► Describe your postgraduate training - especially in your subspecialty.

► Describe your practical experience during you fellowship.

► What are your thoughts on cross specialty working within spinal surgery?

► Do you see any areas of commonality / difference between orthopaedic and neurosurgical spinal surgery?

► How would you organise MDTs?

► Where do you see the areas of expanding demand within spinal surgery?

► Can you expand on your comments regarding joint operating?

► How do you view research?

► You talked about postgraduate teaching - do you have any undergraduate teaching experience?

► Ho would you organise the spinal service?

► How would you organise the trauma service?

► How can you support the work of the trauma specialists?

► Ho do you think we are performing in the management of fragility fractures (osteoporosis)? How would you improve it?

► Describe a weakness?

► Describe another weakness?

► How would you demonstrate to me that you a good doctor?

► What action would you take if you discovered shortcomings in a colleagues practice?

► What two issues keep me, the CEO, awake at night re this Trust?

► In your experience what is the main limiting factor for efficient throughput in theatre? How would you improve it?

► How would you respond to complaints from nursing staff regarding changes in their working arrangement? (In the context of improvements in theatre practice)

► Did you realise that you have spelt orthopaedics incorrectly in your application form? How does that speak in favour of your attention to detail?

► What has been the biggest change and development for you moving from trainee to locum consultant?

► You discussed team working - how have you managed this during your time as a locum consultant?