-listing process, which determines basic eligibility criteria. Stage 2 comprises an assessment under examination conditions with papers in 1) clinical problem solving [sample questions] and 2) Professional Dilemmas [sample questions]. The papers are designed to assess the essential competencies in the National Person Specification. The East of England Stage 2 assessments will change to computer based testing at Pearson VUE centres (the venue for the Driving Licence Theory Test) (Updated July 2010).
Stage 3 is held at a Selection Assessment Centre (SAC). The venue for the East of England deanery is the Rowley Mile Racecourse in Newmarket. Candidates complete 3 exercises observed by trained assessors; a simulated consultation between candidate and actor and a written exercise. The simulation will be altered and updated for 2011 and the group exercise between 4 candidates has been scrapped. (updated July 2010)
Stage 4 is the allocation to jobs to successful candidates in order of rank, which is determined by the scores at stages 2 and 3. Places are limited, so not every successful candidate is guaranteed the offer of a training place.
The Norwich Practice placements and posts available for last years recruitment round are available on the Scheme page Here
