by Viv Walton | Jun 14, 2024 | Assessment Centre, Case Study, organisational values, Personality Profile, Selection and Assessment, Values, Values Assessment
In this series of blogs, we’re going to outline three different approaches of using psychometric tests and associated assessment processes. This first blog outlines a case study of an assessment centre used to support the appointment of four different roles. The...
by Viv Walton | Sep 15, 2015 | Clinical Leadership, Clinical Leadership in the NHS, Consultant, dps, Dynamic Purchasing System, Framework Agreement for NHS Assessment Services, HMRC, Leadership, Nurse leadership, organisational values, Personality Profile, Selection and Assessment, Uncategorized, values, values assessment, Values based recruitment NHS
We are delighted to announce that Dearden Search and Selection are now on the Executive Assessment and Executive Search, Selection and Assessment Dynamic Purchasing Systems, as set up by HM Revenue and Customs. This covers assessment services for senior...
by Viv Walton | 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...
by Viv Walton | Feb 10, 2014 | Clinical Leadership, Consultant, Leadership, Nurse leadership, Personality Profile, Selection and Assessment, Uncategorized
We are often asked for a flavour of how a Consultant assessment day may run. In this short article, Annabel Goodwin describes one example. The aims and benefits • A comprehensive assessment day prior to a final interview. • Providing verified in-depth...
by Viv Walton | Oct 9, 2013 | Clinical Leadership, Consultant, Leadership, Nurse leadership, Personality Profile, Selection and Assessment, Uncategorized
Recent feedback from a Foundation trust Workforce Director was that: ‘Dearden (assessment) reports offer so much more than other (reports)’ What do we do that makes the difference? We have just been discussing why it is that our clients say that our assessment...