by Viv Walton | Oct 9, 2015 | Clinical Leadership, Clinical Leadership in the NHS, Consultant, Leadership, organisational values, Uncategorized, values assessment, Values based recruitment NHS
Do you need to raise the bar on the assessment and appointment of clinical leaders in your organisation, without necessarily adding costs to your existing processes? As one of the leading providers to the NHS of assessment services, Dearden has observed a significant...
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 | May 12, 2014 | Clinical Leadership, Clinical Leadership in the NHS, Consultant, Leadership, Nurse leadership, Personality Profile, Selection and Assessment, Uncategorized
Our ability to give a view on candidate’s fit with an organisation’s values has increased significantly with the introduction of the Hogan Personality Inventory. The motives, values and preferences inventory, used alongside the personality inventory and the...
by Viv Walton | Mar 17, 2014 | Clinical Leadership, Consultant, Leadership, Nurse leadership, Personality Profile, Selection and Assessment, Uncategorized
What do we mean by “culture”? In our context we mean the values and beliefs which inform the way we do things, which in turn impact on staff behaviour and the experiences of service users. Organisational culture can also be understood as a question:...
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...