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Clinical Assessment | Mental Health HCA

Please note you must provide all names on your passport.

Tell us about yourself and your previous work history:

If yes, please provide details of the agency and deployment area.

Have you ever been suspended from work by any employer, ever received any cautions or convictions on your DBS check or have any current medical conditions that affect your work?

Questions:

1) Why is it important to know about your clients before delivering care?

2) When performing personal care, you see a resident has a bruise on their wrist, what would you do?

3) Name 4 types of abuse?

4) What is a pressure sore? How do they develop? Who is most at risk?

5) An hour into your shift a resident starts to have an epileptic seizure in your care, talk though what you would do?

6) When dealing with challenging behaviours, what is meant by the term ‘triggers?’ Explain why it important to be aware of them before delivering care to an individual?

7) Why is it important for you to know where the exits are in a room when supporting a challenging resident/service user?

8) Before you perform any task or procedure with a client or service user, what must you do to protect yourself and what must you say to the patient?

9) Where would you discard the following objects

a. Needles and Syringes

b. Urine

c. Used gloves

10) A nurse asks you to perform a task you are not qualified to so such as administer medication, what would you do?

11) You are paid £9.50 per hour. You work a 7.5 hour shift. How much are you paid?

12) You are filling out a fluid balance chart for a client. They have had 2 cups of tea that are 150mls each and 3 glasses of water that are 175mls each. What is the total?

13) You leave your house at 06:55. It takes 25 minutes to travel to work. What time do you arrive at work?

14) There are 26 patients/clients to look after on shift with 2 nurses and 2 health care assistants. How many patients does each health care assistant have?

15) What is you understanding of professional boundaries?

16) How do you maintain professional boundaries in your role?

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***COMPANY - TEAM (CLINICAL)***
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