Preferencing and Offers

If you are deemed appointable at interview, you will be invited to rank your preferences of available programmes on Oriel. You are not required to rank all programmes – you should only rank the programmes you would be happy to accept. For information on when offers will be released, please refer to the recruitment timeline.

Preferencing

Once the preferencing window has opened, you will be able to rank available programmes in Oriel.

After logging into Oriel, you will be able to view the details of the rotation(s) by clicking on the individual programme. You can also download a list of the available programmes in an Excel compatible file.

How to rank programme preferences on Oriel

1) Log into Oriel.

2) Click on the Applications tab from your dashboard.

3) Once you have clicked on the Applications tab, you will be presented with your application form. Click into your application form. You can also update your preferences via the Preferences tab on your dashboard.

4) Programmes will appear by default in the Not wanted column. Drag and drop individual programmes into the Preference column in order of your chosen preference.

5) You must save your preferences using the Save button in the top right-hand corner of the screen.

You will not be considered for any programmes that are left in the Not wanted column.

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Offers

You will be given a unique rank based on your interview score. Offers will be based on a meritocratic algorithm whereby the highest scoring applicant will be matched to their highest programme preference choice available. Oriel will work through each applicant in rank order and attempt to match applicants to their highest available programme choice.

• You are advised to familiarise yourself with the offers schedule to avoid missing key deadlines to respond to offers made.
• If you receive an offer, you will be given 48 hours to respond.
• If you miss the deadline to accept or decline an offer, the offer will expire and will automatically be declined. You will not receive any further offers.
• If you receive an offer, you will not receive any further offers in subsequent rounds and will not be eligible for clearing.
• If you decline an offer, you will not receive any further offers and will not be eligible for clearing.
• If all of the programmes you have ranked in the Preference column have been offered to higher scoring applicants, your application will be included in the clearing process.

It is important to note that the NHS is a constantly changing system and even after offers have been made for a particular programme, there will be situations when placements within that programme may change because of service redesign, working time directive regulations or national UK-wide directives.

How to accept/decline an offer on Oriel

Offers that have been made are displayed within the Offers tab of your dashboard. To respond, update, or view your offer, click on the vacancy name to find out more.

1) Log into Oriel.

2) Click on the Offers tab from your dashboard.

3) To accept or decline an offer, click on the appropriate button from the Offer/Actions section of the offer summary. You will be taken to a confirmation screen.

4) You must ensure that you tick the confirmation checkbox before you click the Confirm button in order to confirm your response.

5) A green confirmation message box will be displayed at the top of the screen when you have successfully submitted your response.

Clearing

It is possible that additional vacancies will arise after the initial offers rounds for F2 Stand-alone recruitment have concluded. Any such vacancies will be included in the clearing process. If you did not receive an offer during the initial offers period, you may receive an offer through the clearing process.

If you do not wish to be considered in the clearing process, you must notify the UKFPO by the deadline. This will allow other applicants who still wish to be considered for offers the opportunity to be offered a post.

• If you are included in the clearing process, you will be invited to rank programme preferences available in the clearing process. Preferences from the initial preferencing window will not be carried forward into the clearing process.
• You can only receive one offer in clearing. If you receive an offer in a clearing round, you will only be able to accept or decline the offer.
• You will have 48 hours to respond to offers from the time at which the offer was made. After this time, the offer will expire and will automatically be declined.

Any unfilled vacancies will be released to employers for local recruitment to Locum Appointments to Service (LAS) posts. All service posts will be advised on the NHS Jobs website.