How would the patients you've worked with throughout your career describe you?
While the job of a Band 7 Theatre Nurse will hold ultimate responsibility for the performance of the nursing team in the unit and the overall delivery of care there, direct patient care is still an essential part of the job. In posing this question, your interviewer is giving you the chance to describe the care you provide and they do so by asking you to step into the shoes of your patients. This is a great time to pull from direct feedback you've received in the past from your patients, NHS surveys, or your colleagues. Make sure to highlight how your skills and personality traits on the job will benefit you as a Band 7 Theatre Nurse.
"Throughout my career, I've always been commended by patients for my ability to listen intently to them and put them at ease when they are in pain or need. In more recent NHS patient surveys, several patients have called out my nurturing care of post-op recovery and my director brought those comments to me directly. My commitment to patient care is something I will be proud to bring to this role as a Band 7 theatre nurse."
