Work prospects for Irish doctors in UK?

[bucknasty]

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[rgerwin]

No. It's an entirely different system. Every year positions go unfilled in the US, while there aren't enough in Ireland. Now, it may not be your top choice, but you'll be employed.

 

[bucknasty]

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[JediBookworm]

Are you an EU citizen? Regardless, it's definitely much easier having been educated in an EU medical school, but you should also do your internship in Ireland right after to become registered in an EU country, which would make it even easier to get full registration in another EU country (e.g. UK).

 

[cron0s]

you should also do your internship in Ireland right after to become registered in an EU country, which would make it even easier to get full registration in another EU country (e.g. UK)

Completing your internship in Ireland will allow you to get full registration and enter the UK postgraduate system at F2 level. If you do not do an intern year in Ireland you can get provisional registration in the UK and apply for F1 jobs.

 

[pattycanuck]

Completing your internship in Ireland will allow you to get full registration and enter the UK postgraduate system at F2 level. If you do not do an intern year in Ireland you can get provisional registration in the UK and apply for F1 jobs.

Unless things have changed over the past few years ...even if you pass your intern year, as a NON-EU citizen, you'll still have to write the PLAB exam. Just by doing med school in an EU state does not preclude you from gettting easy access to the UK.

 

[cron0s]

Unless things have changed over the past few years ...even if you pass your intern year, as a NON-EU citizen, you'll still have to write the PLAB exam. Just by doing med school in an EU state does not preclude you from gettting easy access to the UK.

Yes my reply only applies to EEA citizens. I believe special considerations apply for non EEA nationals who are graduates of UK medical schools, but I don't think the same is true of Irish school graduates. The OP would be best to contact the GMC for advice.

But as has been stated already, regardless of if you have to sit the PLAB, if you do not have EEA employment rights then getting a work permit is going to be the real problem.

 

[bucknasty]

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[JediBookworm]

Here's the source of the info:
http://www.gmc-uk.org/doctors/join_the_register/eea_nationals_in.asp

Not sure where to find the info about non-EU citizens being educated in an EU school though

 

[bucknasty]

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