NHS Job Application Tips for IMGs

How IMG doctors can get a clinical attachment in Yorkshire: Leeds, Doncaster and Rotherham programmes with fees, requirements and dates, plus how to approach Sheffield and Bradford.

How IMG doctors can get a clinical attachment in Birmingham and the Midlands: Derby, Coventry and Walsall programmes, fees and requirements, and how to approach Birmingham consultants.

How IMG doctors can get a clinical attachment in Manchester, Liverpool and the North West: Trusts with published routes, fees, requirements, and how to approach consultants elsewhere.

What happens after an NHS job offer: conditional offers, the six pre-employment checks, the 3-year reference rule, overseas police certificates and how long it all takes for IMG doctors.

What to do after passing PLAB 2: GMC registration, which NHS jobs to apply for, CV and supporting statement, interviews, visa and pre-employment checks, with a realistic timeline.

How to write an expression of interest for NHS jobs as a doctor: when it is used, how it differs from a supporting statement, a simple structure and three examples.

What trust grade, locally employed doctor, clinical fellow, SHO, specialty doctor and SAS mean in the NHS, how they compare with training posts, and 2026/27 pay in England.

Are paid clinical attachments real? Why NHS attachments are unpaid, how to spot risky offers, and the genuine paid routes for IMGs: LED, clinical fellow, bank work and the MTI update.

A free 40-point Trac application checklist for doctors and IMGs: registration, employment history, references, supporting information and the five mistakes that get NHS applications rejected.

The 20 NHS interview questions IMG doctors are asked most for trust grade and clinical fellow posts, with answer approaches: motivation, clinical scenarios, patient safety, governance, teamwork and EDI.

How IMG doctors get a first NHS job without UK experience: which posts to apply for, the Prioritisation Act, turning overseas experience into NHS language, and getting shortlisted.

Clinical attachment, observership, elective or externship? What each means in the NHS, what IMG doctors can and can’t do, typical costs and length, and how to describe it on your CV.

Three ready-to-use clinical attachment email templates for IMG doctors: first email to a consultant, email to a secretary or medical education team, and a polite follow-up. Plus who to email and mistakes to avoid.

NHS clinical attachment support for IMG doctors: we find suitable placements, contact hospitals on your behalf and guide you through the application, checks and paperwork.

A directory of official NHS Trust clinical attachment and observership programmes for IMG doctors, with fees, eligibility, length and how to apply, checked November 2026.

NHS supporting statement review and writing for doctors and IMGs: two statements written against the person specification, plus a CV review and rewrite, for £35 by email.

NHS CV review and rewrite for doctors and IMGs for £35: a full CV review, an NHS-format rewrite, two supporting statements and guidance for future applications, all by email.

How to write a supporting statement for a Junior Clinical Fellow in Emergency Medicine post as an IMG: the person specification decoded line by line, the ED portfolio, ALS, and a complete model statement, paragraph by paragraph.

Open almost any NHS person specification and you will see the same words again and again: teaching, audit, leadership, clinical governance, safeguarding, communication. Shortlisters score your application against each one. If you cannot show evidence, you lose the mark.

Specialty doctor posts are one of the most popular routes into the NHS for experienced international doctors. They are permanent, they value the experience you already have, and you do not need to be in a training programme. But because so many experienced doctors apply, the supporting statement is often what decides who gets shortlisted.