Transcript Preparing for specialty recruitment

Preparing for
specialty recruitment
Jason Yarrow
KSS Careers Department
[email protected]
Overview
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Specialty Recruitment 2011
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Recap of 4 stage model
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Making strong applications
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Preparing for interviews & selection centres
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Portfolio Interview
Presentation
Structured Interview
Mock GP Consultation
Simulation Station
Resources and key websites
Application overview &
Timelines
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Application window open Dec 3 – 20 (some variation)
Interviews from Jan 2011
Perhaps an offers system – hold until know then
accept 1 / automatically reject others
All offers out for Round 1 by 11th March
Can hold upto 25th March
All Round 1 recruitment National
Either by College or Deanery
BMJ Career Fair – London 1st / 2nd October: Podcast
1st week Nov
2010
MMC website information on whole process
From 20th Nov
2010
Colleges and Deaneries publish start and
closing dates, shortlisting and interview
dates etc.
Adverts on College and Deanery websites.
3 Dec 2010
Deadline 20
Dec
Start of first and main recruitment.
Beg Jan 2011
Round 1 interviews
From 18th Feb
2011
Start of CT2, CT3, ST3 recruitment
From 18th Feb
2011
Start of round 2 (open to all applicants)
End Mar 2011
End of first recruitment
June - Oct 2011 More adverts and recruitment opportunities
Applications via RC websites:
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O&G
RCoOG
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Paediatrics
RCoPCH
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CMT
RCP
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Psychiatry
RCoP
Application via lead Deanery
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East Midlands
KSS
London
Public Health
CST
Clinical Radiology
Histopathology
GP
National Recruitment Of
West Midlands
ACCS
Anaesthesia
Yorks/HumberNeurosurgery
A 4 stage career planning
model
Specialty Application Forms
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They will take longer than you think
Competency questions are key to short listing
Accuracy and attention to detail are key to
short listing
On-line applications should be completed in
more than one sitting and checked before
you send
Specialty Application Forms
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Presenting your evidence:
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Have the person specification to hand
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Read the question. Answer what you are being asked NOT what you
think you are being asked
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Ensure you use the space. Don’t go over word counts
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If a general supporting statement is requested, don’t ramble: list
your evidence against specific examples to showcase personal
skills. E.g. teamwork, ethics, communication…..
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Vary your examples to match specialty
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Describe not just an experience, but what you learnt from it and how
Specialty Application Forms
Use STAR
S – Situation (what was happening)
T – Task (the goal you set yourself)
A - Action (what you did)
R – Result (the outcome of your action)
Specialty Application Forms
DO:
 Complete a CV now
 Organise your learning portfolio
 Read questions carefully
 Remember non medical interests /
experience
 Keep it simple – pick examples that clearly
answer the question
 Ensure you complete and send on time
Specialty Application Forms
DON’T:
 Book a holiday when forms come out /
interviews are scheduled
 Be tempted to do anything other than answer
the question
 Leave submitting till the last minute
 Go over word counts
 Lie or mislead on the form
 Plagiarise
Sample form 2010
Purpose: Why interview?
