Analysis of Band 6 Nurse Leadership and Its Impact on Healthcare

This report provides an overview of the roles and responsibilities of Band 6 nurse leaders within a healthcare setting. It emphasizes the importance of professional nursing leadership, clinical guidance, and management to contribute to care quality, performance, and clinical activity. Key areas include patient safety, effectiveness of healthcare interventions, patient experience, and the care environment. The report also details the need for effective healthcare delivery, including responding to urgent situations, assessing and implementing evidence-based care, and acting as a professional role model. It highlights the importance of communication, team leadership, and resource management, while also addressing health and safety, data protection, and infection control. The report references EKHUFT's strategy, focusing on maintaining core acute services, improving efficiency, and growing market share. The conclusion stresses the importance of effective leadership and team contributions to optimize patient outcomes and minimize risk. The report includes references to relevant literature on nurse leadership and team working in healthcare.

Job roles and responsibility for band 6
post
 By providing professional nursing leadership and guidance,
clinical advice and management they should contribute
towards care quality performance and clinical activity
 In relation to the key dimensions of health care quality they
should gives its services in these areas
 Patient safety
 The effectiveness of all health care interventions
 Patient experience
 The environment in which care is delivered

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 Within the organization they should be able to deliver effective
health care
 To the urgent and emergency situation they need to identify,
prioritize and respond appropriately
 According to changing health care needs and varying levels of
complexity they should be Responsible for the assessment,
planning, implementation and evaluation of
 programmes of evidenced based care to a group of clients/service
users.
 The effective leadership and communication need to be established

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 To all the staff , clients/service users and public at all
times they need to act as a professional and clinical role
model.
 The use of clinical and staff resources need to be
maximised and in patient flow admission and discharge
arrangements best practices need to be implemented.
 Participate in staff recruitment and selection processes
and wider recruitment and retention strategies.

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 The effective and efficient use of physical and financial
resources need to be ensures and the responsibly of an
authorised signatory need toe be fulfilled.
 Only for the purpose of what it is intended for use health
related information and in accordance with data
protection act
 The safe environment and quality can be maintained by
them.

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 They need to take responsibility for maintaining own
and others Health and Safety and Security.
 In accordance with the Health and Safety at Work Act
1971 the duties need to be carried out by themselves
 Ensure self and others are responsible for the
maintenance of a clean and safe environment adhering to
infection control policies procedures and best practice.

Health and safety
 By the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 they need to
take responsibility for the Health and Safety of
themselves and of other persons who maybe affected by
their acts or omissions at work.

Data protection
 They must comply with the Eight Data Protection
Principles contained within the Data Protection Act 1998
 Processed fairly and lawfully
  Processed for specified purposes
  Adequate, relevant and not excessive
  Accurate and kept up-to-date
  Not kept for longer than necessary

Infection control
 They have a duty to make themselves familiar with and
comply with Infection Prevention and Control Policies
and Procedures, carry out duties required by legislation
such as the Health and social care Act 2008 .

How does effective band 6 leadership
will positively affect safety and
efficiency?
 Effective team working contributes significantly to safer
patient care.
 Surgical teams require leaders who understand the
clinical and personal needs of patients and will inspire
and manage the team to deliver those needs.
 Both technical and non-technical skills are required;
they are complementary.

Effective team working contributes
significantly to safer patient care.
 improved continuity of care
 sharing onerous clinical burdens
 service continuity in outpatient departments, wards and
theatres
 technical support in theatre
 reduced hours of service
 a more evenly staffed environment for service and
training

Importance of communication
 Communication with patients is an important
aspect of patient care
 but communication between individual team
members and between teams is even more
important for the safety of patients.

Good leadership in theatres
A good seniors leaders can have positive environment in
operation theatres .Some of them are as follows-:
 Safety of patients and quality of care - Wherever
improvements or innovations are found in healthcare
and patient safety, it is on the background of effective
clinical leadership.