What to Consider when Visiting the Unit before the Short List Is Made
When you read the advertisement for the job, you will observe the invitation to contact determined members of the department. It is a intelligent idea to at least make some enquiries - even if you don’t intend to actually visit. For one thing it will ensure that your name is on somebody’s radar.
You will need to arrange this appointment before you plan your journey. It is common to have many applicants for an advertised post and it may impact of the department to have 50 applicants wandering around the department on the same day. The department will make a decision which is usually an all or none conclusion about whether to tolerate applicants to visit before the short listing process.
The essential aim of the pre-short listing visit is to valuate whether you would like to apply for the job.The interview itself doesn’t formally start at this point however impressions made by you during your visit will stay with you if you decide to go for. It is healthy to have done some elementary reading about the hospital and job before you meet the clinical director. Generally speaking you should approach this visit with a similar attitude to the pre-interview visit.
Some departments have unwritten rules that they will not consider a consultant orthopaedic interview application for short-listing unless they have made a pre short listing visit.

