Consultant Interview Masterclass

11Feb

Online event

Timings 9:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Location Virtual event, Online
CPD 1 CPD point per hour of content, subject to peer approval
Consultant£70
Resident (Higher) / SAS Doctor£54
Resident (Core) / Subsidised Member£36
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Consultant Interview Masterclass

Event Information

ChairDr Kallur Suresh, RCPsych Eastern Division Chair
Talk 1
Due diligence – reading your job description, understanding Trust priorities and values, and transferring these into an impactful clinical interview
Dr Daniel Dalton
Talk 2Communication skills in the interview and beyond: What is expected, plus tips and hints
Dr Rana Moharram
Talk 3Appealing to the full panel – valuing patient and carer questions and how to prepare for these
Speaker TBC
Talk 4What a Trust CEO is not looking for in a new consultant
Paul Scott, CEO, Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust

Please kindly note, this masterclass will not be recorded.

Dr Daniel Dalton, Consultant Psychiatrist and Locality Medical Director, NSFT

Dr Dalton is a consultant forensic psychiatrist. He has worked in medical leadership positions since 2010, including as Clinical Director, Chief Medical Officer and Locality Medical Director in NHS trusts. He has worked as National Specialty Adviser to NSHE England’s Specialised Commissioning team. He is the Regional Adviser to the RCPsych Eastern Division.

Dr Rana Moharam, Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist

Dr Moharam is a consultant child and adolescent psychiatrist with experience in the field since 2011. She completed her MBBCh at Cairo University in Egypt, where she practiced psychiatry in different specialties for four years. She also worked for a couple of years with refugees with a mental health organisation that was in partnership with the UNHCR in Egypt.

She started practicing in the UK from 2016. She completed her MRCPsych in 2016 and started higher training in child and adolescent psychiatry. She became an NHS Consultant in child and adolescent psychiatry from 2020 until 2025. She is now working as a private and independent consultant psychiatrist.

Mr Paul Scott, Chief Executive, EPUT

Paul has extensive experience at board level and across the NHS. Prior to taking up his role as Chief Executive of EPUT in 2020, Paul was Executive Director of Finance, Strategy and Performance at Ipswich Hospital NHS Trust, where his remit included leading on long term partnerships as well as information and IT, before taking up his post at CUHFT as CFO, where he also had leadership responsibility for system development and integration.

He previously held senior roles in the East of England Ambulance Service and at Mid Essex Hospital Services NHS Trust. Paul lives in Essex. Paul is motivated by improving the way our health and care services work in partnership to deliver improvements to the services we provide.

For the third year running, we are delighted to offer a limited number of mock interviews to event attendees as an opportunity to practice. These will last 15 minutes total, taking place after the above programme.

Please kindly note, you must register and attend the masterclass in order to receive a mock interview slot. These will be based on a first come, first served basis, after which we will use a waiting list.

Please email division.events@rcpsych.ac.uk to book your mock interview slot once you have registered for the event. 

Please read our terms and conditions before making your booking.

For further information, please contact:

Email: division.events@rcpsych.ac.uk

Contact Name: Division Events Team

Contact number: 0208 618 4240

Event Location

Location: Virtual event, Online