Walk into your Band 5 interview already warmed up.
Newly qualified or moving trusts, practise the questions Band 5 panels really ask, out loud, with follow-ups on patient safety and the NHS values.
- Patient safety first: NEWS2, SBAR, escalation
- Prioritising a busy shift
- Safeguarding and raising concerns
Questions the panel will ask
- 01Why do you want to work on this ward?
- 02Tell us about a time you escalated a deteriorating patient.
- 03How would you prioritise a busy shift with several unwell patients?
- 04What would you do if you saw a colleague doing something unsafe?
- 05What does safeguarding mean to you?
Plus follow-ups on anything vague, then a scored debrief, video replay and STAR coaching.
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