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Nhs stp - sjt 2036

Hi everyone,

I'm making this thread to discuss the SJT for the STP 2026.

I've never really understood how it's meant to work, lots of the responses you're meant to rate are completely baffling to me. Like are you meant to snitch on your colleagues? Should you prioritise helping your colleagues over helping your patients? It's not clear what the ruleset they use to mark them are to me.

I've passed it before but also failed but I've no idea what i did differently each time.

If anyone knows how i should revise for it i would be appreciative

Reply 1

i think we need to remember it's in the perspective of a trainee. and i think patient safety is first? but also considering professionalism, teamwork and knowing when to escalate a situation appropriately/tell you supervisor. i do agree though it is quite hard. i think it's just best to study the nhs values and keep practising

Reply 2

Put it this way - if you were having surgery and a staff member saw your surgeon leave the toilet without washing their hands and go straight into the theatre to operate - would you rather that that person 'snitched' on their colleague or that they kept quiet and left you at risk or developing a serious infection?

Reply 3

That example is quite trite though. The examples in the sjt are not like that. They're more like you notice your manager cutting some corner but they've just said their having family issues. Do you tell their manager, ask to speak to them alone, ignore it etc

Reply 4

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by awful-anticipati
That example is quite trite though. The examples in the sjt are not like that. They're more like you notice your manager cutting some corner but they've just said their having family issues. Do you tell their manager, ask to speak to them alone, ignore it etc

The aim of the SJT is to demonstrate that you understand the NHS Values and the role of a Clinical Scientist (including the limitations in scope as a trainee). There are no trick questions.

So far on this thread you have said that reporting a patient safety issue is 'snitching' and insulted my example before giving one that is very similar.

You are free to ignore me, but I really would go back to the point of 'what would you want if you were the patient impacted.' And to reread the NHS Values.

Reply 5

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by HealthcareSci
The aim of the SJT is to demonstrate that you understand the NHS Values and the role of a Clinical Scientist (including the limitations in scope as a trainee). There are no trick questions.
So far on this thread you have said that reporting a patient safety issue is 'snitching' and insulted my example before giving one that is very similar.
You are free to ignore me, but I really would go back to the point of 'what would you want if you were the patient impacted.' And to reread the NHS Values.

Maybe I'm just stupid but reading through the examples on pearson leaves me completely cold.

The example where the guy takes his shirt off and then looks hurt when you laugh at his joke.

'Continue to laugh at other things during the testing' is completely inappropriate?? I've literally never been in a clinic where laughter is unacceptable in years of nhs work. There's no context as to what you're laughing at.

"Ask the patient if you've offended him" is inappropriate? On what planet is checking to see if you've offended someone in appropriate. The explanation makes zero sense. "You are not demonstrating awareness of the situation by failing to acknowledge that the patient looks upset by your response to his joke which has caused offense" ok so I'm now meant to have gone back in time to replay the interaction rather than react to what has already happened?

I cannot see how anyone can intuit these answers

Reply 6

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by awful-anticipati
Maybe I'm just stupid but reading through the examples on pearson leaves me completely cold.
The example where the guy takes his shirt off and then looks hurt when you laugh at his joke.
'Continue to laugh at other things during the testing' is completely inappropriate?? I've literally never been in a clinic where laughter is unacceptable in years of nhs work. There's no context as to what you're laughing at.
"Ask the patient if you've offended him" is inappropriate? On what planet is checking to see if you've offended someone in appropriate. The explanation makes zero sense. "You are not demonstrating awareness of the situation by failing to acknowledge that the patient looks upset by your response to his joke which has caused offense" ok so I'm now meant to have gone back in time to replay the interaction rather than react to what has already happened?
I cannot see how anyone can intuit these answers

There is context for the first response though - he's upset because you've laughed at a joke about his weight. If your patient is visibly upset why would you continue to laugh at other things that happen while you test them? He may misconstrue it and its not very empathetic, especially if you've not taken the time to apologise and clear up the situation.

I kinda agree that the second response shouldn't be inappropriate though - and should be neither appropriate/nor inappropriate. The reason why I think this is because asking closed (yes/no) questions seem pointless and redundant.
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