IWK Health Centre Mock Interview

Practice 31 IWK Health Centre interview questions covering pediatric care, family-centered values, and Atlantic Canada's leading maternal-child health mission.

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Talk about a time where your positive attitude helped keep a patient calm and focused at a time when it would have been difficult for them. Why do you think that approach was successful?

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Ryan Brunner

Ryan Brunner has over ten years of experience recruiting, interviewing, and hiring candidates in the healthcare, public service, and private manufacturing/distribution industries.

IWK Health Centre is focused on providing compassionate care to the women and children that they treat on a daily basis. To gauge your compassion in patient care, this question will focus on the approach that you take with patients going through a difficult time. Make sure to reiterate to your interviewer that your attitude and approach with patients is an integral part of the relationship you have with them and ultimately impacts the care that they receive when under your watch. Talk about the need to be positive and approachable in any situation with a patient and make sure that your example exemplifies this approach.

Ryan Brunner

Ryan Brunner has over ten years of experience recruiting, interviewing, and hiring candidates in the healthcare, public service, and private manufacturing/distribution industries.

"As a midwife, it is important for me to have a positive and knowledgeable approach with all of the expectant mothers that I work with. I start this positive approach from the first time that I meet with a new expecting mother and this approach really helps us develop a trusting relationship in each other. A couple of years ago, I was working with a high school aged patient and her parents as well. Knowing that these are often very uncomfortable situations for the parents and the expecting young mother, I approached my first meeting with them and stayed focused on the health of the mother and the baby and laid out all that they could expect from me and the pregnancy process. The young girl's father made it very clear that he was not happy with the situation that his daughter was in and my educational and positive approach with him never wavered. Following the birth of his grandchild about six months later, he thanked me for the great helping hand that I provided to him and his family."

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31IWK Health Centre Interview Questions & Answers

1.Talk about a time where your positive attitude helped keep a patient calm and focused at a time when it would have been difficult for them. Why do you think that approach was successful?

2.At IWK Health Centre we seek to hire individuals who display a keen interest in the healthcare arena. Would you consider yourself dedicated to a career in healthcare services?

3.At IWK Health Centre, we believe in building strong relationships with with patients and families as their partners in decision making processes in their care. How do you go about building relationships with those that you care for?

4.Tell me about your healthcare related education and training.

5.At IWK Health Centre we take pride in our great relationships with clients, vendors, coworkers, and patients. Do you consider yourself to be a strong relationship builder?

6.What is your patient care philosophy?

7.Our primary focus here at IWK Health Centre is women and children. What experience do you have working with those patient populations?

8.Healthcare service companies require strong organizational skills and attention to detail. How do you ensure that your work is properly organized, and highly accurate?

9.As part of our focus on patient and family centred care, why do you feel it is important that IWK Health Centre focuses on involving patients and families in their healthcare decision making process? How do you go about this in your work?

10.It is often said that a career in healthcare is a 'thankless job'. How can we keep you motivated and engaged, even on the days when you feel your work goes unnoticed?

11.Have you ever been involved in ordering medical supplies, maintaining inventory, or other types of health care related administrative duties?

12.At IWK Health Centre, a strong focus of ours is working with pediatric patients. What do you see as the positives and negatives of working with pediatric patients?

13.IWK Health Centre seeks to hire those with strong problem solving skills. When were you able to successfully resolve a problem in the workplace?

14.When have you shown a willingness to learn a new method or new approach to solving a problem?

15.As part of our core value of excellence, we at IWK Health Centre believe in employees being accountable for their decisions and actions. Talk about a time where you had to be accountable for a mistake in the workplace and how did you own up to it?

16.IWK Health Centre has a diverse workforce. When have you worked amongst a diverse group of people?

17.Why is IWK's mission in the Maritime region in Canada important to you?

18.IWK Health Centre supports a healthy work/life balance for all employees. How do you balance life and work?

19.Talk about a time you worked hand in hand with a coworker to help them get better in their job. Why was this important to both you and the coworker you aided?

20.What part of your healthcare career brings you the most stress?

21.If you could expand your knowledge and expertise in any healthcare service area, which would you choose?

22.Being open and honest with patients and their family is a value that we hold very high at IWK Health Centre. Talk about a time where being honest in your job was difficult. How did you overcome this difficulty?

23.Think about a difficult boss, professor or coworker. What made him or her difficult? How did you successfully interact with this person?

24.With the ongoing changes in the healthcare services industry, how do you keep your knowledge current?

25.What type of work environment do you dislike working in?

26.At IWK Health Centre, we put a lot of effort and resources into ensuring that our staff members are able to achieve and maintain a healthy lifestyle and work/life balance. How do you ensure you are refreshed outside of work?

27.Rate your problem solving skills from 1-10. How do you justify your rating?

28.How would you rate your ability to work in a noisy and chaotic work environment? Do you have an example of a time you had to do this?

29.Why do you think you will be successful in this role with IWK Health Centre?

30.HIWK ealth Centre has one of Canada's strongest focuses in healthcare research. What do you know about our research programs?

31.IWK Health Centre was initially looking for someone with 5 years' experience in a similar role. Considering you have just 2 years' experience, would you be willing to accept this position at a lower salary?