hello there my name is Richard McMunn
from the interview training kunti past
my interview calm and in this tutorial
I'm gonna help you to pass a band 7
interview for the NHS now this tutorial
is relevant to all band 7 roles within
the NHS and in particular I'm gonna
provide you with a number of sample
interview questions for band 7 roles and
more importantly suggesting high scoring
answers so please do stick around and
watch the tutorial from beginning to end
and because I do feel that will make a
big difference to your preparation now
welcome to this training tutorial before
I'll get into those questions and
answers and the tips my name is Richard
McMunn I'm a form form and fire officer
and I've been helping people to pass
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more content for you now in preparation
for your band 7 interview it's very
important that we make sure you focus on
demonstrating the following competencies
ok you're going to be assessed against a
number of competencies which will be
embedded within the job description for
your particular NHS band cent band 7
interview so you have to have
outstanding communication skills you
have to demonstrate leadership abilities
also be able to develop yourself and
develop other people which is called
personal and people development and have
an understanding of Health and Safety
and also security and quality and
diversity is for me personally at the
top of the list that's really really
important decision-making and
problem-solving skills obviously a total
commitment to quality care and also
working with others within the NHS
within your department and the wider
organisation as part of a team so those
are the competencies that we are going
to focus on during this particular
training video and in respect of the
answers that I'm going to come onto
right now obviously band 7 positions are
senior
they're high level within the NHS so
make sure you do plenty of preparation
and I recommend that you prepare your
answers to these and other questions
that are going to come right now so
question number one why do you want to
work in the NHS within this band 7
position so why do you want to work
within the NHS in this particular
position here's my suggested answer I
want to work in the NHS within this band
7 position because the level of
responsibility that comes with the role
is something I will not only feel
comfortable with but I will also be able
to carry out my duties to an exceptional
standard now the NHS is an outstanding
organization that contains some pretty
amazing people and to get the most out
of those people it requires managers and
leaders who are both inspiring and
motivating now over the years I've been
working extremely hard to not only
deliver the values and the mission of
the NHS consistently but I've also been
working on my own self development to
ensure I can match the expectations of
this particular band 7 role
so my view that's a solid answer is
positive in nature and it demonstrates
your level of intelligence for that
particular band 7 role next question
describe a time when you demonstrated a
commitment to the Trust's values or
behaviors now there are obviously the
general NHS values my advice is to make
sure you study your particular Trust's
values to make sure they are in line
with what's coming right now so here's
my suggested answer I was attending an
interdepartmental meeting to discuss NHS
trust policy and the strategic vision
moving forward now during the meeting
discussions I felt we were starting to
bear away from the core trust values
primarily because everyone have
different priorities and genders so I
stopped the meeting and reminded
everyone that although we all come from
different departments within the NHS we
should all be working towards one
mission and that in order to achieve
that we needed to focus discussions on
the Trust's core mission which is we are
here for you now following my
contribution everyone agreed it was
important to get discussions and plans
back in line with what were all meant to
be focusing on the core and HS trust
values so the important thing there
where it says describe a time when you
demonstrate a commitment
values is you have to give a specific
scenario a specific situation you were
in so I given an example of there where
being in a meeting and I feel that we're
veering away from the NHS trust core
value so that answer demonstrates you
know the values and you are getting
everybody within the team to remember
that they should be focusing on them
next question within this band 7 NHS
position what experience and knowledge
do you think you need to perform the
role competently so let me just repeat
that within his band 7 NHS position what
experience or knowledge do you think you
need to perform the role competently
excuse me and here's my suggestions
answer having spent lots of time
researching the role in the department I
would need a significant range of skills
qualities and experience more notably I
would require experience in all of the
core values that are relevant to the NHS
trust strong negotiation and influencing
skills in order to persuade my team to
share the same vision that I have
knowledge of NHS procedures and
methodologies that are all relevant to
the role experience in conflict and
dispute resolution experience in using
data and information to improve patient
services and care experience of dealing
with difficult problematic and stressful
situations experience of managing
inspiring and leading people and also
experience of risk assessments and
performance management now whilst there
are other important areas - these are
the main areas of competence I would
need to be proficient in to perform my
duties in line with the position so my
advice is to study the person
specification for the role that you're
applying for and have a look at which
areas are going to be cest at the
interview but I've done some research
for you and for balance 7 position they
are the ones that I would personally
recommend you prepare for now I've got
two more questions to cover band the 7
questions please do stick around and
watch them but if you want to download
my full set of band 7 interview
questions and answers there's a link
that's appearing on the top right hand
corner and if you go through to my
website by clicking that link you can
then have a look at the rest of the
questions and download the answers to
help you prepare for your interview
here's the next question
whilst working within this band 7 role
what the most important thing
to concentrate on so it's your
understanding of the role or what you
have to do while working within the NHS
is my answer the most important thing is
to concentrate on other delivery of the
NHS trusts values the competencies and
responsibilities within the job
description and also ensuring all staff
I would be responsible for are inspired
and motivated to do their jobs to the
best of their abilities now if I'm
successful I will personally ensure that
all staff demonstrated commitment to
quality of care show compassion respect
and dignity and everything they do
whilst also working together for
patients in order to provide outstanding
care and improving lives for education
support and the competencies and
behaviors are also another fundamentally
important aspect of the role and I will
need to plan an organize effectively
lead and inspire my team use effective
communication and interpersonal skills
to build relationships and also use an
analytical approach to all patient data
and information I receive it's a role I
feel like an excel in due to the fact to
have the necessary competencies skills
and experience so that's another great
answer to a difficult question now
here's a hard one one of the most
important competencies required to carry
out this band for seven position is that
of change and improvement how would you
ensure those people you're responsible
for within the NHS adapt to the constant
changes we are all experiencing so
obviously change is very important
within the NHS as I said in one of the
previous answers and lots of amazing
people who work in the NHS they don't
get enough credit and praise for the
work that they do and not many people
who are not working in the NHS
understand the stress and the pressure
of having to go through constant changes
and different improvements and it takes
a real you know a unique set of skills
to embrace change and adapt with them
positively so within a band 7 position
you are partly responsible for helping
people to embrace that change so here's
my answer to that question first and
foremost change is a very important
aspect of the NHS and it is important
everyone understands D and more
importantly how to embrace it positively
I would hold regular meetings with my
star to talk over any proposed changes
and to explain to them the reasons for
the change and also the benefits the
changes will have to our patients whom
we all serve
I believe resistance to change primarily
comes from fear and a lack of
understanding as to why the changes
being implemented it would be my
responsibility to ensure all staff
within my team or department understand
the need for the specific change the
benefits of it and also how we can all
collectively embrace it for the wider
good of the NHS organization so that
shows you understand the importance of
change and also how to sell it to people
who you whom you're working alongside
you know explaining the benefits of it
and why you have to do it because it's
very easy to lose sight of the
importance of change so if you want to
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I've got the detailed answers for you as
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