Trauma & Orthopaedic Surgery ST3
2025 National Recruitment

The National Recruitment Office for ST3 Trauma & Orthopaedic Surgery is NHS England - North East and Yorkshire (formerly HEE). We are recruiting to posts across England and Scotland. All posts have the required educational and Dean’s approval.

Applications will open at 10am on Thursday 14 November 2024 and will close at 4pm on Thursday 5 December 2024.  All interviews will take place online (dates tbc).  Applicants will submit one application electronically for all vacancies via the Oriel recruitment portal. A summary of the recruitment process is provided below.

The 2025 Self-Assessment Guidance and Weighting Document are now available to the right of this page.

PLEASE NOTE: A question relating to the organisation of applicants' evidence has been added to the Self-Assessment form for 2025 recruitment. A maximum score of two points is available for this question; the maximum overall weighted score for the 2025 Self-Assessment is therefore 34. Please see the guidance and the weighting document for details.

The 2025 Applicants Handbook is now also available to the right of this page.

UPDATE - IMPORTANT INFORMATION for 2026 Recruitment

Please note that for 2026 Trauma & Orthopaedics recruitment there will be an amendment to Question 4 of the Self-Assessment. The number of operations required to score maximum points for this question will be increased to 18 or more. There is no change to the range of operations or to the evidence guidance. The response options will now be as follows:

Further sources of information

• The Royal College of Surgeons of England
• The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
• The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow
• ISCP Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery Training Syllabus
• The British Orthopaedic Association
• The British Orthopaedic Trainees Association

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

Please be reminded that as per the 2025 Person Specification, ATLS (or equivalent) is not an essential requirement for application to ST3 Trauma & Orthopaedics in the current recruitment round.