Cardiothoracic Surgery ST1 and Thoracic ST4 National Recruitment

Recruitment for 2024 will follow the Round 1 2024 timetable. The exact timeline has now been confirmed below. Documentation for 2024 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: 25/10/2023

Applications open: 10:00am 26/10/2023

Applications close: 4:00pm 23/11/2023

Interviews: 5/2/2024 and 6/2/2024

Application Documents and Links
Post Numbers

We shall appoint into eight (8) ST1 posts in Cardiothoracic Surgery to commence in August 2024 as follows.

  • one ST1 post will be hosted in Scotland
  • one ST1 post will be hosted in Northern Ireland
  • one ST1 post will be hosted in Wales
  • five ST1 posts will be hosted by five of the following eight English Deaneries (with no more than one ST1 post at each Deanery):
    • London
    • West Midlands
    • Thames Valley
    • Wessex
    • East Midlands
    • North West
    • Yorkshire and Humber
    • South West

The top scoring ST1 applicant will have their first choice from the above list of training programmes. The next highest scoring ST1 applicant can then choose from the remaining posts until the top eight applicants have all made their choices.

 

We shall appoint into six (6) ST4 posts in Thoracic Surgery to commence in August 2024 as follows:

  • one ST4 post will be hosted in Northern Ireland
  • five ST4 posts will be hosted by the following five English Deaneries (with no more than one ST4 post at each Deanery):
    • London
    • Wessex
    • East Midlands
    • Yorkshire and Humber
    • South West

The top scoring ST4 applicant will have their first choice from the list of training programmes below. The next highest scoring ST4 applicant can then choose from the remaining posts until the top six applicants have all made their choices.