• Provide strong clinical leadership, to use the authority of the role to assert the needs of patients and carers within the clinical setting.- Ensure systems are in place to actively promote patient and carer involvement. Which respond constructively to suggestion or complaint.- Provide and audit individual, group and clinical supervision to Ward Managers, senior staff and multi-professional staff as required.- Ensure patients have advice and treatment available regarding their physical health as well as mental health. This includes smoking cessation, and obesity, and long-term conditions.- Lead in collaboration with the specialist infection control nurse - on all practices that increase hospital cleanliness and infection control measures-Support General managers in strategic planning to meet the requirements of the service.- Ensure that the delivery of care including basic procedures meet the requirement of NICE guidelines, the NSF, the Essence Of Care and evidence-based practice and any other relevant national guidance.- Monitor, report and act upon any clinical risks associated with change processes or financial constraints. The Matron will be the key lead in the monitoring of recommendations of any investigations.-To take a lead role in the development of clinically based policies and procedures for the relevant service area.

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