NHS Scientist Training Programme 2016 applicants!

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So is everyone who wasn't given an offer after the interview put on the reserve list? Or is the reserve list smaller. It seems like everyone who was unsuccessful on here is on the reserve list.

Also for fellow reserve/unsuccessful-ers, what are your plans now? Anyone know of any similar alternatives or other good opportunities/genetic or healthcare based grad schemes? Or is it just a case of getting more experience and trying again next year.

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HannahPape

Bit of a cheeky question, but did anyone get a genomic counselling offer that they're thinking of turning down?

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Superhellie

Original post by jaaadele

Where abouts in London? I've been offered Neurophysiology in London too!

im not sure yet - there 4 positions at 4 different hospitals. we get to rank them in september i think, so won't know until then!!

which hospital will you be based at? theres going to be quite a few of us across all the specialisms down in london isn't there!

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LunaPup

Original post by jaaadele

If you just accept - click opt out of upgrades!

Thanks for your help! I also just received this email for future reference :

"You cannot change location / preferences at all nowYou can opt in and out of upgrades right up until upgrade deadline date"

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Ehter

does anyone here think of commuting everyday to their trust (somewhere in north) from London?

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LunaPup

Original post by Ehter

does anyone here think of commuting everyday to their trust (somewhere in north) from London?

I am thinking of commuting an hour/ hour and a half by train or car to my location at first to see if I can handle it. However, when I went on an open day some of the current STPs said that during their first year during their rotations they had to travel away from their location to other hospitals. This example was from Birmingham to Derby (1 hour). So that is something to consider when thinking of commuting.

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Ehter

Original post by LunaPup

I see, so for rotations I can choose a host in London or somewhere near?
I am very confused, as I don't want to reject the offer because of the distance and I am not able to move to Nottingham (family stuff) !! dilemma!! will cost me £10k/year just to commute from King's Cross to Nottingham!

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AmberR1

It says that the upgrade deadline is the 20th of May, does anyone know if that means that is the cut off date for us being offered an upgrade if someone else in an area that I have ranked higher drops out, or is it just the deadline for opting in/out of upgrades? Thanks :smile:

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LunaPup

Original post by Ehter

Oh no that is a bit of a dilemma
From what I recall, with this example there was no choice with the rotation and its location. So I doubt that you would be able to have rotations in London, they are more likely to be in areas surrounding Nottingham. Again, this was just one STP'er who was talking about his experience within the role so I am not 100% sure about what happens.
Maybe email the helpline who may be able to offer better advice? And there is the potential for upgrades if London was preferred, so you may want to wait until the upgrade deadline before making a decision.

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Nightwing_

Original post by Ehter

Hey, hope you don't mind me offering some advice. My brother in law used to commute from Bedford to London and found it really exhausting, as it took quite a long time when factoring in the journey and travel to stations at both ends. They then moved to Leicestershire and he had to go to just two days a week with the rest working from home as he just found he couldn't feasibly do it. Commuting to the Midlands in my opinion would put an awful strain on what is already apparently a position that works you really hard. Not to mention the costs, which would be about half of your take home pay!! I realise you'll have thought everything through but I would think moving would be a much better option, even if you can only move half way or something. Sorry realise this isn't really actually that helpful, but I just know that I don't think I could do it, maybe short term but this has to be for 3 years. I take it you've opted in for upgrades? Something may very well come up there, so fingers crossed, very best of luck either way :smile:

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MickeyMoo

Original post by LunaPup

For our trainees, the only reason to go to another site is if they have expertise or equipment we don't have at our hospital. Usually only for a day or two and usually not very far.

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DuckyMinotaur

Has anyone accepted Sheffield for Clinical Bioinformatics (Physical)?

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STP_Biochem

Have I missed it but what discipline is your STP place in ?

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Bio94

Original post by JLD15

I was very fortunate to be offered 2 positions this year, I have declined Bioinformatics (Genomics) so hopefully some lucky person will be hearing soon about that if you were reserve. I hope this helps someone :smile:

oh wow congrats, do you mind me asking which location you were offered for Bioinformatics (Genomics)?

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JLD15

Yeah it was in Newcastle, I have accepted Newcastle for Genomics and declined Bioinformatics (Genomics) which was the same lab. I've applied for this programme a lot of times and I would have been happy with a place on the moon if that's all they'd offered me! I was very lucky to have my top choice offered to me twice. I hope that someone on the reserve list has been made as happy as me now :smile:

Best of luck to all x

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Techguy379

I got my offer finally . I'm on my way to Alpha Centauri right now. Fuelled by the light beam of happiness right now XD .

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Bio94

Original post by JLD15

Best of luck to all x

That's amazing, was my first time applying so happy I was given an offer. I'm sure the person who will get this will be extremely happy as well.

Good Luck to you :smile:

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JLD15

Original post by Bio94

That's amazing, was my first time applying so happy I was given an offer. I'm sure the person who will get this will be extremely happy as well.

Good Luck to you :smile:

And you!

Where will you be based? Was it Bio Genomics you have applied for also if you don't mind me asking?

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LunaPup

Original post by MickeyMoo

For our trainees, the only reason to go to another site is if they have expertise or equipment we don't have at our hospital. Usually only for a day or two and usually not very far.