Preparing to Find, Interview, and Hire Candidates.

Preparing to Find, Interview, and Hire Candidates.

 

Preparing to Find, Interview, and Hire Candidates

Introduction

The focus of this paper is on the process of identifying, interviewing, and hiring the right candidate for an open nurse position. This will include developing a job description for the nursing position and formulating a plan for collaboration with the HR department when filling the position. Finally, an overview of the projected interview questions for candidates seeking to fill the position will be presented Preparing to Find, Interview, and Hire Candidates.

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Job Description for the Nursing Position

The open nurse positionrequires a competent and an experienced mental health nurse. The candidate should be competent in crisis intervention, mental health, psychotherapies, as well as medications in the mental health field.  The position requires an individual with effective collaboration and teamwork skills in order to be a competent member of amultidisciplinary care team during care provision. The nurse should have the ability to closely work with the treatment team in developing apersonalized treatment plan for the patients (Green & Johnson, 2015). The position requires a candidate competent in medication administration, as well as competency in providing individual and group therapy to clients and their families (Blythe& White, 2017).

The position requires a candidate with effective critical thinking skills, effective communication skills, flexibility and competency in collaborating with a multi-disciplinary team.  The candidate will be required to provide prompt, responsive and evidence-based treatment.

Specifically, the key duties of the candidate will be: Assessment of the patients’ health needs; case management; formulation of patients’ treatment plans; provision of psychotherapy services; medication administration; provision of personalized care; provision of coordinated care with the patient, families, physicians, and other healthcare providers; and provision of urgent response to patient having serious functional impairments (Mahone et al, 2016).

Collaboration Plan with the Human Resources Department

A meeting between the nurse manager and representatives from the human resource department will be heldto discuss the nursing position. During the meeting, the nurse manager will present the specific skills, qualifications, experience, and competencies that the nursing department desires the right candidate to possess. The HR department will also present the required qualifications for the candidate. Both departments will then deliberate and agree on the overall skills and competencies that the required candidate should possess. In addition, the nurse manager will inform the HR department about the issues nurses face while working to ensure the HR department addresses such issues during recruitment of the candidate (Gavigan et al, 2016).

There will be regular communications through e-mail about the position in order to establish skills and competencies need for unified operation of departmental functions (Green & Johnson, 2015).  The nurse unit manager and the HR department should collaboratively review the job position description for accurateness and completeness (Franklin et al, 2015).

The nurse-manager will consult with the HR department to know the organizational expectations on their employees. In addition, the nurse manager will request for the involvement of nursing employees during the recruitment process and partnership between the two departments.  During the recruitment and selection process, the nurse unit manager will consult with the HR on how to identify the qualified candidates andcurrent departmentalpersonnelskills (Weller & Reid, 2014).

 

Interview Questions

  1. What is your educational qualification and experience in themental health field?
  2. What motivates you as a mental health nurse, even during the hardest shifts?
  3. Describe the best approach to handle difficult patients?
  4. Provide an example you interacted with an aggressive patient. How did you deal with the situation and what was the outcome?
  5. Tell us about a time you put your personal needs aside in order to make sure the psychiatry team continued functioning efficiently?
  6. Describe a time you encountered a patient who did not want to divulge vital information. How did you deal with the situation? What was the outcome?
  7. Describe an incident when you provided effective psychotherapy?
  8. Describe a time you handled a patient in crisis. What was the outcome?
  9. Mention different types of evidence-based psychotherapies for people with mental health problems?
  10. Name a mood stabilizer, an anti-depressant, and an anti-psychotic; their use, class, mechanism of action and their specific side effects?
  11. Describe how you prioritize care activities while ensuring high-quality patient care?
  12. How do you deal with complaints made by patients against colleagues?
  13. How do you handle conflicts in theworkplace? Describe any time there was a conflict in the healthcare team and how you handled the conflict?
  14. How do you ensure collaboration and maintain teamwork in a multidisciplinary team?
  15. Describe your response to feedback from superiors like nurse leaders and physicians?
  16. Describe a situation you took a leadership role?

Scenario-Based Question

A 30-year-old male client with an antisocial personality disorder and comorbid bipolar disorder reports the desire to stab himself and emphasizes that he can only accept help from a specific mental health nurse. How would you handle the situation? What should you include when formulating the patient’s nursing care?

Conclusion

The requirements for the nurse position include competency in mental health, mental health medications, psychotherapies,and crisis intervention.  Other required competencies also include assessment competency, effective care provision, critical thinking skills, effective communication skills, collaboration skills,and teamwork. The collaboration will involve holding a meeting with the HR personnel to discuss the desired competencies and skills for the job opening. Additionally, it is necessary to communicate regularlyregarding the position in case any review is necessary. Finally, specific staff members from both departments should take part in the recruitment and selection process.

