Free Oriel SJT practice
Free Oriel SJT practice scenarios
Work through free Oriel Situational Judgement Test scenarios for pharmacy foundation recruitment. Each comes with a worked explanation of the professional reasoning behind the ideal answer — start straight away, no account needed.
While handing over a repeat prescription, a foundation pharmacist in a community pharmacy notices that an elderly patient is only paying for two of their four prescribed items. The patient looks embarrassed and quietly says they cannot manage all the charges this month. It is a busy afternoon with other people waiting at the counter. How appropriate is each of the following as the pharmacist's immediate response?
What this covers
- Ranking-style SJT scenarios (order the responses)
- Choose-the-best-options scenarios
- Patient safety and professional integrity
- Confidentiality, probity and raising concerns
- Coping under pressure and prioritisation
- Worked explanations grounded in the NHS England Professional Attributes Framework
Example questions & worked answers
Try to answer each yourself first, then reveal the worked explanation.
A patient who left five minutes ago was handed the wrong strength of their antibiotic. What should you prioritise?
Answer & explanation: Patient safety first: inform the responsible pharmacist immediately, then contact the patient to correct the error, then document the incident. Waiting passively or concealing the error would be inappropriate and a probity failure.
A friend asks which medicines their elderly neighbour collects, saying they are worried. What is the most appropriate response?
Answer & explanation: Politely decline and explain you cannot share confidential patient information — good intentions do not override the duty of confidentiality. You can suggest the neighbour speaks to the pharmacist and consider welfare through appropriate channels.
A prescription is missing the prescriber’s signature during a busy period. What should you do?
Answer & explanation: Escalate to the responsible pharmacist and contact the prescriber to obtain a valid signature, keeping the patient informed — it is not legally valid to dispense, and you must never add a signature yourself.
You catch your own minor dispensing near-miss before it reaches the patient. What is the best response?
Answer & explanation: Report it as a near-miss so the team can learn, discuss it with the pharmacist and reflect on the cause. A no-blame safety culture depends on reporting, not concealing, near-misses.
Frequently asked questions
What is the Oriel SJT for pharmacy?
The Situational Judgement Test is part of Oriel, the national recruitment process for foundation trainee pharmacist places. It presents realistic workplace scenarios and asks you to judge the most appropriate actions — testing professionalism, patient focus and decision-making rather than clinical knowledge.
Can you actually revise for the Oriel SJT?
You cannot memorise answers, but you can prepare. Practising scenarios, understanding the NHS England Professional Attributes Framework behind each "correct" ranking, and learning to prioritise patient safety all measurably improve performance. The framework describes ten attributes and the SJT scores five of them.
Is this Oriel SJT practice free?
Yes — you can work through the first scenarios with full explanations for free. Dose Up also includes numeracy practice and full timed Oriel-style mocks in the complete platform.
How is the Oriel SJT scored?
Ranking questions award marks based on how close your order is to the ideal answer, and "choose the best options" questions award marks per correct selection — so partial credit matters. Your rank is determined by the SJT score alone; the numeracy test is reported separately and used only as a tie-breaker.
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