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  • Hello there, my name is Richard McMunn from the interview training company PassMyInterview.com,

  • and in this video tutorial, I will teach you how to pass a Band 5 NHS Nurse interview.

  • I'm going to give you a whole host of sample interview questions that I strongly recommend

  • you prepare for, and more importantly, I am going to give you some top scoring answers!

  • Now, before I do that, a very warm welcome to this tutorial. My name is Richard McMunn.

  • That's me there in the centre. I've been helping people to pass their interviews for about

  • 20 years now. And I always do that by giving you top-scoring answers you can't find anywhere

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  • That always motivates me to create more content for you. Thank you very much. Okay. Let's

  • get into those BAND 5 NHS Nurse interview questions and answers. You can either take

  • notes as I progress through the tutorial, or if you want to watch from beginning to

  • end, I will tell you where you can download my full set of 22 Band Five Nurse Interview

  • Questions and Answers. So, the first question of your Band V Nurse NHS Interview is going

  • to be: Tell me about yourself and why you want to become a Band 5 Nurse within the NHS?

  • Here is my top scoring answer: “I am someone who takes great pride in my work as a nurse

  • and working for the NHS is a great privilege and an honour. There comes a huge amount of

  • responsibility as a nurse within the NHS, and the qualities and skills needed to consistently

  • perform to a high standard are ones I feel I naturally possess. I am entirely dedicated

  • to the profession and can be relied upon to make the right decisions in the best interests

  • of the patient. I will always take care of my own professional development so the treatment

  • I provide is in line with the NHS values and the code of conduct, and I can also be relied

  • upon to maintain confidentiality at all times necessary. I am also a great team worker,

  • will remain calm and composed under pressure, and have a personal life that enables me to

  • be flexible in my role as a nurse and work additional shifts as and when needed to help

  • out the NHS team.” So that is a rock solid answer that demonstrates to the interview

  • panel you fully understand the level of responsibility that comes with being a nurse within the NHS.

  • And you are also giving a number of important qualities and traits that will enable you

  • to be competent in the role, such as abiding by the NHS values, any code of conduct that's

  • relevant to your role, maintaining confidentiality, and also taking responsibility for your own

  • professional development. And in the last final statement, you are mentioning that you

  • are able to work additional shifts, which is very important within the NHS. OK. Second

  • question of your BAND 5 Nurse interview: Why do you want to work in the NHS for our trust?

  • So, why do you want to work in the NHS? Here is my suggested answer: “This is a good

  • question and one that I have considered carefully prior to applying for the role. During my

  • research, I studied this NHS Trust in detail, and I especially paid attention to the values

  • you expect your staff to abide by, and also the mission in which you are all striving

  • to achieve. As a professional nurse, I am someone who takes great pride in my work,

  • and the values of integrity, commitment to quality of care, continual learning, compassion

  • and improving lives are also at the core of everything I do. I don’t want to be a nurse

  • for just any organisation. I want to be a nurse for an organization that cares about

  • people, wants to continually learn and improve and has an entirely inclusive way of operating.

  • The values and ambitions your trust operates by are very closely aligned to my own, which

  • is the main reason why I want to be a nurse for this NHS Trust organisation.” So again,

  • that's a very intelligent and smart answer, because it is focused on the core NHS values

  • which are very, very important, not just to Band 5 Nurses, but to everybody who works

  • in the NHS. They are very, very important! I suggest you study them, and learn them as

  • well, during your preparation for this interview. Question number three: What do you expect

  • to be doing on a day-to-day basis as a Band Five Nurse for the NHS? So, if I was to say

  • to you: what do you do as a nurse on a day to day basis? You would be able to tell me

  • very quickly. But the key party here is telling them what you would do on a day-to-day basis

  • as a Band 5 nurse. You need to study the JOB DESCRIPTION and the PERSON SPECIFICATION to

  • make sure that you are fully aware of your main duties. I’ve put together a response

  • for you based on a Band 5 Nurse. Here we go: “I expect the role to be diverse in nature

  • and be centred on clinical responsibilities, professional responsibilities and also training

  • and education. From a clinical perspective, I will need to carry out a wide range of registered

  • nurse duties with a view to providing exceptional levels of care and assessment. I will need

  • to maintain a safe environment, monitor the care and advice provided by nursing staff,

  • create accurate and regular contemporaneous notes and build solid relationships with all

  • NHS departments so we can all achieve the mission of the Trust and its objectives. From

  • a professional perspective, I will be required to adhere to all guidelines, rules and the

  • code of conduct defined by the NHS Trust. I will assist in the development and updating

  • of professional nursing practices and procedures, help with national initiatives and also manage

  • my own professional development and competence. Finally, from an education and training perspective,

  • I will need to attend all appropriate training programmes, maintain competency levels by

  • completing key learning outcomes form the foundation programme, assist with cascade

  • training, and also help to induct new members of the nursing team to ensure the highest

  • standards of competence and professionalism are maintained at all times.” Now, that

  • is an in-depth response and it has to be, in my opinion, when you are explaining what

  • you will have to do on a day-to-day basis as a Band 5 Nurse, because I've divided up

  • into three different areas. First of all, there is theclinical responsibilities

  • as a nurse, theprofessional responsibilitiesand then thetraining and education’.

