Interview Questions Flashcards
Why have you applied for the role?
Matches skills and interests on systems thinking and problem solving.
Keen we continue to support the team.
Hard - time limited.
How have your previous roles prepared you for this role? / What makes you well placed to do it?
Overall - improvements in complex systems
Strategy Consultancy - process improvement in transformation.
Engineering / PhD - stats, systems and advanced analytical tools.
National Strategy Team - Structured problem solving, engaging with senior leaders.
National PHM Team - from intelligence to interventions and how hard it can be to bring about change.
Leeds PHP Team - Understanding the challenges faced locally, and bringing partners together to solve these. From pop. boards to intermediate care to Healthy Leeds Plan to SCR. Leadership and delivery at place.
What strengths do you believe you would bring to the role? What qualities will you need in your team to balance your strengths and weaker areas?
Strengths. Unique perspective (lateral thinking). Structured, quantitative and people orientated.
Weaknesses. When to get into the detail / delivery vs when is good enough and or not worth pursuing/let it go.
How would you describe your leadership style?
Collaborative and reflective. Help people to join the dots.
Can you give me an example of when you have managed relationships across multiple senior stakeholders to achieve a transformational outcome?
What was your role? What did you learn and how will you apply it to this role?
Intermediate Care Redesign Programme.
Q-Covid.
Legwork to build support. Show your working. Slow to go fast.
Can you give an example of when you have been confronted with a highly sensitive and challenging situation?
What was your role? What did you learn and how will you apply it to this role?
Information Governance - on the face of it, technically not in line with the legislation - but without it, greater risk of harm to patients. Support from CEO, engaged with NHS E&I.
Understood the detail and my role (advisory). Recognised the fine balance between ethics and legislation, and the importance of being open about where you disagree vs. how you are going to act. Influencing CEOs, making sure people are aware of it.
Q Covid - IG again.
Talk to us about the importance of relationships in your current role? Tell us about a particularly critical relationship you’ve forged?Did you have to persuade / bring them around to your viewpoint
Francesca Wood and Pip Goff - Forum Central.
Lucy Jackson - PH / Segmentation model.
Rob Newton - IC
How would you work with statutory partners at place to ensure delivery of our plans
Understand perspectives. Immediate function not about visibility per se - distributed leadership to get there.
How would you deal with situations where the general clinical view is at odds with the organisational view?
Understand the clinical and organisational view. Ensure clinical view understands organisational one. Rather not go against a clinical view - but if I am going to, will be with absolute clarity as to why and the rationale. Seeing lots of this with the financial challenges work. Check for support, but own the decision if its yours.
How do you manage your resilience? What would we see if you were under significant pressure?
Sports and external activity.
Not good at making it visible, but do communicate if things are hard.
Weakness
Desire to be in the detail/own the issue. Detail vs. good enough.
Strengths
Quantitative and structured and people.
Experience of transformation across multiple sectors with internal/external stakeholders…
Operating and setting direction in ambiguity.
E.g. QCovid; Pop Boards, Sequoia.
Leadership. How do you inspire and motivate others. Do you have an example where you have successfully done this?
Collaborative style, empowering others
e.g. Expedition leadership, Operating Model - letting fran/Suzanne step forward - Tom into EMT etc
Managing complexity
NHS Long Term Plan; Intermediate care; QCovid;
Sensitive and challenging situations
Operating Model Restructure; LTP - lives saved;
Intermediate Care - IG