 

The focus of this paper is on the process of identifying, interviewing, and hiring the right candidate for an open nurse position in the mental health department. In order to get the most from the potential employee, it is important to ensure that the recruited nurse has the potential, skills and competency to make the utmost contribution. Therefore, the focus of this assignment is to develop a job description for the nursing position; determine and create a collaboration plan with the HR department, and create interview questions for the position interviewees.

Job Description for the Nursing Position

The candidate should be a registered nurse, and preferably have a Master of Science in Nursing with a concentration in Mental Health Nursing, from a credible University. Registration with Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) is a must. The candidate should also have current certificates in: CPR First-Aid; BLS/ACLS/PALS certifications. Core qualifications and skills include: Medical Mastermind EMR; Verbal De-escalation; Detox Nursing; and Medication Administration.

The candidate should have high emotional intelligence and effective communication skills. This is because the position requires a person who is patient, can interact well with patients, and has the ability to control their emotions regard. Accordingly, only candidates who will have highest scores in emotional intelligence and effective communication skills will be considered. In addition, all shortlisted candidates will undergo physical examinations; only candidates weighing 65kgs and above, and are physically fit will be considered. This is because this is a risky working environment where workplace violence is eminent and therefore requires strong and individuals with stamina(Wolf et al. 2014).

The position also requires a candidate with effective critical thinking skills, effective communication skills, flexibility and competency in collaborating with a multi-disciplinary team.  The candidate will be required to provide prompt, responsive and evidence-based treatment (Mahone et al, 2016).

Finally, an enhanced background check for each shortlisted candidate will be performed. This will also include criminal record check (Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check).

Collaboration Plan with the Human Resources Department

A meeting between the nurse manager and representatives from the human resource department will be heldto discuss the nursing position (Gavigan et al, 2016). The unit manager and the HR will partner to develop the position description. This means that the HR and the unit manager will together develop the interview questions, interview assessments, as well as reference check enquiries. General requirements of the position will also be discussed as well as the minimum requirements for the position. The HR will provide the minimum requirements and qualifications from a HR perspective, while the unit manager will present the requirements and qualifications from a nursing perspective. Afterwards, together the duties and roles of the position will be discussed and enumerated (Green & Johnson, 2015). Additionally, the nurse unit manager and the HR department should collaboratively review the job position description for accurateness and completeness (Franklin et al, 2015).

The unit manager and the HR will collaboratively develop and document the recruitment plan. This will include stipulating the goals of the position as well as identifying the advertising channels that will be utilized in publicizing the open position. Components of the recruitment plan will include; the posting period where both the unit manager and the HR will agree on the posting requirements and whether the position will remain “open until filled”.  Placement goals should also be discussed collaboratively; this will ensure that goals of both the nursing department and HR department are identified and integrated in the recruitment plan (Weller & Reid, 2014).

The last step will involve setting up candidates for the interview. After the position is posted, candidates will apply online for the position. The HR and the unit manager will then pick representatives from both the nursing and HR department who will form the search and selection committee. The committee will review all applications to evaluate their qualifications. Every member of the committee will provide a critique of every applicant’s qualification in accordance with the position’s minimum requirements. All candidates who meet minimum requirements for the position will be shortlisted for the interview (Gavigan et al, 2016).

Interview Questions

  1. What is your educational qualification and experience in themental health field?
  2. What motivates you as a mental health nurse, even during the hardest shifts?
  3. Describe the best approach to handle difficult patients?
  4. Provide an example you interacted with an aggressive patient. How did you deal with the situation and what was the outcome?
  5. Tell us about a time you put your personal needs aside in order to make sure the psychiatry team continued functioning efficiently?
  6. Describe a time you encountered a patient who did not want to divulge vital information. How did you deal with the situation? What was the outcome?
  7. Describe an incident when you provided effective psychotherapy?
  8. Describe a time you handled a patient in crisis. What was the outcome?
  9. Mention different types of evidence-based psychotherapies for people with mental health problems?
  10. Name a mood stabilizer, an anti-depressant, and an anti-psychotic; their use, class, mechanism of action and their specific side effects?
  11. Describe how you prioritize care activities while ensuring high-quality patient care?
  12. How do you deal with complaints made by patients against colleagues?
  13. How do you handle conflicts in theworkplace? Describe any time there was a conflict in the healthcare team and how you handled the conflict?
  14. How do you ensure collaboration and maintain teamwork in a multidisciplinary team?
  15. Describe your response to feedback from superiors like nurse leaders and physicians?
  16. Describe a situation you took a leadership role?

Scenario-Based Question

A 30-year-old male client with an antisocial personality disorder and comorbid bipolar disorder reports the desire to stab himself and emphasizes that he can only accept help from a specific mental health nurse. How would you handle the situation? What should you include when formulating the patient’s nursing care?

