Evaluating Band 6 Leadership Effectiveness on Services at EKHUFT

This report examines the impact of effective Band 6 leadership on healthcare services at East Kent Hospitals University Foundation Trust (EKHUFT), specifically focusing on the Elizabeth Queen Mother Hospital. It highlights the role of Band 6 nurses in ensuring patient safety, improving care quality, and enhancing service efficiency. The report emphasizes the importance of professional nursing leadership, clinical advice, and effective management in creating a patient-friendly environment. It further discusses the responsibilities of Band 6 nurses in supporting urgent and emergency situations, maximizing clinical and staff resources, and participating in staff recruitment and retention strategies. The report also underscores the significance of adhering to health and safety regulations and data protection principles. Ultimately, it concludes that effective Band 6 leadership contributes to safer patient care, improved continuity of care, and more efficient use of resources within the hospital setting. The report references several academic papers to support its claims and provide further context.

EFFECTIVE BAND 6 LEADERSHIP
IMPACT ON SERVICES

INTRODUCTION
• Band 6 effectiveness allows to ensure about right selection of people with right skills
• It improves the accountability and responsibility for staffing which helps in maintain
patient safety and efficiency.

MISSION, VISION AND VALUES OF EAST
Vision:
 To become top ten hospital Trusts in England and the Kent hospital of choice for
patients for better health services.
Mission:
 To provide safe, patient focussed and sustainable health services.
 To achieve special responsibility standards in terms of patient safety and health
services efficiency.
Values:
 We care for people to make them feel safe, reassured and involved.

ELIZEBETH QUEEN MOTHER
HOSPITAL (EKHUFT)
• Part of one of the largest hospital trust which is named as East Kent Hospitals Trust
• National and international reputation for delivering high quality specialist care in
cancer, kidney disease, stroke and vascular services.
• Hospital delivering a special measures for improving health care safety and
workplace efficiency

EKHUFT SERVICES
• Maintain core acute services across a network of local hospital
• Become more efficient, effective and safer in terms of health services
• Provide trust in services through transformational service redesign
• Continue to repatriate and expand specialist services for better health care
development
• Provide services closer to patient as per hi/her need

BALANCED PERFORMANCE

BAND 6 CONCEPT
 In the hierarchy of specialist nurses thee status is to static as the different
role within their East Kent hospital is being played by each specialist
nurses.
 The nurses are generally experienced and are employed at least on band 6.
 It is a managerial level to support the senior managers.

JOB ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITY
 I can provide professional nursing leadership and guidance, clinical advice and
management it will improve the care quality performance and clinical activity.
 Consideration of areas like patient safety, health care interventions, patient
experience is essential.
 It is essential to create patient friendly environment

CONTINUE
 I can help out organization in delivering effective health care
 It is essential for providing support in urgent and emergency situation as per needs
and priority
 Services as per health care needs must be served, I must understand the levels of
complexity.
 The effective leadership and communication need to be established by me through
application of diverse standards

CONTINUE
 I must ensure that all the staff are acting as a professional and clinical role model among
patients.
 The use of clinical and staff resources need to be maximised so that practices need to be
implemented.
 Participate in staff recruitment and selection processes and wider recruitment and
retention strategies.

CONTINUE
 I must have responsibility for maintaining own and others Health and Safety and
Security.
 In accordance with the Health and Safety at Work Act 1971 the duties must be
employed at my job
 Ensure self and others are responsible for the maintenance of a clean and safe
environment

CONTINUE
 By having focus on Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 I can ensure about work standards
 I must comply with the Eight Data Protection Principles contained within the Data Protection
Act 1998
 I must focus on factors like fairly and lawfully policies, services for specified purposes,
accurate and kept up-to-date about needs, etc.