Interview Questions for Clinical Dietitian Position in Stanford Hospital
Instructions
Assume the role of an educational leader presenting to staff about a recently created position aligned to a selected organization’s mission and intended to improve organizational capacity. (You may select a new organization or one you have been studying).
You will soon be interviewing candidates for this new position within your organization, and interview questions must be carefully developed to ensure effective communication between interviewers and interviewees. You may select a new organization or one you have been studying.
Develop interview questions that focus on each of these three areas:
(a) a candidate’s purpose for applying, (b) ability to develop relationships with others, and (c) knowledge of job responsibilities. These questions should be prepared in a table. In one column, include 12 to 15 questions. In the second column, indicate the type of question (P-purpose, R-relationships, or K-knowledge) and in the third column, justify the rationale for including each question. Include an introductory paragraph to share the position title and outline the job responsibilities.
Length: 1 introductory paragraph with a table of interview questions and a rationale for each question.
References: Include a minimum of 3 scholarly resources.
Communicating with Stakeholders to Build Capacity
Student’s Name
Institutional Affiliation
Course Code and Name
Instructor’s Name
Due Date
Stanford Hospital, in San Mateo County, California
The hospital is looking to hire a clinical dietitian registered by the American Nutrition Association. The dietitian should have more than three years of experience in busy healthcare environments and be dedicated to their work. They must have a vast knowledge of managing acute and chronic malnutrition in children and adults, dietary management of non-communicable lifestyle diseases, enteral and parenteral feeding, and management of patients in the intensive care unit. Some of the responsibilities of the person in this position will be to calculate nutrient requirements, modify diets according to patient needs, provide nutrient supplementation, prescribe therapeutic feeds in medical-nutrition therapy, and provide appropriate and timely documentation. The table below includes the interview questions and the rationale for including each.
Questions
Type of Question
Rationale
Why do you want to work at Stanford Hospital?
Purpose
To determine whether the applicant understands the organization’s values, goals, and mission (Roberts, 2020).
Why do you want this position?
Purpose
To determine whether the applicant knows what the position entails.
Why should you be hired?
Purpose
To determine whether the applicant is confident about their achievements and capabilities.
Is there anything extra you can bring to the table?
Purpose
To differentiate the applicant's potential from the rest of the applicants.
Tell us about a challenge you have faced in your previous work and how you handled it.
Relationships
To determine and take note of the applicant’s ability to manage conflicts and solve challenges (Mosadeghrad & Mojbafan, 2019). Additionally, to assess their tenacity and perseverance in facing real-life challenges and critical dilemmas.
Tell us about one time you demonstra...
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