NHS Clinical Scientist Recruitment

aargh ffs!
i just rang them and asked if there was any news and was told that they've sent the recommendations to the departments and were in the process of confirming candidates, but that it could be the end of the week before we hear! Im getting sick of them constantly changing the deadline ...

Yeah i think so, i mean thats all i asked about anyway

To be fair, as long as you have (or are on course to) a 2.1 degree in relevant subject the rest comes down to your experience (i.e. in the lab) and ability to tick the boxes. The document used for shortlisting was posted several times on this thread, and according to that having postgrad experience only gives you 1 extra point (well, and maybe another point for having a published work, that's it - 2 extra points on whole application). So all "advantage" of people with PhD's/posgtrad is down to their ability to talk about things they do and giving examples of transferable skills. As long as you have enough experience to meet all criteria on person specification it shouldn't really matter.
Of course I can't really vouch for life sciences disciplines, but from my experience in engineering recruitment the whole process was fair and having a postgrad degree would not give you a significant edge on other applicants. And as they're trying to centralise the whole scheme, I would be surprised if this is significantly different for other disciplines.
Best of luck for whatever you decide to do, but don't be put off by people saying "it's impossible to get in without a PhD"

aargh ffs!
i just rang them and asked if there was any news and was told that they've sent the recommendations to the departments and were in the process of confirming candidates, but that it could be the end of the week before we hear! Im getting sick of them constantly changing the deadline ...

I had a letter saying I have been recommended for a place for MedPhys with the London North Consortium. I don't really understand...can London still turn me down or is this equivalent to an offer??
Apparently I've got 3 days to reply to "progress with the recommendation".

I had a letter saying I have been recommended for a place for MedPhys with the London North Consortium. I don't really understand...can London still turn me down or is this equivalent to an offer??
Apparently I've got 3 days to reply to "progress with the recommendation".

i cant believe histo people know before biochemists! has anyone heard for biochem?

Congrats all

histocompatability and immunogenetics were interviewed on the monday with immunology the day before you, so guessing you'll hear tomorrow.

I'm also on the reserve list for immuno/H&I so mixed feelings about it, didn't think I'd done well in the interview so pleasantly suprised to make the reserves, but also now incredibly frustrated to receive an email that basically says 'you were one of the best that didn't quite cut it' lol

congratulations people that have been offered places

I got an offer from King's Hospital

I got an offer for Immuno at Southampton

Is there anyone still waiting to hear back from the immunology interviews on 11th?

Hey yes offers for Southeast Biochemistry were sent out yesterday evening. Royal Surrey are sorting out who of the 6 people are going to which hospital in the next couple of days, taking candidate preferences and supervisor preferences into account.