Paediatrics ST3 — 2026 Application Guide

• You must hold a Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (BMBS, MBBS) degree or other equivalent medical qualification.

• You must:
• Be eligible to work in the UK.
• Hold full registration with the General Medical Council (GMC) at the time of application, and hold a current licence to practise on the date your post commences.
• Meet the standards set out in Good Medical Practice, and not be subject to fitness to practise conditions which would prevent you taking up the post or performing fully within it.
• You must not
• Hold, nor be eligible to hold, a Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) or Certificate of Eligibility for Specialist Registration (CESR) for this specialty, nor
• Already be eligible for the specialist register for this specialty.

• You must be able to provide complete details of your employment history, including any gaps.

• You must complete all sections of the application form fully and truthfully, in accordance with written guidelines.
• You must disclose in your application if you are subject to any ongoing fitness to practise proceedings or are subject to any fitness to practise conditions.
• If you are currently in specialty training and are applying to continue training in the same specialty in another region, you must obtain a Support for Application to another region form signed by the Training Programme Director/Head of School of your current Specialty Training Programme. This must confirm satisfactory progress and be submitted with your application.
• If you have previously resigned, or been removed from, a training programme in any specialty, you must obtain a Support for Reapplication to Specialty Training form signed by the Training Programme Director/Head of School and Postgraduate Dean from the region you previously undertook training in. This must be submitted with your application.

• You must have evidence of achievement of paediatric capabilities commensurate with a trainee who has completed ST2, as defined by the Paediatric RCPCH Progress+ curriculum, by point of application. This must be evidenced either via the following routes:
• If you are currently in a recognised UK Paediatric Training Programme - Evidence of a satisfactory ARCP (Annual Review of Competence Progression) and completion of ST2, prior to commencing an ST3 post. Evidence should be provided by way of sharing portfolio evidence with the administrative team in the region that you will be starting ST3 training in.
• Or
• If you have previously trained in a recognised UK Paediatric Training Programme - Evidence of obtaining a satisfactory ARCP (Annual Review of Competence Progression) outcome. Evidence should be provided in the form of a screenshot/download of the relevant ARCP section of the applicant’s Paediatric e-portfolio, uploaded to the documents section of the Oriel application form.
• Or
• A completed Certificate of Completion of Core Paediatric Capabilities.
• You must have at least 12 months’ experience (whole time equivalent) of working in Paediatrics, at the point of application (not including Foundation modules); this must include, at least:
• 6 months in Neonatology.
• 6 months in General Paediatrics.
• If you wish to be considered for Locum Appointment for Training posts (where available) you must have no more than 24 months experience in LAT posts in this specialty by the advertised post start date for the vacancy.

• You must have achieved success in two of the three written Membership of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (MRCPCH) papers at time of application and within the last 7 years

Track the route interview flow and supporting evidence.