Medical Workforce

Fremantle Hospital and Health Service

Delivering a Healthy WA

Addressing Criteria

Useful Links:

Equal Opportunity Commission: http://www.eoc.wa.gov.au/Index.aspx

Disability Services Commission:

http://www.disability.wa.gov.au/

Occupational Safety and Health: http://publicsectorsafety.wa.gov.au/occupational_safety_and_health/osh.html

Aboriginal Cultural Respect Framework:

http://www.aboriginal.health.wa.gov.au/docs/Cultural_Respect_Implementation_Framework.pdf

Top 5 Tips for Addressing Criteria• Keep it brief – this is a way of determining your communication

skills.

• Be relevant and factual. Political responses aren’t enough.

• Be positive. Sell yourself and your skills and make the panel want to work with you.

• Use Headings – they are already provided and make it easier to measure against a criteria.

• Pull the words from the “Duties” page and incorporate them in your answers.

Response Model 1STAR – Situation, Technique, Action, Result• Situation - Describe a specific event or situation, and

provide enough detail for the interviewer to understand. It can be from a previous job, a volunteer experience, or any other relevant experience.

• Task - Describe the task, project or objective you had to complete.

• Action - Describe the actions YOU took to complete the task, project or objective.  Be sure to keep the focus on you, even if you are discussing a group project or effort. 

• Result - Describe the outcome; what happened; what you accomplished; what you learned.

Example of a response model

SAO – Situation, Action, Outcome• Situation - Where and when did you do the task? • Action - What did you do? How did you do it? • Outcome - What was the result of your action?

If a page limit is identified, stick to it.

It’s about what the panel wants, and not

what you want to present.

What to avoid…..

• Do not use peoples names in responses, use their title if appropriate.

• Outcomes should be positive, not negative. • Maintain patient confidentiality.

You may be asked to expand on these examples in the assessment process – make sure you are factual and comfortable with the example, or don’t use it.