This document provides guidance for interview preparation and discusses key factors interviewers consider when deciding if a candidate is suitable to work with. It emphasizes the importance of preparation, highlighting qualifications and clinical skills. It also notes interviews assess interpersonal factors like communication, collaboration and flexibility. Candidates are advised to be honest, thoughtful, and focus on demonstrating how they would be good colleagues.

2. Interview Prep 1
 1. Why worry about the interview?
 2. ‘Sell’ question
 3. “Can they work with you”?

4. Where to start?

5.  Preperation can take you from good to excellent

6. RNSH JR
1. Qualifications
• AHPRA Registration
• At least 2 years post graduate experience at start of contract
2. Clinical
• Likely to pursue a career in ICU
• Ability to work in a multi-disciplinary framework
• Demonstrated teamwork, time management and problem solving skills in the
clinical setting
• Demonstrated ability to work in a complex hospital based clinical environment.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Prepared to participate in overtime and on-call work
3. Research and Teaching
•ICU medical officers will be given the opportunity to assist in the informal
instruction and formal teaching of more junior medical staff.
•ICU medical officers will be expected to participate in appropriate departmental
research projects and be encouraged to develop new research projects.

7. • Key challenges faced by the position holder include:
• Matching training requirements with service provision, within the limitations of a
busy public health service.
• Maintaining a professional role and responsibility for patient care, in close liaison
with supervising medical staff.
• Working collaboratively with other staff in a multi-disciplinary team.
• Maximising the efficient utilisation of the physical resources at RNSH.
• Being flexible with the work required in a range of Health Services and locations.
• Responsibility for supervision and teaching of more junior medical staff (i.e. junior
medical officers and Basic Trainees) attached to the medical team.
• Working in a complex environment where there are competing priorities and
strict deadlines.
• Developing strong working relationships with a multidisciplinary workforce.
• Understands and is committed to organisational mission and goals.
• Demonstrating initiative to resolve issues.
• Sharing information and learning experiences with colleagues.
• Developing and exhibiting good communication skills.
• Demonstrating a commitment to personal development as a professional.
• Ensuring that appropriate investigations are ordered and followed up and that the
management plan is altered necessarily.
• Showing a commitment to the effective handover of patients.
• Appropriate liaison for advice and help with supervising medical staff.

8. Do the interviewers want to work
with you?
 Need to be;
 Honest / direct / confident
 Thoughtful / Considerate
 Professional
 Good eye contact / Smile
Do not!
 Say you are better or complain of about others
 Lie about yourself or experience

9. Face the reality!
 This is not the best measure of your competency but it’s
the system.
 Interviews are transparent and you need to be able to tick
the boxes
 Prepare for the questions
 Recognise your sell opportunity
 Be a colleague