National Otolaryngology (ENT) ST3 Recruitment.

2023

The National Recruitment Office for ST3 Otolaryngology (ENT) is Health Education England - Yorkshire and the Humber. All posts have the required educational and Dean’s approval.

Health Education England working across Yorkshire and the Humber is co-ordinating national recruitment for vacancies in ENT ST3 and LAT posts across England and Scotland.  Applications open at 10am on the 17th November 2022 and the closing date is 4pm on the 8th December 2022.  Interviews will be held online on the 23rd and 24th March 2023, (a round 2 is not expected in 2023).  Applicants submit one application electronically for all vacancies via the Oriel recruitment portal. 

In order to assess your suitability for ENT ST3 please refer to the national Person Specifications on the Specialty Training website. 

The "National Otolaryngology Handbook" and the "Self Assessment Guidance" is available in the Documents section of this webpage. 

Please note: All applicants must ensure they refer to the "ENT 2023 Self-assessment V2" document when completimg their self assessment scores and uploading their documents, not the 2022 version or the older 2023 version which was published for a few days in early November.

Candidate Webinar

The MDRS senior team held a webinar to address questions from candidates applying to all specialties in 2021 as well as offering guidance and advice. We recommend all candidates watch this in addition to reading the guidance. Please do note that the information was correct at the time of it being presented. the webinar can be found here.

Further sources of information 

• Royal College of Surgeons
• British Association Otolaryngologists (ENT UK)

New Immigration Ruling: 

With effect from 6 October 2019, all medical practitioners are on the Shortage Occupation List. This means that with the exception of all applicants to Public Health, all specialty recruitment applicants will be exempt from the RLMT; there will be no restriction on their appointment.

Important Information

For information and FAQ’s about how COVID-19 is affecting Medical and Dental recruitment, please see the information available on the specialty training website.

https://specialtytraining.hee.nhs.uk/