Band 5 Bank RMN

Job Summary: Band 5 nurses work closely with the people who use our services, their families, friends and carers and play an important contribution in how people experience our services. Band 5 nurses are expected to be kind and responsive but professional and informative and contribute to the quality of the services we provide by:

• keeping the people who using our services as safe as possible through the use of sound clinical skills and effective risk assessments


• ensuring the best possible clinical outcomes by using up-to-date skills and adhering to evidence based policies and procedures


• ensuring the people using our services have a good experience by respecting, empowering and working in partnership with people throughout the care planning process Band 5 JD V2 November 2014.


We believe that the best health care is delivered by multi-disciplinary teams working well together and in partnership with other teams and services to provide seamless care.

Central and North West London NHS Trust expects all Band 5 nurses to act in a way which shows you understand our core values and are willing to put them into practice with service users, their friends family and carers and also other staff members.

As a Band 5 nurse we expect you to show COMPASSION, contribute to a caring and kind environment and recognise that what you do and say helps can make the lives of others better

We expect you to RESPECT everyone and acknowledge and welcome people's differences rather than ignore them or see them as problematic.

We expect you to EMPOWER othersand continually try to provide information, resources and support to help others make their own decisions and meet their own needs.

We expect you to work in PARTNERSHIP and behave in a way that shows that you recognise that commissioners and users of our services are the people who generate and pay for our work.


• Using their clinical judgement and risk assessments to keep the people using our services as safe as possible


• Safeguarding people by recognising and responding when an adult or child might be at risk from abuse but also recognising their own limits and asking for help and escalate concerns when necessary


• Escalating safety concerns and by doing so acting as effective advocates for those who use our services


• Being open and transparent about their own practice


• Supervising the work of others


• Reflecting on everyday practice to identify areas where improvements in safety or quality can be made


• Working with others to create a culture of continuous improvement


• Maintaining accurate, legible, comprehensive records


• Maintaining compliance with their mandatory training requirements. The NMC plays an important role in safeguarding the public by regulating the work of nurses and all nurses, including Band 5 nurses, are expected to register with the NMC each year and adhere to the NMC Code of Conduct. Clinical Outcomes Band 5 nurses contribute to the effectiveness of services by:


• Providing skilled, evidence-based nursing care which adheres to agreed policies and procedures Working with patients and families in all stages of the care planning process including assessing risks and needs


• Acting as patient advocates in the multi-disciplinary team and overseeing the work of others to ensure that they are also responding to the needs of patients and providing clinically effective care


• Working as autonomous practitioners and taking responsibility for the care they give to patients but within their own limits of competency and confidence