Postgraduate Medical and Dental Education

Careers & Recruitment

The Postgraduate Deanery is responsible for the recruitment of Foundation Doctors, Specialty and General and Dental Practitioner trainees throughout Wales. You can visit the relevant section to explore current opportunities for entry to the various training pathways and to reach the relevant point of entry for making applications. Keep checking for details of new recruitment rounds, as opportunity arises throughout the year in some areas.

As a first step, why not view our online DVD, Medical Training & Careers in Wales, which also features the ten Specialty Schools in Wales.

You can also link from pages in this section to generic sources of information about NHS jobs and vacancies.

However, it may be that before making an application, you want to explore your career options more fully and the Career Planning Resources section will help you with this, whatever career stage you have reached. With new streamlined training pathways, early career doctors now make key choices about long term direction or specialty route much sooner. At later stages, changes in circumstances or just the desire to explore different options call upon the same skills in exploring directions and making new choices.

If you want to explore a flexible career pathway, look in the Less Than Full Time Training section for information on eligibility and how to apply.

Education Supervisors, Tutors and others who support doctors in their career development in Wales can visit the Resources for Helpers section which contains a range of information, links and career support tools to help you guide trainees with their career planning and reflection. Keep checking for new additions.