  • But as I say, make sure you do study the job description for your particular role. So,

  • when I get to the point where I say you can download these, make sure you do it, then

  • highlight all of those key areas and remember to mention them during your answer to that

  • question. Whilst on that, if you do want to download my full set of 22 Band 5 NHS nurse

  • interview questions and top scoring answers, there is a link that has appeared in the top-right

  • hand corner of that video. When you're ready, if you click that, it will take you through

  • to my website. I've still got a couple of questions to go through, so don't do it just

  • yet, but when you are ready, you can click that and it will take you through to my website.

  • Next question: As a BAND 5 NURSE you will be expected to abide by the NHS core values.

  • What are these, and what do they mean? So, there is pretty much guaranteed to be an interview

  • question that's focused on the NHS values; the core values. They assess whether you understand

  • them, but more importantly, how do they interact with your role as a nurse. Here we go: “There

  • are six core values we all need to abide by within the NHS. These are respect and dignity,

  • commitment to the quality of care, compassion, improving lives, working together for patients

  • and also everyone counts. Respect and dignity as a nurse, involves treating people as individuals

  • and gaining an understanding of their specific needs, priorities and limitations. A commitment

  • to quality of care is exactly thatgetting the basics right in respect of the treatment

  • we provide, ensuring patients are safe, maintaining confidentiality and being accountable for

  • our actions. Compassion is about humanity and kindness, something that is absolutely

  • fundamental to being a competent nurse. Improving lives as a nurse is about ensuring we make

  • people’s lives better through clinical practice, continuous improvement and also innovation.

  • Working together for patients is simply working collaboratively with other members of the

  • NHS and always remembering to put the needs of patients first. Finally, everyone counts

  • means using the resources we have available within the NHS to the benefit of the entire

  • community. We should never exclude anyone, and we have to accept that some people will

  • need more help, assistance, care or advice.” That demonstrates what the values are, and

  • you are also going on to explain how important they are and what they mean to you as a nurse.

  • Next question of your Band 5 Nurse Interview: As a Band 5 Nurse within the NHS, ‘safeguarding

  • is absolutely crucial to your work. What is safeguarding and how would you ensure it is

  • implemented in your day-to-day activities? Here's my suggested answer. “The term safeguarding

  • is one that is always at the forefront of my mind when carrying out my duties as a professional

  • nurse. The term safeguarding means we do all we can to protect people’s health, their

  • human rights, and their wellbeing whilst also empowering them to live their lives free from

  • harm, abuse or neglect. As a Band 5 Nurse, it will be my responsibility to look for signs

  • that a patient, a visitor, or someone whom is in our care, is vulnerable or affected

  • in any of the ways I have just mentioned. It would also be down to me to make sure all

  • staff whom I am responsible for, treat safeguarding as one of their main priorities, and to also

  • raise any issues in respect of working practices during staff meetings. In fact, the NHS has

  • implemented a ‘Safeguarding Teamto ensure all staff have the training, education and

  • awareness needed to be able to perform their duties competently in respect of this important

  • subject. There is also a safeguarding app available which I always encourage all staff

  • to download and use as part of their daily work. The app supports frontline healthcare

  • staff, and citizens, to provide relevant guidance and the opportunity to report safeguarding

  • concerns 24-hours a day. We all have a duty within the NHS to make safeguarding a top

  • priority, and I will certainly continue to do that in my role as a Band 5 Nurse if I

  • am successful.” That’s a very in-depth response that shows that you understand what

  • safeguarding is. You are aware of two important facts. There is a ‘safeguarding team

  • that's been set up and there's also an app that you can download, which if you haven't

  • done so, I recommend you take a look at that. Now don't forget, if you want my 22 Band 5

  • Nurse interview questions and answers, I'll show you those right now. And if you CLICK

  • THAT LINK in the top right hand corner of the video, it'll take you through to this

  • website. Here’s my 22 Band Five Nurse interview questions and answers. So, they're all on

  • that page, the ones that I recommend you study for during your preparation, and then if you

  • want to get them all, take you down to that page where you can get access to all of them!

  • I recommend you do that. I hope you've enjoyed that. Please don't forget to SUBSCRIBE. As

  • I say, I appreciate support if you LIKE the video and thank you very much. I love teaching

  • you and I wish you all the best in your pursuit in passing your Band 5 NHS interview! Thank

  • you for watching and have a brilliant.

Hello there, my name is Richard McMunn from the interview training company PassMyInterview.com,

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