Recruitment timeline

Oral Surgery recruitment

The application process for Oral Surgery specialty training posts begins in January 2026. We’ll make offers at the end of May.

Oral Surgery recruitment timeline

This round of recruitment is for posts that start in September 2026. All times are in UK local time (GMT or BST).

All applicants who have applied will be notified through Oriel of the posts available in this round. This will happen after the application closing date.

January 2026

Adverts appear

Date: Tuesday 6 January 2026

Applications open

Date: Thursday 8 January 2026

Time: 10am

Applications close

Date: Thursday 29 January 2026

Time: 4pm

February 2026

Self-assessment evidence upload window opens

Date: Wednesday 11 February 2026

Self-assessment evidence upload window closes

Date: Tuesday 24 February 2026 

March 2026

Interview window opens

Date: Monday 9 March 2026

May 2026

Interview window closes

Date: Wednesday 20 May 2026

Initial offers released by

Date: Thursday 21 May 2026

Time: 5pm

Hold deadline

Date: Thursday 28 May 2026

Time: 1pm

June 2026

Upgrade deadline

Date: Tuesday 2 June 2026

Time: 4pm

Page last reviewed: 30 September 2025
Next review due: 30 September 2027

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