NHS Clinical Scientist Recruitment

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I have my interview this week and I literally feel like I am going to have a nervous breakdown about it!!!!

I am so petrified that I am going to make such a fool out of myself :frown:

In short, I'm a microbiologist, for 4 years now I have got no where with the STP for micro but this year I was selected for interview for a brand new STP pathway. I have done as much research as I can as possible but this is a subject area I have no experience of and I am up against people who do this for a job everyday!
I have no idea how to prepare for the specialism questions and I feel completely out of my depth! I want this STP so bad. It's a change of career but one I have always been desperate to get into and now it's offered on the STP, it's my only chance and having been to the department and seen what is involved, I want it even more!

I am losing sleep over not being able to answer the specialism questions and I was wondering if anyone could provide any advice as to what would be best to say if I really cannot answer a question? Obviously I will try my best and work it out but is it better to try and get it completely wrong or just say you don't know? Should I say' I don't know but would do this, this and this to find out' etc

Somebody help me before I go insane :/

Calm down. I am sure everything will be okay. You have been a microbiologist for four years and survived it so you should survive this. I think you have enough experience. I am going to university to study healthcare science so I can be a microbiologist like yourself. They will ask basic question like how long have you been in research stuff like that. deep breaths..... :smile:

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Reply 4581

FID10

Latest news on the FB page:

Scientist Training Programme Appointments Update

Good news we hope to email, by the end of this week, all candidates who attended an interview for:

Medical Physics
Clinical Pharmaceteutical Science
Clinical Engineering
Reconstructive Science

Good luck

Fingers crossed for everyone! :-)

Reply 4582

SG10

Good luck to everyone with cardiac interviews today! :smile:

Reply 4583

bigbanggeek

Original post by FID10

Just saw this too.... that basically means i'm going to have a panic attack every time I get an e-mail on my phone :frown:

but at least we will know soon enough!

Reply 4584

nimmity

Has anyone else not yet had the email asking for location preferences?
They have specifically said that its not a reflection on whether we were successful or not but it doesn't fill me with confidence!

Reply 4585

Nav-man

Original post by nimmity

I didn't receive that email either but when I logged into my account on milk round, it was saying to enter preferences but the only thing I did is that I had already given them name of hospital before this preferences thing started so I thought that might be the reason behind not receiving that email but to be honest I am a bit worried about this as well. Fingers crossed. Hope for the best.

Reply 4586

FID10

Another update:

NHS Graduate Management Training Scheme We have started to email all candidates who attended an interview for medical physics. Don't forget to check your spam box. If you have not revived an email by 9am 23/4 please contact the helpdesk ASAP. If you are lucky enough to get an offer to join the programme make sure you confirm your acceptance in writing before the due date otherwise your offer will be withdrawn. Good luck everyone

Good luck to everyone, I think I am going to have a nervous breakdown refreshing my inbox!!

I hope the interviews are going well for people from the other specialisms too!! :-)

Reply 4587

sakilz

please anyone who receive any kind of e-mail (offer/rejection) please update here...

the way i am refreshing my inbox, our e-mail server may crash soon!! best of luck to every1...

Reply 4588

salmon38

Original post by sakilz

please anyone who receive any kind of e-mail (offer/rejection) please update here...

the way i am refreshing my inbox, our e-mail server may crash soon!! best of luck to every1...

I received an offer about an hour ago (by email) Cant believe it!! Did not expect it at all! Moving to London woop!! Good Luck everyone!!

Reply 4589

sakilz

Original post by salmon38

I received an offer about an hour ago (by email) Cant believe it!! Did not expect it at all! Moving to London woop!! Good Luck everyone!!

Congrats Salmon, best wishes for you!!! I can feel your excitement; thanks a lot for sharing this... :cool:

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Reply 4590

FID10

Original post by salmon38

I received an offer about an hour ago (by email) Cant believe it!! Did not expect it at all! Moving to London woop!! Good Luck everyone!!

Many congratulations and thank you for letting us know.

I can't believe how nerve racking the waiting is. Hopefully all the emails will come through soon though. Do you mind me asking which trust in London you had the offer for? London was one of the regions I selected.

Reply 4591

jailbreak

Im getting more and more paranoid as the time passes thinking that they're leaving the rejections till last which is why I haven't heard :P Well done Salmon though!

Reply 4592

sakilz

Original post by salmon38

I received an offer about an hour ago (by email) Cant believe it!! Did not expect it at all! Moving to London woop!! Good Luck everyone!!

Hey Salmon, Can I ask your Surname plz plz? wondering on which sequence they are sending the e-mails?

Was London your first preference? Because you get London (the most demanding), there is a possibility that they are sending according to the ranked list, and may be you are among the tops...

I am just hoping your surname starts with 'A'... because mine starts with 'Z'!!!! and I didnt get any reply so far...

Reply 4593

FID10

Original post by jailbreak

Im getting more and more paranoid as the time passes thinking that they're leaving the rejections till last which is why I haven't heard :P Well done Salmon though!

Me too :-(

My email account is offline too now, I think I might have broken it with all the inbox refreshing! I have contacted the help desk and hope they can send the correspondence to my other email address :crossedf:

Has anyone else heard anything yet?

Reply 4594

nimmity

I just got accepted to St. Georges! I'm so pleased and can't quite believe it.
Hope everyone hears soon.

Reply 4595

bigbanggeek

Original post by nimmity

I just got accepted to St. Georges! I'm so pleased and can't quite believe it.
Hope everyone hears soon.

Congrats!!! thats great news
Still refreshing frantically for me :frown:

Reply 4596

FID10

Helpdesk were amazing and got back to me very quickly. I have an offer for Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells. I am so relieved, and I hope that everyone else's emails come through soon as it is so stressful waiting! Good luck everyone waiting to hear, and all those that have had and have interviews to come :smile:

Reply 4597

bigbanggeek

what is their number please?

Reply 4598

FID10

Original post by bigbanggeek

what is their number please?

I emailed them on: [email protected], but their phone number is 0845 300 1426. Good luck

Reply 4599

_Tinks_

Well done to everyone who has offers!!!! And good luck to anyone still frantically refreshing their inboxes!

Did anyone feel like they completely mucked up a station and still get an offer? I had my interview for Cardiac Science today, where the specialism specific questions went great but the NHS-based one completely threw me off! So now I'm having a nice little flap about it haha :tongue: