The Consultant Interview: Preparing for Success

This half-day virtually-facilitated workshop is targeted to trainee doctors within 18 months of CCT. The workshop takes you through a series of practical steps to ensure you are well-prepared for the consultant selection process. The small group size - plus virtual breakout rooms - allows the opportunity to polish up your interview techniques, and give and receive feedback on mock interview responses. The workshop aims to not only help you identify a plan of action to prepare for success, but also to gain the confidence needed for a compelling interview.

Learning Outcomes

By the end of this session you will have:

A clear understanding of the importance of creating a structured framework for your career planning and applying this to your individual career;

An appreciation of the role that planned and unplanned events can play in career satisfaction and how to network with greater purpose, making the best use of chance encounters;

Practised your interviewing skills with peers and identified areas to focus on in your preparation;

The ability to identify the tasks that you need to carry out in the near future in order to maximise the chance of success at your consultant interviews.

Preparation

To help you gain the most from these half day virtual workshops we will be asking you to undertake pre-course work. This will include: a short piece of reading, two reflective exercises as well as looking at a video which highlight some of the issues that we will be considering in greater depth during the workshop.

We ask that you come to the session with a willingness to reflect on any issues and challenges you may be facing as you prepare for your consultant interview.

Our approach to learning is interactive and experiential and we will offer you opportunities to share your ideas and experiences with others. You will also have time to practise interview skills and approaches learned on the day and gain feedback from your peers as well as from facilitators on your mock interviews.

Eligibility

A requirement of attending is that you are a doctor/ dentist and that:

you hold a current training number for London or Kent, Surrey or Sussex
are within 18 months prior to gaining CCT or within 3 months beyond achieving CCT
please see PSU’s eligibility criteria for further information

Fee: £0

To book your place, please complete the form below:

Please select the session date you would like to attend *

Monday 28th February 2022 (09:30 - 13:00)

This is a free, fully funded, course so please do inform us if you are not able to attend so we can offer your place to someone else.

First name *

Last name *

Contact email address. Please note all correspondence including pre-course material will be sent to the email address provided. You are advised to check your junk folder should you not have received any correspondence 2 weeks prior to the course. *

Please confirm that you are on a London and KSS managed training programme as a doctor/dentist *

Yes

No

Training or TIS number *

GMC / GDC / NMC / other Registration Number *

Training Region *

Medical or Dental Specialty? *

Medical

Dental

Position/Grade *

Other position/grade

Specialty *

Other specialty

Are you currently in practice? *

CCT Date *

Day

Month

Year

Name of EMPLOYING Trust/ CCG *

Employing Trust/Organisation name if not on the list above

Gender *

Male

Female

Prefer not to say

Prefer to self identify

I self Identify as *

Ethnicity *

Specify Ethnicity if not above

Do you consider yourself to have a disability? *

Yes

No

Prefer not to say

What accessibility requirements or other needs do we need to consider for you to get the most from this workshop?

Place of Primary Qualification *

UK

IMG (International Medical Graduate)

Please state your native language *

What are your current issues and reasons for applying? *

How did you hear about this course? *

Educational/Clinical Supervisor

TPD/Line Manager

Friend/Colleague who has attended a previous course

PG Dean

Accessing or applying to other PSU Service (please click which below)

Other

Have you accessed or applied to any other services in the PSU?

Single Point of Contact (SPOC)

Careers Unit

Coaching Service

Individual Support Team (IST)

Supported Return to Training (SRTT)

Specialist Clinical Communication & Linguistic Services (SCCLS)

Confirmation *

By clicking here you will confirm that you have accepted the terms of our privacy statement.