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2025 National Emergency Medicine ST4 Recruitment 

 

The National Recruitment Office for ST4 Emergency Medicine is NHS England - North East & Yorkshire. 

Further sources of information

Please note to be eligible for ST4 Emergency Medicine you must have completed the core elements of Emergency Medicine training by the intended start date.  Please refer to the person specification for the full list of ACCS EM core elements.  If you will not have these core elements you will be longlisted out of the ST4 EM process but you may be eligible for ST3 DRE-EM.  You must make a separate application for ST3 DRE-EM as applications cannot be transferred.

Competence Evidence:

Please note: There has been a change to the 2025 person specification and the required experience for Anaesthetics and Intensive Care Medicine is now a minimum of 6 months.  Please refer to the person specification to check you have the relevant experience and submit the evidence on submission of your application. 

The Emergency Medicine ST4 Alternative Certificate of Competences is now available for applicants who's experience is from non GMC approved posts. 

The alternative certificate can be found in the Oriel Resource Bank:

https://www.oriel.nhs.uk/Web/ResourceBank

You must also evidence your ACCS  Emergency Medicine Specialties by providing a letter on hospital letter headed paper confirming dates, grade and specialty for each ACCS post.

The above evidence must be uploaded at the time of application.

 

 

Vacancies

For information about the posts in each region please follow the links below to view the Local Office / Deanery websites:

 NB Vacancy numbers are updated as they are submitted by the regional offices

Local Office / Deanery

ST4 Vacancies

 East Midlands 6
 East of England 3
 London and the South East   KSS 2 - 10/LON 0 - 11
 North West/Mersey 0
 North East 0 - 2
 Thames Valley 0 - 2

 Scotland

5 - 7
 South West (Severn) 0 - 1
 South West (Peninsular) TBC
 Wales 1 - 2
 Wessex 0 - 4
 West Midlands 0
 Yorkshire and the Humber TBC

All vacancy information is indicative and subject to change.

Recruitment Timeline

The recruitment process for 2025 ST4 Emergency Medicine will follow the timeline below:

Activity

Date(s)

Applications Open Thursday 14th November 2024 @ 10am
Application Deadline
Thursday 5th December 2024 @ 4pm
Self-Assessment Validation Upload Window TBC
Interviews 4th or 5th March 2025
Interview invites released   
Initial Offers Released by 1pm on Tuesday 15th April 2025
Holding Deadline Wednesday 23rd April 2025 @ 1pm
Upgrade Deadline
Thursday 24th April 2025 @ 5pm
Eligibility & Longlisting

The eligibility criteria for ST4 Emergency Medicine are listed in the Person Specification.

Please note there have been changes made to the 2025 ST4 Person Specification in the eligibility section, please refer to this section to assess your eligibility.  It is an applicant’s responsibility to demonstrate that they meet the eligibility criteria. 

Please note to be eligible for ST4 Emergency Medicine you must have completed the core elements of Emergency Medicine training.  Please refer to the person specification for the full list of ACCS EM core elements.  If you will not have these core elements you will be longlisted out of the ST4 EM process but you may be eligible for ST3 DRE-EM.  You must make a separate application for ST3 DRE-EM as applications cannot be transferred.

The core elements section of the application form must be answered accurately:

Have you completed or will have completed (by intended start date) a UK ACCS Emergency Medicine training programme?

You should only be answering “yes” to this question if you have completed a UK ACCS Emergency Medicine training programme or are currently in a UK ACCS Emergency Medicine Programme

If you have gained experience via another route you need to answer “no” to this question and then complete the relevant fields that appear.

Failure to complete this section correctly may result in your application being removed from the process as we will be unable to assess your experience.

The Emergency Medicine ST4 Alternative Certificate of Competences is now available for applicants who's experience is from non GMC approved posts. 

The alternative certificate can be found in the Oriel Resource Bank:

https://www.oriel.nhs.uk/Web/ResourceBank

You must also evidence of your ACCS Specialtiies by providing a letter on hospital letter headed paper confirming dates, grade and specialty for each ACCS post

All evidence must be uploaded at the point of application.

All applications will be assessed against the eligibility criteria during longlisting. Any applications which do not meet the eligibility criteria will be longlisted out of the process and will not progress to the next stage.

If application numbers exceed interview capacity the self-assessment scores will be used to shortlist.

Please Note: If there is a significantly greater number of applications than the interview capacity, we will shortlist out candidates whose self-assessment score is too far away from the interview capacity cut off to have a chance of being shortlisted. Where this is the case, we will withdraw candidates at an early stage, usually soon after applications close once numbers can be assessed against capacity.

“By allowing applicants to progress to the interview stage, NHS England -Yorkshire HAS NOT accepted or confirmed that applicants meet all eligibility requirements.  This includes immigration status, evidence of achievement of Foundation competencies or equivalent, and requisite length of time in training as per the relevant national person specification.  This list is not exhaustive, and is applicable to all eligibility criteria.  Applicants may still be withdrawn from the application process at any stage, including after the interviews have taken place, if the evidence pertaining to an eligibility criterion is found to be unsatisfactory.”

Interviews

Interview Dates

4th or 5th March 2025

The interviews will be held online using the Qpercom VIDs system.

It is a candidate’s responsibility to ensure that they have access to equipment that is compatible with the platform, a strong Wi-Fi connection and have a contingency plan in place in case the original device or connection fails.

 

Interview Format

The interviews will consist of 3 x10 minute stations:

  • Clinical/Ethical Scenario
  • Prioritisation
  • Communication
Additional Information
Feedback

2024 Recruitment Results 

 

  Posts Applications Submitted Candidates Interviewed Lowest Rank to receive an offer       Posts Filled
Round 1

 

115

 

130 99 69 58

 

Round 3

 

48 41 29 22 20

 

 

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