Values Based Recruitment: An Update of the NHS’s Position

Values Based Recruitment: An Update of the NHS’s Position

by | Dec 1, 2014 | Clinical Leadership, Clinical Leadership in the NHS, Consultant, francis report, Leadership, Nurse leadership, organisational values, Personality Profile, Selection and Assessment, Uncategorized, values, values assessment, Values based recruitment NHS

Since the publication of the Francis report into the failings of the Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust there has been increasing focus on the need to recruit NHS and public health staff with the right values, as well as skills. This has led many employers in the...
The dilemma of assessment for hard-to-fill positions

The dilemma of assessment for hard-to-fill positions

by | Sep 16, 2014 | Clinical Leadership, Clinical Leadership in the NHS, Consultant, francis report, Leadership, Nurse leadership, organisational values, Personality Profile, Selection and Assessment, Uncategorized, values, values assessment

Some clinical leadership positions are hard to fill. When faced with a shortage of applicants, employers often wrestle with a secondary dilemma – whether or not the cost of an in-depth assessment can be justified? Or whether a ‘quicker’ solution, such as the panel...