i have no idea what sort of questions i will be asked or what theyre looking for, please help!! - Tell me about yourself and how you came to enter the nursing profession?
- What are your key strengths? What do you do best?
- What is the National Patient Safety Agency? What do you know about the European Working Time Directive? What are its effects on the medical profession in the UK?
- Is the expanding role of nurses a benefit or a danger to the medical profession?
- What are your key areas for development? What are you not so good at?
- What is your experience in e.g. removing a chest tube? How many / how regularly have you performed such a task?
- You see a patient verbally abuse another nurse. What is your response?
- What kind of feedback would I obtain from your patients if I asked them?
- For this nursing grade E position we are looking for a candidate who is able to take personal responsibility for their own objectives, setting priorities and scheduling work. Please tell me how you would do this?
- Describe how you would manage a relative in crisis following a sudden death?
- You have heard rumours that one of your colleagues is taking drugs. You also know that some drugs have disappeared from the cabinet. How do you react?
- One of your colleague seems to be suffering from stress. What do you do?
- Let me give you a workplace scenario. One of your Nursing staff repeatedly calls in sick even though you suspect they are not telling the truth. As Nurse Team Manager how would you respond to this person and what would you do to resolve the situation?
- Would you have any concerns if we did a background check on you?
- What would we find if we did a background check?
What do you know about NICE / CHI etc.
- Where do you see yourself in three years time? / What is your career aim and how will you achieve this?
- For this position, you are required to have extensive training and experience in 鈥alk me through both your training and experience and tell me about the last time you had to use these skills.
- When did you qualify and how do you keep up to date with changes in the Nursing guidelines and other healthcare approaches?
- What do you see as being the advantages and disadvantages of Evidence Based Nursing Practice?
- What experiences outside nursing have you found useful in your medical career?
- How would you rate your communication skills?
- What is the difference between a manager and a leader?
- Tell us about your experience of managing a team of people.
- Have you ever been in a situation where you have had a conflict with a colleague?
- Give an example of a situation where your work was criticised.
- What are the major training and development needs of the people in your department? How did you identify them? What are you doing about them?
- What methods do you use to encourage open communication with staff and management?
- Describe your management philosophy and management style.
- Some managers supervise their employees closely, while others use a loose rein. How do you manage?
What recent changes have you noticed within the health service and what is your opinion of these changes?
- How do you keep yourself professionally updated?
- What would you like to do to continue your professional development?
- What new practices do you know of are taking place in the hospital?
- Imagine that one of the senior nurses is doing something that you do not agree with. How would you deal with this situation?
- What is your understanding of informed consent in health care and how does this affect your daily work?
- How do you feel about being a mentor to students?
- How would manage this situation 鈥?they give a typical medical emergency situation.
- What do you understand about the term audit appraisal/ revalidation / New Deal / clinical governance?
- Why did you choose __________ as your specialty area of nursing?
- What are the attributes of a good nurse? Which of these attributes do you have?
- What nursing organizations/trade bodies do you belong to?
- What journals/trade magazines do you read?
- We anticipate that this post will be rotational/shift work(day/night; departments; hospital / unit). What is your reaction to this?
Is the expanding role of nurses a benefit or a danger to the medical profession?
- What are your key areas for development? What are you not so good at?
- What is your experience in e.g. removing a chest tube? How many / how regularly have you performed such a task?
- You see a patient verbally abuse another nurse. What is your response?
- What kind of feedback would I obtain from your patients if I asked them?
- For this nursing grade E position we are looking for a candidate who is able to take personal responsibility for their own objectives, setting priorities and scheduling work. Please tell me how you would do this?
- Describe how you would manage a relative in crisis following a sudden death?
- You have heard rumours that one of your colleagues is taking drugs. You also know that some drugs have disappeared from the cabinet. How do you react?
- One of your colleague seems to be suffering from stress. What do you do?
- Let me give you a workplace scenario. One of your Nursing staff repeatedly calls in sick even though you suspect they are not telling the truth. As Nurse Team Manager how would you respond to this person and what would you do to resolve the situation?
- What qualities do you admire most in people?
- What kind of managers do you like the most? The least? Why?
Of course they wont ask you all of these questions but its likely they will ask some as I am a nurse and midwife and have been asked these at some point. Good luck!
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