Congratulations on your allocation to the Severn
Foundation School, for Foundation Programmes beginning August 2009.
The next stage in the process is to identify your
programme preferences via the online application system at
www.foundationprogramme.nhs.uk. All Severn programmes detailed on
the national application system are available as a
Programme
List for ease of reference.
Trust
Profiles for the acute Trusts are available.
For details of Severn Foundation School’s F1 and
F2 programmes, please see our Programme List. PLEASE NOTE: Following a
Dept of Health directive, Severn – along with all other Foundation
Schools in England – has removed 6 programmes, reducing our total
number of vacancies to 262 (excluding Academic FPs). All applicants
should have received an email from the UKFPO explaining the background
to this directive. Severn has removed the following programmes:
Prog No 8 (Gloucestershire/RUH Bath)
Prog No 91 (North Bristol/Gloucestershire)
Prog No 126 (RUH Bath/Yeovil)
Prog No 166 (Swindon/North Bristol)
Prog No 186 (Taunton/North Bristol)
Prog No 219 (UH Bristol/Weston)
and our Programme List has been amended
accordingly.
You will be allocated to programmes based on
highest score to highest available preference. YOU ARE REQUIRED TO
RANK ALL 262 PROGRAMMES IN ORDER OF PREFERENCE BY MONDAY 9 FEBRUARY
2009. If you have not ranked your preferences by this time, you will
be randomly allocated to a programme.
Please note that allocation to foundation school
and programme is subject to the following:
Successful completion of your medical
undergraduate degree
Satisfactory pre-employment checks
Satisfactory references
Successful completion of clinical assessment
(applicants who graduated more than two years before start of FP only)
Please see FAQs at the bottom of this page. If,
having read the information available, you have further queries or
questions in relation to foundation training within the Severn
Foundation School, please email them to
Severn.Foundation@southwest.nhs.uk.
Timetable
June 2008
Timeline and preliminary
guidance published on national FP website
July 2008
Eligibility rules for
applicants published on national FP website
20 June 2008
Opening date for Severn
Academic FP application process
4 July 2008
Closing date for Severn
Academic FP application process
24 July 2008
Academic FP interviews
21 August 2008
Special Circumstances
guidance to be published on national website
8 October 2008
Closing date for Special
Circumstances applications
13 October 2008
Online enrolment opens
Application form available online
27 October 2008
Opening date for general
application process
7 November 2008
Closing date for general
application process
4-6 January 2009
Applicants are notified
of their score and Foundation School allocation
9 February 2009
Deadline for successful
Severn applicants to rank programme preferences
3 March 2009
Applicants receive
details of their Severn programme placement
Is Severn part of the
national Foundation Programme application process?
Yes.
2.
Can I apply to more
than one Foundation School?
You only submit one application, but you will need to rank all
Foundation Schools in case your application to your first choice
is unsuccessful.
3.
Is Severn an importer
or exporter of applicants?
We are an importer.
4.
How many places are
in the Severn Foundation School? How many local graduates are
there?
We will have approximately 280 vacancies in our Foundation School.
Bristol Medical School will have approximately 275 graduates in
2009.
5.
I am an overseas
applicant/graduate – am I eligible to apply?
Please see the national Foundation Programme website for
information on eligibility.
6.
Which trusts are in
the Severn Foundation School?
Acute Trusts
Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (Cheltenham
General & Gloucestershire Royal Hospitals)
North Bristol NHS Trust (Frenchay & Southmead Hospitals)
Royal United Hospital Bath NHS Trust (Royal United Hospital)
Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (Great Western
Hospital)
Taunton & Somerset NHS Foundation Trust (Taunton & Somerset
Hospital)
University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust (Bristol
Royal Infirmary)
Weston Area Health NHS Trust (Weston General Hospital)
Yeovil District Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (Yeovil
District Hospital)
Partnership Trusts
Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health
Partnership NHS Trust
2gether NHS Foundation Trust
Somerset Partnership NHS and
Social Care Trust
Primary Care Trusts
Bath and North East Somerset PCT
Bristol PCT
Gloucestershire PCT
North Somerset PCT
Somerset PCT
South Gloucestershire PCT
Swindon PCT
Further details (including links to Trust websites) can be found in
the ‘Trusts’ section.
7.
What type of
programmes are available?
Foundation Programmes in the Severn Foundation School are all two
years in duration. The F1 and F2 years are either three blocks of
four months, or four blocks of three months.
8.
Where can I find
details of programmes/posts?
A programme list will be available on this website in due course.
9.
Will there be programmes in academic medicine? Yes, there will be programmes incorporating academic
medicine at F2. However, these were recruited to in July/August.
Will you be honouring linked applications for
allocation to programme? Linked applications will be
recognised for allocation to Foundation School, but NOT for
allocation to trust or programme.
12.
Will there be interviews? No, we will not
be using interviews to allocate applicants to programme.
Successful applicants will be asked to rank programmes online,
then allocated using the score by which they were allocated to
Foundation School.
13.
When does the general application process open? Monday 27 October 2008.
14.
When does the application process close?
Friday 7 November 2008. Late applications will NOT be accepted.
Do I need references? Yes, you will need to
supply details of two referees. References will not be scored, but
if your application is successful, they will be forwarded to the
Trust to which you are allocated. The taking up of references is a
statutory requirement of employment.
17.
When will results be
announced?
January 2009 (allocation to Foundation School) and March 2009
(allocation to programme).
18.
When is Shadowing?
The Shadowing (Preparing for Professional Practice) course for
Bristol medical students will be 9 - 20 March 2009. Shadowing is
organised by Bristol Medical School, in association with the
Trusts. If you are not a Bristol student, you may be able to
negotiate an alternative Shadowing period with your F1 Trust.
19.
Who can I ask
about Terms and Conditions, pay and accommodation?
General information about Terms and Conditions can be found on the
NHS Employers website
http://www.nhsemployers.org/pay-conditions/pay-conditions-467.cfm
. Queries about pay bandings and accommodation should be directed
to individual Trusts.
20.
What date does F1
start in 2009?
Tuesday 4 August.
21.
If I am not eligible
for F1, how do I apply for F2?
There may be a limited number of ‘stand alone’ F2 posts available,
which will be advertised and filled directly by the Trusts.
Where can I get more
information about the Severn Foundation School?
If, having read all the information available, you have further
questions, please email them to
Severn.Foundation@southwest.nhs.uk
