Preparing for consultant interview
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The document outlines preparation strategies for a consultant interview, emphasizing the importance of presenting oneself as a valuable investment to the hiring trust. It details essential aspects of the consultant role, includes advice on crafting a CV, pre-interview visits, and effective interview techniques, including body language and question categories. It highlights the need for research, education, and self-promotion in order to stand out as a candidate.
Preparing for consultant interview
- 1. Preparing for Consultant Interview Dr Barbara Stanley Consultant Neuroanaesthetist Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust
- 2. Some General Points…. • Consultants are a huge investment • The point of the interview is to find out if you will fit in and be a good investment • Your only opportunity to blow your own trumpet • Justify why they MUST have you as a colleague
- 3. What is the Consultant Role http://bma.org.uk/developing-your-career/medical-student/the-role-of-the-doctor/role-of-the-consultant • Delivery of Clinical Care – Clinical Leadership • Organisation and Management – Reporting to Trust Level committees/ organisations – Safety and Quality indicators • Service Development – Existing services – New Services • Education and Training – Current standards – New courses • Research – In line with NHS England Research and Development Vision http://www.england.nhs.uk/ourwork/gov/research-dev-strategy/
- 4. Which Job – where you trained or somewhere new? • Familiarity • Prior knowledge • Established contacts/friends • BUT • Eternal trainee • Not seen as an equal • Your shortcomings are known • Risk • Start again • BUT • Excitement about you • Opportunity to carve out a role for yourself • You can be anyone you want
- 5. Decide: • What clinical “hat” you want to wear – if subspecialty, demonstrate you have other skills too. • What non-clinical “hat” – are you educationalist, researcher, manager? Justify this on your CV
- 6. Your CV • Summarise in sections – clinical, governance, management, research, education. Structure it so the best of you is easily seen. • Map it to the essential and desirable aspects of the person specification. • Be inclusive but not exhaustive • Membership of appropriate societies is a must • Qualifications in management, education etc must be highlighted
- 7. Pre Interview Visits • Who to see • What to ask
- 8. The Advisory Panel • Chairperson (often lay member) • Chief Executive or his representative • Medical Director or representative • Clinical Director • College Representative • Other Consultants • Lead Nurse/Midwife/ ICU sister • Theatre manager • Patient
- 9. What to Ask • The things you really want to know: – What they want in a new colleague – Major challenges/ changes for the department/service or Trust – Non-clinical opportunities – can you carve out a new role for yourself – What the private practice set up is – Opportunities for self development – Opportunities for research
- 10. The Interview • Do not attend if you aren’t going to take the job if offered • Be mindful of your body language • Know your CV well • Practice practice practice!! • Most questions fall into categories so a couple of good answers for each major category will cover most of it • When asked “tell me about an audit you have undertaken” interpret this to mean “ tell me about an audit you have undertaken – that will be of relevance to this Trust/this department in the light of the current difficulties constraints we are facing and that is relevant to the role of this post” • When asked “tell me about your research” interpret this as “please tell me you have done your GCP training, can complete an IRAS form, get your proposal through NREC, obtain funding for a study, see it through and get it published so I don’t have to spoon feed you all the way through which I don’t get any SPA time for”
- 11. Questions • Category 1: What is good about you? • Category 2: How you handle or deal with challenges • Category 3: Policy, Politics, Standards and Quality • Category 4: Governance, Research, Education
- 12. You MUST • Wear a suit to pre-interview visits • Take your CV and offer it out – bind it • Do your homework • Give honest but measured responses • At a bare minimum have robust slick answers to the following: – Why do you want to work here? (tell them why they’re fabulous and how your fabulousness will fit in) – Why should we give you this job? (Tell them why you are fabulous and their fabulous Trust can’t go on another moment without you) – Why should we give you 2 SPA’s? (Bring projects with you – setting up a new service/teaching/research and auditing it and improving it and improving yourself etc etc)
- 13. Body Language • The 7, 38 and 55% rule – words, tone and body language https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/20140803144131-1398308-the-importance-of- body-language-during-an-interview • Some of it is obvious • Eye contact – maintain but don’t stare • Lean slightly forward and DO NOT SLOUCH • Smile • But some of it is not: http://www.businessballs.com/body-language.htm – Cross your legs towards the interviewer – Do not touch your mouth or face – Try to look left or straight ahead – Practice your handshake and make eye contact – Don’t nod too much – Hands on table not elbows – Open hand gestures and position/ NO pointing/chopping etc – mirroring
- 14. The Handshake • Too limp = not confident and cannot deal with confrontation • Too strong = not a good listener and unlikely to take a democratic approach to problem solving • So: Brief, firm but not too hard with eye contact and a smile • Did you know: – Israeli study found that humans will involuntarily sniff their hand after a handshake http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn27070-after- handshakes-we-sniff-peoples-scent-on-our- hand.html#.VRvmAOFRI80
- 15. In Sum • Practice, Practice and Practice – With colleagues/ trusted consultants – Consider videoing yourself – Johari Window http://www.businessballs.com/johariwindowmodel.htm • Do your homework • Go on visits • Plan so you are not rushing for visits or interview • Be mindful of your habits but don’t worry too much • Be yourself
- 16. Useful Stuff Interview • http://bma.org.uk/developing- your-career/medical- student/the-role-of-the- doctor/role-of-the-consultant • http://careers.bmj.com/career s/advice/view- article.html?id=20006642 • http://www.medical- interviews.co.uk/consultant- interviews-pre-interview- visits.aspx • http://www.medicalinterviews uk.co.uk/Consultant- Interview-Guide.html Policy and Management • http://www.kingsfund.org.uk/topi cs/nhs-reform/nhs-white-paper • http://www.england.nhs.uk/reso urces/pay-syst/ • http://www.health.org.uk/areas- of-work/francis-inquiry/about- the-francis-inquiry/ • https://www.rcm.org.uk/news- views-and-analysis/news/rcm- commits-to-improving-safety • Are you a good doctor? http://www.gmc- uk.org/guidance/good_medical_p ractice.asp
- 17. More Useful Stuff Body Language & technique • http://www.kent.ac.uk/care ers/interviews/nvc.htm • http://www.medical- interviews.co.uk/consultant -interview-body- language.aspx • Management vs leadership http://www.businessballs.c om/leadership.htm Questions • http://www.medical- interviews.co.uk/consultant- interview-questions.aspx • http://www.blueskyinterviews .co.uk/medical-interview • http://www.frca.co.uk/Section Contents.aspx?sectionid=237 • http://www.slideshare.net/dri mranwaheed/preparation-for- becoming-a-consultant