Tips for Securing a Band 7
Without identifying myself too much, I am currently working as a band 6 specialist nurse in a small, very niche speciality within a larger department/team. I have been in this job for 4 years now, there's just me, my band 7 and a support worker who work specifically in this area. There are other band 6s and 7s in the wider team but no jobs are coming up in the near future it would seem.
I have experience on a surgical ward and ICU as a band 5. I don't currently have any experience really with leadership/management or teaching. I haven't completed an audit really but I am working on a few projects.
My current job doesn't get any nursing students. I am a qualified non-medical prescriber however and I'm in the middle of a clinical CPD course.
What kind of things should I be focusing on to strengthen my CV for a band 7 and what sort of positions would I be most likely to get with my kind of experience?