How to apply for Psychological Therapy in Primary Care MSc

Instructions

1. Start your University of Dundee application, as explained below
2. Read the job description webpage
3. Wait for your dundee.ac.uk account to be set up (this may take up to 24 hours)
4. Complete the NHS application and location and equality forms - your application will not be processed if it has any missing NHS forms
5. Successful applicants will be asked for academic and professional references in due course

University application form

Sign up for our direct application system

First of all you will create a temporary user account using your personal details and email address. This temporary user account is only required to complete, save and return to, and then submit your application. You do not need to complete your application in one session. You can return to it later by logging back in using your login details.

Please ensure you use the correct email address when you create your account as this can't be changed until after you have submitted your application to us.

Complete and submit your University application

You will need to provide the following information as part of your application:

• Your home address and contact information, including your personal email address and date of birth
• Details of your qualifications, grades and dates (this includes any qualifications you have not yet completed)
• Details of your English language qualifications, such as IELTS (for non-English speakers)

You will be required to upload the following documents:

• A copy of your qualifications including Academic transcript
• Passport
• Proof of GBC with the BPS
• Settled status share code (if applicable)
• English language qualifications (if applicable)

Step 2 - wait for your dundee.ac.uk account to be set up

After you have completed and submitted your University application, we will send you details of your dundee.ac.uk account by email.

dundee.ac.uk new account emails are usually sent at 13:00 and 19:00 UK time, 7 days a week

Your dundee.ac.uk account is different from the account you created to submit your application. It will give you access to My Applications on eVision, which is used for tracking your application and uploading documents we ask for.

Step 3 - complete the NHS job application

If you are applying for this course you are also applying for salaried employment within NHS Scotland. This means you need to complete the form relating to this job role. Your answers to the questions will take time to prepare and you should ensure you give yourself adequate time to complete them.

Step 4 - complete the location preference and equality form

This form contains three parts:

Health board location preference form

Wherever possible, we try to place successful applicants in their preferred geographical area. You should be as flexible as possible, but only choose areas in which you willing/able to work.

You are asked to rank the health boards according to your preference for location. The health board that you have ranked highest will consider your application and if you are invited for interview and are successful, NHS Scotland will try as far as possible to offer you a place in your preferred board.

Your placement location will be your base and you are expected to be able to travel to placement as required. The cost of your travel to and from the universities for teaching will be reimbursed following NHS expenses policy. This uses NHS placement location as the basis for assessing travel requirements. This means that if you live in a location that is away from your base your travel may be more or less than the distance that is reimbursed.

• NHS Ayrshire and Arran
• NHS Borders
• NHS Fife
• NHS Forth Valley
• NHS Grampian
• NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde
• NHS Highland
• NHS Lanarkshire
• NHS Lothian
• NHS Tayside

Equal opportunities form

All information will be treated in strict confidence. This data will be separated from your application form on receipt and will be stored separately. This information will be used for Equal Opportunities monitoring and statistical analysis only.

Disability Confident Employer form

This form is entirely optional however it is useful for helping us make any reasonable adjustments throughout the application process.

Our offer types

If you are successful at interview, you will be offered a place on the University training programme and employment in the NHS. The offer of NHS employment will follow after the University offer letter and is subject to receipt of satisfactory professional references.

Received an offer?

Congratulations! After you receive our offer, we will give you instructions for how to respond. You can either:

• Accept - if you wish to take up the offer, or
• Decline  - if you no longer want the place

You will need to accept an offer within 14 days.

Applicants with disabilities

Information for applicants declaring a disability