NHS Scientist Training Programme 2016 applicants!

Had an Offer for Clinical Biochem for Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust! Over the moon

Congratulations! I'm based at the QE, and Optimist.Prime is at Sandwell (and I'm sure Heartlands' current first year is on here too but I can't remember her username), so we might see you around if you end up on the Birmingham MSc course

Hi Rob! Congrats on your offer! Im last years HEFT trainee- it's a great place to train X

Is anyone else an In Service applicant? I applied for Medical Physics in service, and still waiting to hear on an offer. I was hoping I'd find out sooner as I'm not in competition with anyone for a place, but apparently I'm having to wait as long as everyone else! This wait is killing me!!!

Vascular offers not being released until Wednesday!!! I think i'll have lost the plot by then!!

Anyone here got Genomics at Sheffield?
I will be the other trainee there - am absolutely over the moon as this was my first choice, I cannot believe it!!! On top of the world I have visited the department a few times and it seems fantastic, on top of that I can commute which means I won't need to sell my house!

For everyone that didn't get through, my condolences - I know how you feel, last year I failed to get in and was gutted. I think a lot of people try multiple times - come back next year with your experience and ace it!

For those on reserve - I've been told I had until midday Weds to accept/hold my offer. So I imagine a few more offers will come out on Weds when offers expire/get declined - keep a look out!

How do you know this?

The wait is unbearable!

Hey super well done on the offer☺☺ i was just wondering, as you didnt get in first time what would you recommend to someome who wants to apply agai next year? What sort of experience did you get? I applied to neurophysiology not genomics but general advice would be great!

Thank you! I'm so overwhelmed and over the moon! Such an exciting time!!

Thank you In terms of experience I'm still at the same job I was last time I applied - what I did between last year and this one was -
- organised visits myself to departments - this let me see a lot more than you see on just an open day and also got me some useful contacts
- went all-out revising for the interview - took 2 weeks annual leave to prep
- focused a lot on the 'tell me about a time you did this' type q's on my prep. Last year I revised the specialism stuff a lot but overlooked how much time I should invest in thinking of examples that show me in a good light beforehand
- at interview they don't know your form/work experience - so in my answers I made sure to mention "When I organised my own visit to the department..." or "During my current job as lab manager..." so they knew my experience

Good luck if you re-apply next year, it can be done!! I did terribly the first year at interview and never dreamed I would make it this year.

Hello All, I got reserve for Clinical Engineering. Does anyone know if there is any way to know your number on the waiting list? Wish I knew if there is some one from last year who was offered from reserve. I know it would totally be dependent on people having offers. But still, just trying to figure out if I should still have hope.