Randy Said:

NHS auxiliary nurse job interview and tests help please?

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The maths test won't be any more challenging than simple adding and subtracting, they may word them so that you panic. An example, a glass of water is 150 mls, a cup of tea is 200 mls, if a patient has half a cup of tea with breakfast, a glass of water with lunch, and 2 cups of tea later in the day, and passes 100 mls of urine in the afternoon, what is her fluid balance? She will probably get a telephone question, were someone will stand at the front of the room and read out a telephone message. If she can take this down properly she'll be fine. They also may give her a list of 10 things that need done throughout the day and ask her to prioritise, but this will be easy. For her interview she should be able to talk about infection prevention and control (washing hands before and after patient contact, gloves and aprons when near a patient), health and safety (wearing a uniform which leaves lower arms bare and allows easy movement) and probably why she wants to work in this field if she has never done it before. If she has then they will ask about her previous experience, even if it was in a nursing home or somewhere like that. The questions are not designed to catch you out, they just want to know that you are keen to work hard in unsocial hours and circomstances, and that you are not likely to lose your head when the place goes chaotic. If she has experience of working with the public in any area this will be an advantage, and if she has experience of caring, say for a sick relative or neighbour, even if it was just making cups of tea or doing some shopping then she should tell them this as well. I hope this has helped. I've been a nursing auxiliary for 4 years, I only started because I wanted to get some experience before applying to uni for a nursing degree, I absolutely love it. Good Luck!!!

Ida Said:

Why are 27000 nurses losing their jobs when cameron said the NHS was ring fenced?

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Yes, he has lied again. Anyone that believed the NHS was safe under the Tories is a fool. They have, in a very underhand way, cut the health budget by £1BN and Childrens Hospitals will lose millions if proposed plans go ahead. Below is an extract from an article in the Mirror (is also in other papers).

At the moment children's hospitals get a "top-up" tariff to pay for the extra staff and additional monitoring needed to provide specialist care to very young patients.
Currently, children's centres get paid 78% more than the rate paid to other hospitals for each procedure they perform. But Mr Lansley wants to slash this to just 25%.
Figures obtained by shadow Health Secretary John Healey reveal this will cost the children's hospitals millions of pounds in lost funding.
Great Ormond Street stands to lose £16.3million, a cut of nearly 20%.
Birmingham Children's Hospital will lose £12.8million, a cut of 15%; Alder Hey £12.9million, a cut of 14.7%; Sheffield £4.9million (9.6%) and Manchester £6.6million (9%).
In total, the five hospitals stand to lose £53.5million.
But even that figure is only the tip of the iceberg because it does not include potential cuts to the 30 other children's hospitals in England.

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories…

You would think that Cameron, more than a lot of people, would have a great debt of gratitude towards the NHS and especially the childrens part of it, indeed, he said as much in the election, but it seems he couldn't even be honest about that. What a truly despicable piece of cra/p he is.

Ivan Said:

Are the conservatives really threatening to cut jobs from the NHS?

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With a bit of luck they'll get rid of some of the deadwood managers who have appeared like a bad rash over the last 13 years and put the money where it's needed - more doctors, more nurses, better equipment.

Anna Said:

I have been for an interview for a new job, its in Nursing with the NHS and I know the proceedure can be long?

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Anything with the government is long and tedious. I interviewed with our state board of health who essentially offered me a position, but I still haven't heard from them and it's been since November. I knew it would be involved so I did take another position. Anyway, if they did offer you the job, just be patient. If you are curious, place a courtesy phone call to your interviewer and just say you haven't heard anything as of this date and wonder where you stand. What kills me is that anywhere you read they complain about a nursing shortage, but there are many of us willing to work, but we can't get a job!!!!

Jack Said:

i have a nursing degree what other nhs health realted job can i do?

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Have you thought about working as a bank nurse at the hospital? That way you can dictate what days & shifts you work. I did see a job advertised recently for a nurse in a clinic that was Mon-Fri, 9am-4pm. It was on the NHS Jobs site. http://www.jobs.nhs.uk/