Personal statement for NHS senior management application

[GoldenEclipse]

Apart from a brief synopsis of my career to date and trying to cover the person specifications, are there any tips for giving it that final polish please?

any particular skills, qualities and attributes that you in particular can bring to the role? Do you have a particular interest/skill you wish to develop. Are you interested in further education, personal development etc
ive just applied for several nursing management jobs and included above info
good luck

I see a lot of applications / interviews where people say I have blah blah skill. But then don't say what their contribution was, what the successful outcome was and how this provided benefit. So make sure you're telling a complete story with a beginning (why we were doing whatever it was) middle and end. Also some sort of reflection/lessons learned

Thank you both.

Sort of have to say if you’re going into senior management in the NHS and you don’t know what to put on a personal statement, don’t do it?

Talk about the quantifiable difference you made - I.e. tangible benefits.

Also say why you want the job and what you will bring to it.

Are you already working in the NHS? If so then how come you don't know how to write a polished statement already?

I have to admit that it was a skill I'd nailed before I reached a band 5 and I'd be wary of any applicant who couldn't manage this by band 7.

If you currently do not work in the NHS then you'll find that most NHS jobs require NHS experience, especially at a senior level.

Yes, I'm already a top band 6. I'm going for a bigger role. Rereading. my last statement I can see it's not to the standard I would expect from an applicant for this role.
I'm impressed that you feel you don't need to improve on your cv writing skills since you were newly qualified.

I thought the NHS was life long learning? I was obviously wrong.

People are being very harsh here. I’m not Nhs but I know that the more you progress in your career the less applications you do and it can be easy to become unsure about how you sell yourself.

Plus anyone who thinks they’re the finished article and they don’t need any more advice is frankly an idiot.

Good luck op; from my point of view remember to state clearly what YOU did, and for me the application is just the means to the interview so nail how you meet every point in the job description in it.