Conclusion

The requirements for the nurse position include competency in mental health, mental health medications, psychotherapies,and crisis intervention.  Other required competencies also include assessment competency, effective care provision, critical thinking skills, effective communication skills, collaboration skills,and teamwork. The collaboration will involve holding a meeting with the HR personnel to discuss the desired competencies and skills for the job opening. Additionally, it is necessary to communicate regularlyregarding the position in case any review is necessary. Finally, specific staff members from both departments should take part in the recruitment and selection process.

 

Preparing to Find, Interview, and Hire Candidates

Introduction

The focus of this paper is on the process of identifying, interviewing, and hiring the right candidate for an open nurse position. This will include developing a job description for the nursing position and formulating a plan for collaboration with the HR department when filling the position. Finally, an overview of the projected interview questions for candidates seeking to fill the position will be presented.

Job Description for the Nursing Position

The open nurse positionrequires a competent and an experienced mental health nurse. The candidate should be competent in crisis intervention, mental health, psychotherapies, as well as medications in the mental health field.  The position requires an individual with effective collaboration and teamwork skills in order to be a competent member of amultidisciplinary care team during care provision. The nurse should have the ability to closely work with the treatment team in developing apersonalized treatment plan for the patients (Green & Johnson, 2015). The position requires a candidate competent in medication administration, as well as competency in providing individual and group therapy to clients and their families (Blythe& White, 2017).

The position requires a candidate with effective critical thinking skills, effective communication skills, flexibility and competency in collaborating with a multi-disciplinary team.  The candidate will be required to provide prompt, responsive and evidence-based treatment.

Specifically, the key duties of the candidate will be: Assessment of the patients’ health needs; case management; formulation of patients’ treatment plans; provision of psychotherapy services; medication administration; provision of personalized care; provision of coordinated care with the patient, families, physicians, and other healthcare providers; and provision of urgent response to patient having serious functional impairments (Mahone et al, 2016).

Collaboration Plan with the Human Resources Department

A meeting between the nurse manager and representatives from the human resource department will be heldto discuss the nursing position. During the meeting, the nurse manager will present the specific skills, qualifications, experience, and competencies that the nursing department desires the right candidate to possess. The HR department will also present the required qualifications for the candidate. Both departments will then deliberate and agree on the overall skills and competencies that the required candidate should possess. In addition, the nurse manager will inform the HR department about the issues nurses face while working to ensure the HR department addresses such issues during recruitment of the candidate (Gavigan et al, 2016).

There will be regular communications through e-mail about the position in order to establish skills and competencies need for unified operation of departmental functions (Green & Johnson, 2015).  The nurse unit manager and the HR department should collaboratively review the job position description for accurateness and completeness (Franklin et al, 2015).

The nurse-manager will consult with the HR department to know the organizational expectations on their employees. In addition, the nurse manager will request for the involvement of nursing employees during the recruitment process and partnership between the two departments.  During the recruitment and selection process, the nurse unit manager will consult with the HR on how to identify the qualified candidates andcurrent departmentalpersonnelskills (Weller & Reid, 2014).

 

Interview Questions

  1. What is your educational qualification and experience in themental health field?
  2. What motivates you as a mental health nurse, even during the hardest shifts?
  3. Describe the best approach to handle difficult patients?
  4. Provide an example you interacted with an aggressive patient. How did you deal with the situation and what was the outcome?
  5. Tell us about a time you put your personal needs aside in order to make sure the psychiatry team continued functioning efficiently?
  6. Describe a time you encountered a patient who did not want to divulge vital information. How did you deal with the situation? What was the outcome?
  7. Describe an incident when you provided effective psychotherapy?
  8. Describe a time you handled a patient in crisis. What was the outcome?
  9. Mention different types of evidence-based psychotherapies for people with mental health problems?
  10. Name a mood stabilizer, an anti-depressant, and an anti-psychotic; their use, class, mechanism of action and their specific side effects?
  11. Describe how you prioritize care activities while ensuring high-quality patient care?
  12. How do you deal with complaints made by patients against colleagues?
  13. How do you handle conflicts in theworkplace? Describe any time there was a conflict in the healthcare team and how you handled the conflict?
  14. How do you ensure collaboration and maintain teamwork in a multidisciplinary team?
  15. Describe your response to feedback from superiors like nurse leaders and physicians?
  16. Describe a situation you took a leadership role?

Scenario-Based Question

A 30-year-old male client with an antisocial personality disorder and comorbid bipolar disorder reports the desire to stab himself and emphasizes that he can only accept help from a specific mental health nurse. How would you handle the situation? What should you include when formulating the patient’s nursing care?

Conclusion

The requirements for the nurse position include competency in mental health, mental health medications, psychotherapies,and crisis intervention.  Other required competencies also include assessment competency, effective care provision, critical thinking skills, effective communication skills, collaboration skills,and teamwork. The collaboration will involve holding a meeting with the HR personnel to discuss the desired competencies and skills for the job opening. Additionally, it is necessary to communicate regularlyregarding the position in case any review is necessary. Finally, specific staff members from both departments should take part in the recruitment and selection process.