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Foundation Competence evidence must be submitted by 12 noon on Friday 9 December 2011. Evidence must be attached to the application form at the time of submission.
Stage 2 (Computer Based Test) will be held from Saturday 14 January 2012 up to and including Saturday 21 January 2012 at venues around the UK. Candidates will be able to book places from 12 December 2011.
Stage 3 Wessex Deanery Selection Centre will be held on 21, 22, 23 February 2012 at Bournemouth.
Recruitment to general practice training programmes is through an on-line application process, managed by the National Recruitment Office for General Practice Training. All information about applying for GP training is available on their website.
If you have any queries about GP training in Wessex Deanery (Hampshire, Isle of Wight, Dorset and south Wiltshire), please e-mail gpjobs@wessexdeanery.nhs.uk
General information and policies about specialty recruitment in the Wessex Deanery are available under Core and Specialty recruitment.
Wessex Deanery has one GP ACF vacancy for August 2012 based in Southampton. The on-line application process is managed by the National Recruitment Office for General Practice Training.
Number of posts: 128 GP ST1 and 1 GP ACF (ST1 entry)
Training Programmes: Basingstoke, Winchester, Southampton, Jersey, Portsmouth, Isle of Wight, Salisbury, Bournemouth, Dorchester, Poole
Candidates will be asked to rank their programmes in order of preference through their on-line application before attending the Stage 3 Selection Centre. Successful candidates will be offered a place on a specified training programme (eg Portsmouth, Basingstoke etc) in the Wessex Deanery. Allocations to a training programme will be made on the basis of candidates Selection Centre scores and their preferences according to our allocations process. Individual allocations to a rotation will be made by the Programme Directors once an offer has been accepted.
Sample rotations: The ST1 and ST2 years will consist of 18 months hospital posts and 6 months in General Practice and the whole of the ST3 year is in General Practice. Sample rotations are:
6m O&G; 6m Psychiatry; 6m GP; 6m General Medicine; 12m GP
6m A&E; 6m GP; 6m Paeds; 6m Elderly Care; 12 m GP
All candidates allocated to Wessex Deanery must rank our programmes in order of preference via their on-line application before they attend the Selection Centre. Candidates who have specific and exceptional circumstances that restrict their geographical location and wish to have this taken into consideration when allocations are made must complete a Geographical Limitations form as well as listing their preferences on-line. They must bring the completed form and supporting documents with them to the Selection Centre.
It is the policy of the Wessex Deanery to write to the candidate’s referees and to the GMC Fitness to Practise Panel if acceptance for training is withdrawn without good reason less than four weeks before the post start date in August .
In a number of cases that have been referred, the GMC have issued a formal warning to the doctor:
http://www.gmc-uk.org/guidance/ethical_guidance/taking_up_and_ending_appointments.asp
“This conduct does not meet the standards required of a doctor. It risks bringing the profession into disrepute and must not be repeated. The required standards are set out in Good Medical Practice and associated guidance. In this case, paragraph 49 of Good Medical practice is particularly relevant: ‘Patient care may be compromised if there is not sufficient medical cover. Therefore, you must take up any post, including a locum post, you have formally accepted, and you must work your contractual notice period, unless your employer has reasonable time to make other arrangements’.
Whilst this failing in itself is not so serious as to require any restriction on registration, it is necessary in response to issue a formal warning”.