How to support your Band 7 team leader.

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Hi. I have a job interview for a Band 6 post this month and need to do a 5 minute presentation on how to support your Band 7 Team Leader. Please any ideas on this topic and the actual interview will be greatly appreciated.

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Specializes in Med nurse in med-surg., float, HH, and PDN.

I'm glad to hear you are from the UK; for a minute there I was feeling stunned and stupid,trying to figure out what 'Band 6' (or 7) could possibly mean!

What do they mean?

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I'm glad to hear you are from the UK; for a minute there I was feeling stunned and stupid,trying to figure out what 'Band 6' (or 7) could possibly mean!

What do they mean?

A band 6 would be a senior staff nurse or deputy ward sister / manager and a band 7 ward sister / manager. The band 7 would have 24 hour responsibility for his / her clinical area.

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I'm glad to hear you are from the UK; for a minute there I was feeling stunned and stupid,trying to figure out what 'Band 6' (or 7) could possibly mean!

What do they mean?

I learnt this info today as well. I'm in the US and I was looking at uk jobs and didn't know what bands were

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Specializes in Med nurse in med-surg., float, HH, and PDN.

On contemplating "6's and 7's" (do you suppose that's where that expression came from: "I'm all sixes and sevens!" ?)) I decided I wouldn't want to do either job, but ESPECIALLY band 7 !!!! No life of your own? 24/7 on-call? They could not pay me enough!!!!

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On contemplating "6's and 7's" (do you suppose that's where that expression came from: "I'm all sixes and sevens!" ?))

No, but it's a thought :roflmao:. Grading used to be letters D and E were staff nurse posts, F was a Charge nurse/Senior staff nurse and G was the Sister of the ward. Became numbers and 5 is the only staff nurse band, 6 is a charge nurse and 7 is Senior charge nurse. There are various gradings within each band.

If you go here Pay rates 2015-16 - RCN it will tell you pay-scales for each band, a newly qualified RN is on lowest grade of Band 5.

I decided I wouldn't want to do either job, but ESPECIALLY band 7 !!!! No life of your own? 24/7 on-call? They could not pay me enough!!!!

Not on call 24/7but have responsibility 24/7.

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Specializes in Med nurse in med-surg., float, HH, and PDN.

Hey, Grumpy, thanks for the explanation! That does make a bit more sense....

Is #7 like a top supervisor or director of nursing?

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Specializes in Emergency Department.

No, Band 7 is ward (floor) based. What used to be called the ward sister. Above them we have a Band 8 who is a clinical nurse manager (an RN) who is in charge of several wards/areas. Above that are 2 or 3 layers of increasing seniority until the director of nursing who is on the board and works with the Chief Executive.

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Specializes in Med nurse in med-surg., float, HH, and PDN.

I'm just glad there won't be a test about this information! :woot:

Do you have the equivalent of a CNA?

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Specializes in Medical and general practice now LTC.

Either nurse auxiliaries or health care assistant whose scope is getting larger and do jobs as minor dressings, vitals, blood glucose monitoring. Although for HCA there are different levels

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Specializes in ICU.

Band 6 is Sister, 7 is Senior Sister, Band 8 is Matron. Clinical Nurse Specialist 6 or 7.

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