Healthcare Assistant - Bevan Ward • Uxbridge The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
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in Uxbridge
with The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
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1. Can you tell us a bit about yourself and your professional background? Can you tell us a bit about yourself and your professional background?
2. What attracted you to apply for a Healthcare Assistant role at The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust? What attracted you to apply for a Healthcare Assistant role at The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust?
3. How do you believe your skills and experiences would contribute to our team? How do you believe your skills and experiences would contribute to our team?
4. What do you understand by maintaining patient dignity, privacy, and confidentiality, and why is it important in healthcare? What do you understand by maintaining patient dignity, privacy, and confidentiality, and why is it important in healthcare?
5. Can you provide an example of a time when you had to assist a patient with personal hygiene or dressing? How did you approach this task? Can you provide an example of a time when you had to assist a patient with personal hygiene or dressing? How did you approach this task?
6. How would you handle a situation where a patient is reluctant to receive care or assistance? How would you handle a situation where a patient is reluctant to receive care or assistance?
7. Describe your experience with clinical procedures, such as wound dressings or assisting with catheterisation. How do you ensure you comply with safety protocols? Describe your experience with clinical procedures, such as wound dressings or assisting with catheterisation. How do you ensure you comply with safety protocols?
8. How do you evaluate the effectiveness of patient activities you have planned and prepared? Can you provide an example of an activity you've implemented? How do you evaluate the effectiveness of patient activities you have planned and prepared? Can you provide an example of an activity you've implemented?
9. Describe how you work as part of a healthcare team. Can you give an example of a successful collaboration in a past role? Describe how you work as part of a healthcare team. Can you give an example of a successful collaboration in a past role?
10. How do you communicate effectively with patients who may have difficulty expressing themselves due to medical conditions? How do you communicate effectively with patients who may have difficulty expressing themselves due to medical conditions?
11. What steps would you take if you noticed a colleague not following safety protocols when handling specimens or providing patient care? What steps would you take if you noticed a colleague not following safety protocols when handling specimens or providing patient care?
12. Can you describe a stressful situation in a healthcare setting and how you managed it? Can you describe a stressful situation in a healthcare setting and how you managed it?
13. How would you approach a disagreement with a team member regarding patient care? How would you approach a disagreement with a team member regarding patient care?
14. If you noticed a patient exhibiting signs of distress or anxiety, what actions would you take to support them? If you noticed a patient exhibiting signs of distress or anxiety, what actions would you take to support them?
15. How do you prioritise patient safety, particularly in relation to infection prevention and control? How do you prioritise patient safety, particularly in relation to infection prevention and control?
16. With the ongoing improvements being made at The Hillingdon Hospitals, how do you see your role contributing to the trust's vision of providing high-quality care? With the ongoing improvements being made at The Hillingdon Hospitals, how do you see your role contributing to the trust's vision of providing high-quality care?
17. What does compassionate care mean to you, and how do you ensure you deliver it in your daily work? What does compassionate care mean to you, and how do you ensure you deliver it in your daily work?
18. Are you committed to continuing your professional development? What areas are you interested in improving or learning more about? Are you committed to continuing your professional development? What areas are you interested in improving or learning more about?
19. How do you stay updated with best practices in patient care and healthcare regulations? How do you stay updated with best practices in patient care and healthcare regulations?
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Role:Healthcare Assistant - Bevan WardinUxbridge
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{"interviewQueryText":"What are some good interview questions in British English for the job description below?\n\n-------------------------------------------\n\nHealthcare Assistant - Bevan Ward with The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in Uxbridge, England, United Kingdom\n\nYou will assist the qualified professional staff in carrying out patient care and ensuring patient comfort. You will also maintain privacy, confidentiality, dignity, and ensure the patient is well looked after. To carry out agreed clinical activities with the patient including giving treatments and dressings, obtaining specimens including blood from patients and measuring and monitoring physical characteristics/condition of patients under the directions of the registered practitioner. To prepare and provide agreed patient activities, as pertinent to your area. This includes planning and preparing activities around agreed needs and evaluating the usefulness of the activities with other members of the team. Group exercises, walks around the grounds; assist the occupational therapists. To prepare the patient and assist with clinical procedures, such as catheterisation, wound dressings. Serve meal/beverages and assist with feeding as required. To ensure that patients are given appropriate food and nutritional information and to report any problems to the relevant professional. Weigh patients on admission and weekly thereafter depending on medical condition. To help patients to look after themselves and maintain their personal hygiene. To wash and bath the medically unwell patient, in bed or in the bathroom. To promote independence in well patients. To care for patient’s mouths, hair, nails, feet, and pressure areas. To help patient to dress and undress. The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is the only acute Hospital in the London Borough of Hillingdon and offers a wide range of services including accident and emergency, inpatient care, day surgery, outpatient clinics and maternity services. The Trust’s services at Mount Vernon Hospital include routine day surgery, delivered at a modern treatment centre, a minor injuries unit and outpatient clinics. The safety and well-being of our patients and of our staff is paramount and we are making urgent improvements to address this – particularly in infection prevention and control. We are making progress and going forward by working in partnership with local GPs, charities, community services, academic partners, our local authority, neighbouring hospitals and the wider North West London Integrated care system, and ensuring that we listen and work in partnership with our local population. We are absolutely focused on ensuring that our hospitals provide high quality, safe and compassionate care, while drive forward the building of the new Hillingdon Hospital. We have over 3,500 members of staff that are proud to care for nearly half a million people, with a vision to be an outstanding provider of healthcare through leading health and academic partnerships, transforming services, to provide the best care where needed. For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Betty Eshun Job title: Ward Manager Email address: betty.eshun@nhs.net Telephone number: 01895279026"}