If you have not completed, or will not complete, a UK-affiliated foundation training programme between February 2019 and 3 August 2022, you will need to take alternative steps to demonstrate your achievement of foundation competence.
Certificate of Readiness to Enter Specialty Training
The 'Certificate of Readiness to Enter Specialty Training' provides a list of the foundation competences you are required to have gained prior to entering an IMT programme. The form is downloadable from the document library. Also available there is detailed guidance for applicants and signatories on using the certificate.
This form should be completed and submitted with your application and cannot be submitted retrospectively unless you are applying via the Widening Access to Specialty Training (WAST) scheme which is explained in greater detail below. WAST scheme applicants are the only exception to this deadline for when the form must be submitted and all other applicants applying via the alternative route must submit their Certificate of Readiness to Enter Specialty Training with their application.
A single version of the 2021 certificate only
Please note that only the 2021 version of the 'Certificate of Readiness to Enter Specialty Training' may be used (there is not a 2022 certificate due to there being no change in the requirements), and previous versions of the certificate completed will not be accepted. Please also be aware that you may only submit one version of the certificate, it is not permissible to submit multiple versions to demonstrate a complete set of competences. It is possible for signatories to use evidence from witnesses for competences that they have not personally observed. Signatories may receive alternative evidence they know to be reliable from a colleague (if the colleague is a trainee, they must be working satisfactorily as a senior trainee or above).
Completed by supervisor
- You must have it completed by a consultant who has supervised you for a minimum of three months since February 2019.
- This must be a single period of at least three consecutive months and is whole-time equivalent.
- This certificate can only be signed by a Consultant or equivalent. For the purposes of this documentation, Consultant includes General Practitioners, Clinical Directors, Medical Superintendents, Academic Professors, and locum Consultants with a CCT/CESR and who are on the specialist register.
Evidence of signatory's professional registration
It is your responsibility to provide adequate evidence of the professional status of any signatory who is not registered with the GMC.
This evidence must be scanned and attached to the Certificate of Readiness to Enter Specialty Training. Where this evidence is not in English, an official English translation should also be provided. In cases where the signatory has historic but not current GMC registration, it is the current registration that is required; previous GMC registration will not be accepted. Where adequate evidence is not provided, you will be unable to progress to the next stage of the recruitment process.
Widening Access to Specialty Training (WAST)
If you are currently working in a Widening Access to Specialty Training (WAST) post and expect to complete the WAST scheme by the published post start date, you will need to obtain a fully complete and signed Certificate of Readiness to Enter Specialty Training by the start date of the post and do not need to provide any further information at the time of application.
If you do not expect to complete the WAST scheme by the start date of the post you are applying for, you will need to submit a Certificate of Readiness to Enter Specialty Training at the point of application.
Using the certificate
On your application: select the appropriate options on the application form, and upload the certificate to your Oriel account; further guidance is available in the 'Providing evidence' tab.
At interview: none.