HIV Consultant Question:

☛ Describe your postgraduate training - especially in your subspecialty.
☛ Describe your practical experience during you fellowship.
☛ What are your thoughts on cross specialty working within spinal surgery?
☛ Do you see any areas of commonality / difference between orthopaedic and neurosurgical spinal surgery?
☛ How would you organise MDTs?
☛ Where do you see the areas of expanding demand within spinal surgery?
☛ Can you expand on your comments regarding joint operating?
☛ How do you view research?
☛ You talked about postgraduate teaching - do you have any undergraduate teaching experience?
☛ Ho would you organise the spinal service?
☛ How would you organise the trauma service?
☛ How can you support the work of the trauma specialists?
☛ Ho do you think we are performing in the management of fragility fractures (osteoporosis)? How would you improve it?
☛ Describe a weakness?
☛ Describe another weakness?
☛ How would you demonstrate to me that you a good doctor?
☛ What action would you take if you discovered shortcomings in a colleagues practice?
☛ What two issues keep me, the CEO, awake at night re this Trust?
☛ In your experience what is the main limiting factor for efficient throughput in theatre? How would you improve it?
☛ How would you respond to complaints from nursing staff regarding changes in their working arrangement? (In the context of improvements in theatre practice)
☛ Did you realise that you have spelt orthopaedics incorrectly in your application form? How does that speak in favour of your attention to detail?
☛ What has been the biggest change and development for you moving from trainee to locum consultant?
☛ You discussed team working - how have you managed this during your time as a locum consultant?