Enhancing the clinical leadership of band 6 staff

Duffy, Kathleen
Carlin, Anne

¹NHS Education for Scotland nursing and midwifery practice educator, Practice Development Centre, NHS Lanarkshire, Hamilton, Scotland.
²Teaching fellow, School of Health, Nursing and Midwifery, University of the West of Scotland, Hamilton, Scotland.

Duffy K, Carlin A (2014) Enhancing the clinical leadership of band 6 staff. Nursing Standard. 29, 11, 40-47. Date of submission: April 30 2014; date of acceptance: July 11 2014.

Nursing Standard 29(11):p 40-47, November 12, 2014.

Abstract

This is the third article in a series of seven articles on an initiative in NHS Lanarkshire. Visible clinical leaders can have a significant effect on patient care and standards of practice. Over the past decade the development of clinical leadership has focused on senior charge nurses or midwives and team leaders, that is, band 7 practitioners or above. Band 6 staff ‘act up’ in these roles and therefore need to develop the associated knowledge, skills and attributes for their current practice and future progression into such roles. This article reports on the establishment, implementation and evaluation of a clinical leadership programme developed specifically for band 6 nurses, midwives and allied health professionals at one Scottish NHS board.

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