Recruitment for 2025 will follow the Round 1 2025 timetable. The exact timeline has now been confirmed below. Documentation for 2025 is currently being reviewed and updated and will be published here in due course.
Important to note – ST3 recruitment
We like to inform applicants that the August 2022 intake was the last year of recruitment to ST3 Cardiothoracic Surgery posts.
Key dates
Advert: 23/10/2024
Applications open: 10:00am 24/10/2024
Applications close: 4:00pm 21/11/2024
Interviews: 3/2/2025 and 4/2/2025
Application Documents and Links
The below documents are in the process of being reviewed and updated for the 2025 recruitment round.
ST1 Cardiothoracic Surgery Applicant Guide – 2025
ST1 Cardiothoracic Surgery Self Assessment Criteria – 2025
ST4 Thoracic Applicant Guide – 2025
Post Numbers
We shall appoint into nine (9) ST1 posts in Cardiothoracic Surgery to commence in August 2025 as follows:
- one ST1 post will be hosted in Scotland
- one ST1 post will be hosted in Northern Ireland
- seven ST1 posts will be hosted by the following seven English Deaneries (with no more than one ST1 post at each Deanery):
- London
- West Midlands
- North East
- Wessex
- North West
- Yorkshire and Humber
- South West
The final list of ST1 programmes available for 2025 recruitment will be made available after interviews. The top scoring ST1 applicant will have their first choice from the list of available training programmes. The next highest scoring ST1 applicant can then choose from the remaining posts.
We shall appoint into four (4) ST4 posts in Thoracic Surgery to commence in August 2025 as follows:
- one ST4 post will be hosted in Wales
- three ST4 posts will be hosted by three of the following five English Deaneries (with no more than one ST4 post at each Deanery):
- London
- Thames Valley
- East Midlands
- Yorkshire and Humber
- South West
The top scoring ST4 applicant will have their first choice from the above list of training programmes . The next highest scoring ST4 applicant can then choose from the remaining posts until the top four applicants have all made their choices.