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Simply:
“interview panels main aim is to find out whether you
meet the requirements of the person specification
for the post for which you are applying, and to make
sure that only the best candidates are selected in
this highly competitive process”
DoH – MMC, An applicants guide 2010
Preparation: The basics
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Date / Time / Location
Get a good nights sleep the night before
Eat breakfast, lunch etc
Appropriate dress
55% of first impressions visual – shoes, nails,
hair etc
Body language important
Eye contact
Overview: Who’s on the panel
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Panels will include a mix of people and could
include:
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Lay chair or lay representative
Regional college adviser or nominated deputy
A university representative or nominated deputy
Training programme director or chair of specialty training
committee
Consultant representation from the training programme
Senior management representative
Representation from human resources
Overview: How panels run
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Will be variations between Deaneries HOWEVER:
Minimum of 3 x 10 min interviews (some may have 4
– you will be made aware prior to interview)
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Could include stations assessing:
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Clinical skills
Portfolio
Presentation skills
Patient interaction – simulation
Personal skills e.g empathy and sensitivity
Portfolio – index example
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Content
Application Form
Curriculum Vitae
Professional Registrations
Foundation One – Evidence of completion
Clinical Skills
Clinical Supervisor reports
Clinical Governance
Teaching & Presentations
Publications and Involvement in Research
Career Development
Leadership
Evidence of Excellence
Certificates (chronological, most recent first)
Reflection
Additional Experience
Medical CV
A suggested format:
 Personal details
 Career Plan / Goal
 Personal information – GMC number
 Professional Qualifications
 Education
 Professional Expertise – Foundation jobs
 Practical Skills
 Additional Courses
 Research
 Teaching & Audit
 Other Relevant Skills
 Interests
 References
From ROADs to Success, Elton & Reid
Portfolios
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Anaesthetics / ACCS / CMT / CST
Others TBC
Know your portfolio inside out
Know your portfolio upside down – literally
Re-read job descriptions / person specs
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Awareness of what you maybe assessed against – can you
evidence this in portfolio
Portfolio will chart your development
Provides EVIDENCE of competency and
enthusiasm for specialty
Portfolio station DVD
Presentations
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Anaesthetics / ACCS – others TBC
Don’t panic
Flip-chart / OHP / transparencies provided
Will be time bound – DON’T OVERRUN
Communication / pressure / structure / well thought
out response – all being assessed
Skills needed when dealing with patients
Person specifications for the specialty
Presentation DVD
Structured Interview
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Very common / variants likely to be used
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Are you competent to do the job? – skills and
experience
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Do you have the right attitude? – enthusiasm,
motivation and drive to be successful
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Structured interview DVD
Mock GP consultation
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3 x 10 min exercises
Consultation with patient / relative / non
medical colleague
Does not involve physical examination
Clinical expertise is not specifically assessed
Person specification
Mock GP consultation DVD
Simulation station
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Scenario provided
Actors / mannequin used
Person specifications – what skills and
qualities are the assessors looking for
evidence of?
Treat as a real life situation – be as realistic
as possible
Simulation DVD
Performance: How to succeed
“Fail to prepare, prepare to fail”
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Preparation is everything
Job description / person specifications
What skills are required for the specialty
Evidence is the key
Research crucial
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Why that specialty
Have you spoken to those already training at that
level?
What can you bring to that specialty
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Keep up to date with current affairs in medicine
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GMC Good Medical Practice
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Be familiar with this document
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See www.gmc-uk.org
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Interview will test that you can demonstrate
your understanding of the principles.
Techniques:
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CAMP – Background & Motivation questions:
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Clinical: Type of hospital, specific
skills/interests
Academic: develop research interests,
teaching, education
Management: Service development,
educational supervision
Personal: Geography, hobbies etc
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Techniques:
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STAR – when using an example
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S – Situation (what was happening)
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T – Task (the goal you set yourself)
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A - Action (what you did)
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R – Result (the outcome of your action)
Techniques:
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SPIES – Questions on difficult colleagues
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Seek info: what is the problem
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Patient safety: critical this is assessed
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Initiative: can you do anything yourself
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Escalate: involve other colleagues as needed
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Support: can you support the individual/team
Resources
www.medicalcareers.nhs.uk
www.mmc.nhs.uk
www.bmjcareers.com
www.gmc-uk.org
Books:
 The Roads to success: Caroline Elton and Joan Reid
 Picard, Oliver, Wood, Dan and Yuen, Sebastian (2008)
'Medical Interviews: a comprehensive guide to CT, ST
and Registrar interview skills' Published by ISC Medical
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How to Get a Job in Medicine: Adam Poole. Elsevier Health
Sciences.2005
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Smith, Chris and Meeking, Darryl (2008) ' How to
succeed at the medical interview' Blackwell Publishing.