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Brittanie Young is an HR Consultant with over 7 years of experience helping companies improve their employee experience through strategic talent management initiatives.
Times of change in the healthcare industry can be anything from your facility being acquired or merging with another, leadership changes, or even small technical changes on the job. It will be your responsibility as a Band 7 Manager to ensure that your team is not only prepared for change but can also thrive during times of change. Your interviewer asks this question to ensure that you would be an agent for change as their Band 7 Manager.

Brittanie Young is an HR Consultant with over 7 years of experience helping companies improve their employee experience through strategic talent management initiatives.
"I always think back to when we transitioned from manual documentation of patient care to electronic documentation when I think about managing change. To ensure that my team was properly trained, I collaborated with our IT department to hold hands-on training sessions for those who were not computer savvy. We also created training manuals and did mock documentation sessions as well. I learned from this experience that having a positive attitude and focusing on the end goal was important as my team followed my lead in these mindsets. As a Band 7 Manager, I would take this same approach when leading my team in a time of change."

Ryan Brunner has over ten years of experience recruiting, interviewing, and hiring candidates in the healthcare, public service, and private manufacturing/distribution industries.
As you answer this question, make it clear that you will be an effective manager and proponent of change as a Band 7 Manager. Before your interview, think about your leadership style and how it will help lead a team through any change - large or small. If you are struggling to find ideas, some great things to discuss include your ability to formulate and sell a plan for a change, focus on setting new objectives for your team, and ability to manage expectations and hold staff accountable.

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