The Consultant/Fellowship Interview (PSk01MAY24)

Joining Instructions

Programme

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Course Preparation

In advance of the session, please have your CV accessible so that it might be used during the interview session. Also, please have a copy of a consultant post that you have applied for, or might apply for. Further notes and handouts will be sent to delegates in advance of the session. We will have regular breaks to assist concentration levels, and you can maintain your energy levels with a personal supply of food and beverages.

Booking cancellation

Delegates must make every effort to attend courses they have booked. If your availability changes after booking, please cancel your place through Maxcourse as soon as possible. This will release the place for colleagues on the waiting list.

If you need to cancel within 1 week of the course or the course has started and you are not able to attend, please email england.LSFDcourses@nhs.net to give your apologies.

This course is only available to final year Higher Specialty Trainees.

Mandatory: Doctor, or Public Health Professional

To raise the level of interviewing skills in order that interview candidates are more prepared and therefore better-abled to represent themselves. This is intended to help level the interview playing field so that extrovert performers do not gain a disproportionate advantage over other equally or better qualified candidates.

With enhanced advance preparation and interview skills the candidates will be able to more accurately assess their own suitability for a specific post and thereby help minimise the ‘square peg in a round hole syndrome’. This improves the recruitment process and helps Trusts / hospitals to employ consultants better suited to their requirements.

The programme is designed to provide information on what the interviewing panel are looking for. It also systematically proceeds through all the stages of the interview process and provides practice and tips on responding to difficult questions and challenging situations. Numerous details are provided including checklists for the stages of the recruitment and selection process; practice of model approaches for different types of question; interviewing; consultant contract etc.

During the second part of the session, each delegate is interviewed by a panel of colleagues. They are assessed with the use of a checklist and oral feedback is given on performance by colleagues.

By the end of this seminar you will:

• be familiar with the stages of the recruitment/selection process
• be familiar with the stages of an interview
• be able to submit an appropriate application
• be able to match skills, knowledge, experience and motivation to those required by the post
• understand the impact of body language
• be able to use different approaches to handle difficult questions
• have identified key points to communicate to the interview panel
• have practiced your interview technique
• have received feedback on the strengths and limitations of your practice interview.