☛ 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?