Recruitment process.

Recruitment to all public health training programmes in England and Wales occurs on an annual basis.  It is open to and welcomes applicants from medical and non-medical backgrounds.  The process is managed nationally, but is currently led by the Health Education East Midlands: https://www.eastmidlandsdeanery.nhs.uk/page.php?id=1424.

Assessment and selection are standardised, using a staged process. Applicants submit a single online application within which they rank their preference of training locations. Those eligible after longlisting are invited to an assessment centre, where timed verbal and numerical critical reasoning are tested. If successful in this, applicants are then invited to attend a selection centre day, consisting of rotational interviews and scenarios, from which the final allocation of training places are made.

Recruitment information can be found on the FPH website at http://www.fph.org.uk/recruitment_information. Guidance and FAQs documents can be found at http://www.fph.org.uk/applications_in_england%2c_scotland_and_wales

There is one round of recruitment in November/December of each year. Successful applicants start in August each year. The number of vacancies changes each year. There are usually 60-90 places offered.

For ALL enquiries about the recruitment and selection process please contact publichealthrecruitment.em@hee.nhs.uk

 

Useful links:

Our Yorkshire and Humber website provides useful information for anyone interested in public health training in Yorkshire and the Humber. The following link gives more details about the school, recruitment, and training, as well as useful links to other information sources:

https://www.yorksandhumberdeanery.nhs.uk/public_health

 

Information about the Specialty Training recruitment process is available on the Faculty of Public Health website: National Public Health Specialty Training Recruitment - FPH - Faculty of Public Health

 

Details about the application process can be found here: Public Health | Medical Hub (hee.nhs.uk)

 

Person Specification including eligibility: Public Health ST1 2025 | Medical Hub (hee.nhs.uk)

Successful candidates could be working in any one of the 15 councils across Yorkshire. After the successful candidates have been made an offer, The Head of school, and potential Educational Supervisors will be in contact to make sure there is capacity in the candidates desired location.

TPDs try to allocate posts that are reasonably commutable to the candidate’s current geographical position. For example, if a registrar lives in West Yorkshire, it would be one of the 5 councils in West Yorkshire, and so on across the county.

Please visit the Faculty of Public Health website for full recruitment information.