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Contents

i	About the authors	4
ii	About Oxford Medical Training	5

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Chapter 1 : Introduction

1.01 Purpose of a Consultant medical interview	7
1.02 The aim of this book	10
1.03 Advance preparation or last-minute rush ?	11
1.04 What will constitute a good performance for you ?	13

Chapter 2 : Overview of the Consultant Interview process

2.01 Recruitment process from the organisation ’ s perspective	16
2.02 Overview from your perspective as an applicant	17
2.03 Your application	19
2.04 Preliminary visits	20
2.05 The interview panel	22
2.06 The interview – a typical flow	27
2.07 Further possibilities for the selection process	28
2.08 What should not happen	29
2.09 Online interviews	31

Chapter 3 : Knowing the job

3.01 Researching the role , the team and the organisation	34
3.02 The job pack	35
3.03 Job description and job plan	36
3.04 Person specification or profile	37

Chapter 4 : Knowing yourself

4.01 Preparing to be an evidence-based interviewee	38
4.02 Clarifying your relationship to the role	39
4.03 Your career story	42
4.04 So , how good a doctor are you ?	47
4.05 The experiences which show you at your best	80
4.06 Defining your strengths and best qualities	83
4.07 Make your key experiences memorable	86
4.08 Identifying your areas for development	88
4.09 Concluding Chapter 4	93

Chapter 5 : Knowing the System

5.01 Relevance to the Consultant Interview	94
5.02 Common principles and headline differences across the UK	95
5.03 Structure and direction of the NHS in England	98
5.04 Structure and direction of the NHS in Scotland	105
5.05 Structure and Direction of the NHS in Wales	111
5.06 Structure and direction of the ‘ NHS ’ in Northern Ireland	115

Chapter 6 : Knowing what ’ s hot

6.01 How do you keep up to date with pertinent issues ?	121
6.02 Political turmoil	123
6.03 Waiting times and the backlog	125
6.04 Integrating health and social care	126
6.05 Health inequalities	128