Recruitment into Paediatrics

 Welcome to the Recruitment pages of the RCPCH website 

futureThe Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health oversees national recruitment to Paediatrics for both Run Through training (ST1-4) and for subspecialty training at level 3 using the NTN Grid.

Both the NTN Grid and Specialty Training (ST) recruitment have annual national recrutiment rounds. 

 

These pages contain useful information for trainees applying to  paediatrics. We also hope that anyone considering a career in paediatrics will find them a useful guide to the application process.

During the year we will place important updates on this page concerning recruitment.

 

Main Round Recruitment 2010

National Paediatric Recruitment opens at 10am on Friday 4th December and closes 10 am Friday 18th December.

If you are applying for paediatric training posts in 2010 please click here for further information.

 

NTN Grid

The NTN grid is a matching process for trainees wishing to spend their final stages of training in a subspecialty in order to gain entry onto the Specialist Register as a Consultant in a paediatric subspecialty. For further information on the NTN Grid please click here

National Recruitment - 2009

Main Round 2009 was sucessful in filling 97% of ST posts overall, and 100% of ST1 posts in paediatrics.

Competition ratios 2009

Please see below for the 2009 competition ratios for ST1 posts in England and Wales.

 Main Round 2009 Competition Ratios (ST1) Main Round 2009 Competition Ratios (ST1)

 

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"Working in Paediatrics is stimulating and challenging. It offers so much variety and involves caring for the family as well as the child. I would recommend this to any doctor"


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