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Interview & Selection

Interview & Selection. By Scott Godfrey Senior Lecturer Adult Nursing. What are we looking for?. Caring & compassion Interpersonal & Communication skills Enjoy working with people Able to empathise Non-judgemental Well organised Academic ability (including numeracy & Literacy)

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Interview & Selection

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  1. Interview & Selection By Scott Godfrey Senior Lecturer Adult Nursing

  2. What are we looking for? • Caring & compassion • Interpersonal & Communication skills • Enjoy working with people • Able to empathise • Non-judgemental • Well organised • Academic ability (including numeracy & Literacy) • Willing to learn

  3. Literacy & Numeracy • Literacy & numeracy skills are essential to nursing practice • NMC stipulates that all applicants for Pre-registration Nursing must provide evidence of these skills • Academic qualifications - GCSE grade C (or equivalent) in Maths and English • Literacy & numeracy tests on interview day

  4. Literacy Test • 20 minute English test • Candidates are required to complete a piece of written work relating to a case scenario • Marked prior to the interview and discussed as part of the interview process if required

  5. Literacy Test....2 • The purpose is to test applicants ability to: • Complete a written task within a given time • Write legibly • Construct clear sentences and paragraphs • Use grammar and punctuation correctly • Ensure accuracy of spelling • *It is NOT a test of nursing knowledge – it’s merely a test of basic literacy skills

  6. Numeracy Test • 20 minute online test (before/after interview) • Consists of 15 basic maths questions (eg. addition, subtraction, multiplication, fractions, percentages, volume) • Marked after the interview • You must pass 9 of the 15 questions (60%) • *You will receive sample questions alongside your interview letter.

  7. 71 – 58 = 16.66 – 7.87 = 4.78+ 5.84 = 7 ¼ - 3 ¾ = 479 x 9 = 949 + 786 = 126 sweets are shared equally among 7 children. How many sweets does each child receive? An 83 cm piece is cut from a length of ribbon measuring 1.3 metres. What length is left?

  8. 9) What is the total cost of 8 loaves of bread at £1.38 each? 10) Jane drinks 85ml of juice out of a half a litre carton. How much juice is left? 11) What is the total weight of 3 parcels weighing respectively 2.3kg, 750 grams and 3 ¼ kg? 12) 1 km=1,000 metres. How many metres are there in 2.5 km? 13) 1gram (g) = 1,000 milligrams (mg). Convert 325 mg to grams. 14) 30% of a group of 80 children wear black socks. How many wear black socks? 15) Two thirds of a group of 72 children have brown hair. How many children have brown hair?

  9. 5 X 5 = 14Would anyone like to disagree? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVvbTz_EEk4&feature=related

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