Post-Certification JCST TIG Fellowships-2024

Training Interface Group Fellowships Advanced Training Posts up to 49

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Management of Skin Cancer (Mohs)

Details of the Fellowships

From 2023 the fellowships will be open solely to applicants that will be post-certification or appear on the GMC and/or Irish Specialist Registers at the start date of the post. These posts are suited to those applicants within two years of the completion of surgical specialty training. 

We are recruiting 4 fellows to 6 month posts starting on the 7th of August 2024 and the 5th of February 2025.  The 6 month posts offer intensive training and are suitable for candidates who have trained in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Otolaryngology or Plastic Surgery, who have a demonstrable interest in MOHS. 

Training Locations Available

The training centres that are approved to deliver the advanced training are:

  • St Helens & Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
  • Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust - not available for 2024 intake

Further details of the fellowships, the units and the training available can be viewed on the JCST website.

Recruitment

Applications open on the 16th October 2023 and should be submitted via the on-line portal (Oriel) until the 1st December 2023.  To access Oriel click the 'Apply Now' button at the top of this page. 

The interviews will be virtual and will be held on the 26th of January 2024.

For full details of the the selection process please view the documents below.

The Selection Process

The selection process will be made of two components

Curriculum Vitae and Logbook  

As part of the selection process we are asking candidates to provide a validated logbook demonstrating experience relevant to the sub-specialty and a structured CV.  The CV should be no longer than 4 pages in length, text a minimum of 12 point font, and include the information listed below.  

Candidates will be asked to email both documents to england.sevrecruitment.sw@hee.nhs.uk by no later than 10:00am on the 8th of January 2024. 

List of contents    

Additional Qualifications  

Please list additional qualifications other than FRCS or equivalent, including year of attainment and institution. Give a short summary of the work involved and outcome. Please state if a qualification is in progress or completed.

Prizes   

Please list up to 5 prizes you have, when they were awarded and for what reason. Research grant awards can be included. Specify if they were local/national/international prizes

Courses /conferences

Please list a short summary of relevant specialty specific training course or conferences you have attended in the last 3 years. Include the body overseeing the activity (eg Royal College, Specialty Association)

Audit   

Please list a summary (maximum of 6) of audit experience, highlighting relevance of the audits, your participation in the audit, where the audit was presented including examples of closing the loop audits.

Publications   

Please list a short summary and reference of your publications, highlighting relevant specialty papers and your involvement in the publication (ie first author or second/third author etc). Book chapters can be included.

Presentations    

Please list a short summary of your poster/oral platform presentations, highlighting relevant presentations only. Detail if these were at local/national/international level, if poster or platform, and if you were primary presenter

Teaching Experience   

Please summarise your teaching experience, listing your involvement ie organisation of teaching programs, delivery of teaching, faculty teaching experience, participation in an educational committee, qualification in teaching (not included in additional qualification section).  Briefly summarise any feedback for each role and if the teaching was at local/national/international level

Management & Leadership   

Please list any managerial roles/leadership training including designing and leading any healthcare improvement project (within the last 3 years). Include any formal qualification in management or active participation in NHS committee work

Achievements outside of medicine

List your achievements outside medicine 

Motivation

Why you are applying for this fellowship programme, and what you hope to gain from it? highlight any previous exposure to interspecialty working

Commitment to specialty

Describe how you have demonstrated to date your commitment to interdisciplinary working and how this has influenced your application for TIG Fellowship

Virtual Interview

The interview will consist of two individual interview panels and both interviews will be approximately 15 minutes in length. The interview panel will be made of a combination of specialty representatives. Below is the outline of the interview and more specific information will be given to candidates when invited to interview.

Panel 1 (15 minutes - 7.5 mins per competence) 

  • Research
  • Clinical Scenario 

Panel 2 (15 minutes - 7.5 mins per competence) 

  • Leadership/Management 
  • Audit/service improvement 

Updates about the selection process will be posted on this page as we progress through the process.