1. Performance management: To manage the delivery of all nursing aspects of the agreed outputs for their area of responsibility, as set out in the Performance Contract, by:- Holding Ward/Departmental Sister/Charge Nurse to account for delivery of their objectives in clinical areas. - Ensuring effective action is taken where nursing performance is at risk of falling below expected levels and standards are not maintained. - Ensuring that the Trusts Nursing and Midwifery priorities are implemented locally. 2. Risk & clinical governance: Ensure patients are cared for in a clean and safe environment taking remedial action if standards are not maintained.Be champions for driving the infection prevention and control agenda and challenging poor practice.Manage and respond to complaints and adverse incidents.Undertake root cause analysis and develop action plans, ensuring that this leads to change in practice.Lead on the implementation of patient safety strategies such as Standards Took Kit, Saving Lives and Clinical Indicators. 3. Professional leadership and staff management: Be a visible leader who is accessible to patients, visitors and staff.Provide professional and clinical leadership.Take forward and develop the specialist contribution nursing and midwifery can make in the designated areas.Develop Ward/Departmental Sister/Charge Nurse in leadership and management. 4. Departmental & staff organisation: Work in collaboration with the clinical teams on a daily basis. Monitor and action decisions in relation to clinical areas ensuring an appropriate nursing skill mix in relation to activity and acuity. Manage and report any risk issues to the Head of Nursing in a timely manner. The Matron will: Review skill mix and deployment of staff within the area of responsibility, working closely with other Matrons within the Directorate.Ensure nurse rostering meets service demands and is cost effective and adheres to Trust guidelines.Review and agree bank and agency requirements and usage and control bank and agency spend.Oversee recruitment processes and ensure they are adhered to in a timely manner. Please see attached job description for full details.