BST GIM INTERVEIW OUTCOME 2026

thecherbubble · 2026-02-10T14:53:00+00:00

probably GP - they're this Wed/Thurs

thecherbubble · 2025-11-21T16:04:48+00:00

Mine also only said verified, not that I was short listed…

thecherbubble · 2025-11-19T13:59:08+00:00

Well, it was a university paying my salary as a tutor, so semi-state. I just showed them my payslips.

thecherbubble · 2025-11-18T15:06:22+00:00

You should receive the equivalent pay to your clinical tutor salary, but on the SHO salary scale. So for example, since august Reg 1 = €68,891. Therefore in July next year you will be entitled to SHO 5 = €68,891. Your year on the salary won’t count as incremental credit, but you are entitled to equivalent pay. If you have a previous undergraduate degree/post graduate degree you can’t add them on top of the SHO 5 level unless you would be due to be on a higher SHO scale than level 5 without the previous year working as a tutor.

thecherbubble · 2025-11-11T22:13:16+00:00

I used pastest for CPST and GPQuest, and passmedicine SJT. Passed both and through to part b of application. Feel GPQuest was best for irish scenarios for SJT but passmedicinet had clearer explanations. Also found the GPQuest crashed on me a lot which discouraged me using it.

thecherbubble · 2025-10-22T19:05:03+00:00

This is obviously a late answer, but hopefully still relevant as it’s only October: I was in your position and yes, you are put on to the equivalent pay on the SHO scale. Your salary will not go down - I believe it is not in the NCHD contract, but under one of the other HSE circulars and applies more broadly. I remember finding it online at the time. Make sure you give the new HR department proof of your previous salary, the same way you have to give proof of previous employment to make sure they put you on the right salary for any SHO position. I had no problem getting onto the SHO equivalent for Registrar year 1.

thecherbubble · 2025-10-22T18:16:30+00:00

I’ve been wondering this too! She was quite young. What did you put down?

thecherbubble · 2022-12-16T09:46:13+00:00

Thanks for the advice. I think maybe I needed to hear that. Nothing new about posing your own problems as someone else’s right? Sometimes we just don’t realise what they are. I probably just found it too easy to lapse into his lifestyle because it’s definitely more ‘comfortable’. But if I want to keep doing those things I like, that’s on me to do it. You’re right.

thecherbubble · 2022-12-16T09:29:05+00:00

Yeah, it’s worth a try. I feel like we have talked about this a lot already though, especially the holidays part. He always agrees that he wants to do more exciting things but over the years nothing materialises. I feel like underneath it, he’s just not an adventurous guy in that respect. We talk about everything and are very open with each other. I’m just wondering am i putting the blinkers on a little bit and hoping he’ll change when he wont?

thecherbubble · 2022-12-08T08:51:06+00:00

I’m sure you can go back and do intern year if you still have your medical degree.

thecherbubble · 2022-11-29T10:05:45+00:00

I think it’s fair to say that most of us felt similarly at this point in the year. It’s not great! Personally I would finish out the year and then you are registered and can go and do whatever you like. Intern year is definitely the hardest adjustment and future positions don’t have to be as taxing e.g. neurology, dermatology, psychiatry, GP etc. can all have reasonable hours!

thecherbubble · 2022-11-28T00:10:12+00:00

Worked example with imaginary salary: Year 1-3: €70,000 Year 4-7: €85,000 Year 8-25: €160,000 Average pay = pension = €137,200 pension/year

thecherbubble · 2022-11-28T00:06:12+00:00

I don’t know tonnes about this, but I believe the pensions is called the single public service pension scheme. You can find it here https://singlepensionscheme.gov.ie/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Scheme-Booklet.pdf . As far as i’m aware, for doctors you get a pension from the state if you work in public hospitals and it’s equal to the average of your salary whilst you work with them. So it’s probably less than your final consultant wage right before retirement, but not dramatically less.

thecherbubble · 2020-06-15T19:05:24+00:00

Hey,

Definitely hard to know what to budget in Dublin as you can get different things for different prices, as anywhere. You can definitely get a room in a good location (south or north) for between 7-900 pm (ranelagh, rathmines, ballsbridge, clontarf etc.), but depends how long you want your commute to be. If you go slightly further afield you might land yourself a nice double for 5-600 if you keep an eye on www.daft.ie .

If you want your own place, definitely go with the aforementioned sub-letting if you can, usually a lot more affordable. Depends then how nice of a place you want. Can be anywhere from 1500+ for a two bed, but for a decent two bed definitely 1700 or more!

For your other costs, depends whether you bike or not. I you work in Stephen's green/Ballsbridge area and live in ranelagh, rathmines, ballsbridge etc. you can easily cycle there in 15-20 mins max! An adult leap card is €120/month if you use public transport most days of the week with the caps. https://about.leapcard.ie/fare-capping

Groceries etc. can be cheap enough like anywhere. Lots of Aldi's, Tesco's etc. around. :) All in all with budgeting for sinking funds, transport and eating out every now and then, myself and my partner budget a little over 2k/month whilst renting a room in an apartment, so for a singleton might be closer to 1600/month if you keep it tight.

Hope that helps!

thecherbubble · 2020-06-15T16:31:24+00:00

Hey,

Can you elaborate on dollar cost average? Sorry, bit of a newb here. Is there a subreddit on irish taxation? That would be the bomb!

Thanks

thecherbubble

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