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Band 8 roles: what are they, what skills do I need, and how do I get one?

These senior posts require significant experience and proven leadership.

26 Apr 2023
Choose your own rotation: how one trust is improving staff retention and well-being

Newly registered and more experienced nurses are finding fresh confidence and career paths

20 Apr 2023
Why dual registration is a win-win for nurses, patients and service users

Physical and mental ill health often go hand in hand, which is why nurses qualified in bot

13 Apr 2023
Talking to patients about their mental health: how research can help you

Nurses can lack the confidence to start conversations about mental health with patients, b

06 Apr 2023
Exit interviews: useful retention tool or meaningless tick-box exercise?

When nurses plan to leave their post, exit interviews can help inform retention strategies

29 Mar 2023
Considering defence nursing? Here’s what you need to know

Team-work and leadership are key skills in military nursing.

23 Mar 2023
How mentoring can help overseas nurses reach senior roles

Few of the UK’s 40,000-plus Filipino nurses are on band 8 or above – a mentorship programm

09 Mar 2023
How secondment could transform your career or offer a new direction

Secondment can offer new direction in your career and a chance to learn and test your skil

01 Mar 2023
QNI field-specific standards – what are they and how will they be used?

The draft standards cover specialist community nursing practitioner qualifications in six

01 Mar 2023
Returning to work: how to rebuild your confidence after an absence

Nurses returning to practice after stress-related leave or absence due to illness may find

15 Feb 2023
What does an organ donation specialist nurse do – and how can I become one?

Coordinating organ and tissue donation and supporting bereaved families requires excellent

08 Feb 2023
Finding your voice as a newly registered nurse: tips and advice

Tips and advice on how to step up to your new professional role, and use your voice to adv

02 Feb 2023

A network of UK clinics is being established to tackle the growth in problem gambling – wit

25 Jan 2023

With nurse staffing pressures making redeployment more common, find out how to cope if your

18 Jan 2023

If you would love to combine work, travel and adventure – and you can take the responsibili

11 Jan 2023

What are the challenges foreign recruits face in building their careers?

22 Dec 2022

Nursing roles are being reinvented as virtual ward and hospital at home services evolve, sh

01 Dec 2022

Super-helpers never say no to helping someone out – even though it might be to their detrim

16 Nov 2022

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