band 6 interview

What is band 6?

Will move to the UK forum as Band 6 is part of the UK pay/grade structure

OP you may want to look for posts by Sharrie where she has some links on interviews etc

Ohh now that's a tough presentation title, one that gives you lots to think about.

I guess the interviewers want to know that you have professionally developed and are able to use that to help the professional development of others.

I've written quite a bit about interview technique in my blog on this site

http://allnurses.com/nursing-blogs/i...ed-338244.html

It may help a little if you could give us some idea of the speciality and type of job your applying for.

If it's deputy ward manager, then you may need to look at clinical leadership and change management the RCN have a bit about these on their website, also do a bit of reading about clinical governance and it would be an idea to look at complaints management, mainly dealing with verbal complaints on the shop floor rather than the formal responses as a band 6 you will be called in to deal with complaints so knowing about the procedure would help.

I'd think about clinical scenarios as well, what would you do if..........................

patient deterioration,
poor performance of another member of staff
staff member turns up drunk / not fit for duty

If this is a unit your not familiar with then think about going for an informal visit, also think about what questions you may have for the manager at interview, I would expect to be asked about induction, orientation, support and educational opportunities,


Hope this all helps

other thoughts for your presentation

What have you done in the last 5 years professionally and educationally and how has this made you a better nurse, role model, clinical leader and helped to prepare you for taking on the additional duties required of a band 6

Read through the job description and if you can link your presentation into some of the elements of the job description that would be good as well.

Remember with your slides keep them in point form, they should be a visual aid rather than your script, you should know what you want to say and the slide are there to reinforce the important points