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Management & Leadership
Situational judgement, appraisals, budgets, staffing, CQC and change-management questions for NHS leadership posts.
- Question 01Why do you want to move into a leadership role in the NHS?
- Question 02How would you manage a member of staff whose performance is slipping?
- Question 03Two members of your team are in open conflict. How do you handle it?
- Question 04How do you manage a budget under pressure?
- Question 05How would you prepare your team for a CQC inspection?
- Question 06Tell me about a change you led and how you took the team with you.
- Question 07A member of staff raises a concern about a senior colleague. How do you respond?
- Question 08How do you approach appraisals?
- Question 09How do you make sure staff feel psychologically safe to speak up?
- Question 10How would you improve staff retention on your ward?
- Question 11Tell me about a difficult decision you had to make.
- Question 12How do you support a team through a serious incident?
- Question 13How do you handle a complaint from a family?
- Question 14How do you prioritise when everything feels urgent?
- Question 15How do you develop yourself as a leader?
- Question 16How do you handle staff sickness fairly?
- Question 17How would you address bullying in your team?
- Question 18What is compassionate leadership to you?
- Question 19How do you balance operational demand with staff wellbeing?
- Question 20Where do you see yourself in five years?
- Question 21How do you build trust with a new team?
- Question 22How do you manage upward?
- Question 23Tell me about a time you delivered a difficult message.
- Question 24How do you approach workforce planning?
- Question 25How do you engage staff in change?
- Question 26How do you handle poor performance in a long-serving colleague?
- Question 27How do you promote equality and diversity in recruitment?
- Question 28How do you use data to drive improvement?
- Question 29How do you develop future leaders?
- Question 30How would you manage a service reorganisation with staff pushback?
- Question 31Tell me about your approach to succession planning.
- Question 32How do you handle a media enquiry?
- Question 33How do you approach an equality impact assessment?
- Question 34How do you deal with a chronically overspending budget?
- Question 35How do you approach digital transformation?
- Question 36How do you support staff during a serious incident investigation?
- Question 37How do you manage stakeholder relationships across the ICS?
- Question 38How do you handle conflict between two senior colleagues?
- Question 39How do you build a culture of continuous improvement?
- Question 40Where do you see yourself in five years?
- Question 41Tell me about a time you failed and what you learned.
- Question 42How do you look after your resilience?
- Question 43What is your understanding of Freedom to Speak Up?
- Question 44How do you use reflective practice?
- Question 45What do you understand by compassionate leadership?
- Question 46How do you contribute to clinical governance in your role?
- Question 47How do you handle conflicting priorities?
- Question 48How do you learn from patient feedback?
- Question 49How do you promote equity in your practice?
- Question 50How do you keep patients safe?
- Question 51What is Just Culture and how do you apply it?
- Question 52How do you support inclusion of colleagues from minority backgrounds?
- Question 53How do you use data in your work?
- Question 54How do you approach team-based decisions when time is tight?
- Question 55Tell me about your understanding of health inequalities.
- Question 56How do you handle burnout in yourself?
- Question 57How do you handle disagreement with a management decision?
- Question 58What is your understanding of Making Every Contact Count?
- Question 59How would you contribute to the sustainability agenda?
- Question 60How do you support colleagues struggling with mental health?
- Question 61How do you handle a Datix or incident report?
- Question 62How do you handle a colleague who makes a mistake?
- Question 63How do you support new starters?
- Question 64What have you learned from a patient or service user?
- Question 65How do you handle change?
- Question 66How do you approach shared decision making?
- Question 67Tell me about a time you went above and beyond.
- Question 68How do you handle a complaint?
- Question 69How do you use audit in your practice?
- Question 70What is your understanding of the NHS Constitution?
- Question 71Tell me about a time you failed and what you learned.
- Question 72How do you look after your resilience?
- Question 73What is your understanding of Freedom to Speak Up?
- Question 74How do you use reflective practice?
- Question 75What do you understand by compassionate leadership?
- Question 76How do you contribute to clinical governance in your role?
- Question 77How do you handle conflicting priorities?
- Question 78How do you learn from patient feedback?
- Question 79How do you promote equity in your practice?
- Question 80How do you keep patients safe?
- Question 81What is Just Culture and how do you apply it?
- Question 82How do you support inclusion of colleagues from minority backgrounds?
- Question 83How do you use data in your work?
- Question 84How do you approach team-based decisions when time is tight?
- Question 85Tell me about your understanding of health inequalities.
- Question 86How do you handle burnout in yourself?
- Question 87How do you handle disagreement with a management decision?
- Question 88What is your understanding of Making Every Contact Count?
- Question 89How would you contribute to the sustainability agenda?
- Question 90How do you support colleagues struggling with mental health?
- Question 91How do you handle a Datix or incident report?
- Question 92How do you handle a colleague who makes a mistake?
- Question 93How do you support new starters?
- Question 94What have you learned from a patient or service user?
- Question 95How do you handle change?
- Question 96How do you approach shared decision making?
- Question 97Tell me about a time you went above and beyond.
- Question 98How do you handle a complaint?
- Question 99How do you use audit in your practice?
- Question 100What is your understanding of the NHS Constitution?