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•          Co-ordinate the management of patient pathways within and across new and existing services to ensure safe patient management and flow of services.
•         Provide guidance, support and leadership to all nursing staff and facilitate the development of nursing practice, to ensure excellent nursing and patient care.
•        Initiate, lead and deliver complex clinical and strategic projects to improve patient pathways, service delivery and patient experience in the agreed clinical areas across the division.
•       Develop and implement lasting solutions in response to PSIIs in conjunction with clinical, managerial and governance leads.
•           Lead on clinical development, in line with the Trust’s strategic priority of Continuous Quality Improvement.
•          Work closely with service managers to produce accurate, high quality business cases for service developments, taking into account activity, service line reporting and income projections.
•            Ensure the co-ordination of safe and equitable staffing levels
•          Lead in the monitoring of clinical standards, including observations of care and patient feedback on an annual basis and more frequently when areas of concern are identified.
•           Lead, facilitate and contribute to the development of best practices of Gynaecology across all Trust sites.
•           Lead on recruitment and retention of nursing and support staff within the Directorate.
•        Responsible for the development and update of databases within delegated clinical areas, including data inputting.
•           Carry out data analysis including
  a. Clinical quality: for example surgical safety checklist, NCEPOD, 
  b. Patient satisfaction,
  c. Patient access: enabling services to deliver 2-week wait target, 18 week RTT for admitted and non-admitted patients and internal waiting list targets.
•         Responsible for the delivery of patient access, activity and financial targets within areas of responsibility cross-site, auditing and undertaking corrective action as required
•       Delegated budget holder for Early Pregnancy unit, Gynaecology Outpatients Clinic and Gynaecology Directorate Admin 
•             Review and develop programmes of care, which involve the assessment of patient care needs.

•        Responsible for the organisation/operation of delegated cross site gynaecological services.
•         Act as the champion for Women’s Health at a trust level alongside senior Midwives in Maternity services and senior Nurses in Gynaecology.
•           Responsible for working with the department staff and lead clinicians in assessing the clinical skills required to deliver a safe and high quality service, identifying any deficits in this and developing programmes to address these issues.
•       Ensure that clinical initiatives and service developments become embedded in clinical practice and that staff have a clear understanding and opportunity to contribute to the change process.
•         Identify and coordinate opportunities for patient and public involvement and engagement in service development, leading where appropriate.
•        Act as an interface between the Director of Midwifery and Gynaecology and area of responsibility, ensuring appropriate escalation/update occurs regarding key clinical and managerial issues effecting service area.
•           Lead on the review, development and implementation of appropriate quality systems, clinical pathways, guidelines and service protocols.
•         Responsible for demonstrating continuous improvements in standards of clinical nursing care within areas of accountability.
•      Participate in service improvement projects or development programmes that contribute to the modernisation of patient services.
•          Work in close partnership with appropriate Clinical Leads and Service Managers to ensure all local, corporate and national initiatives and targets are met.
•       Be proactive in identifying areas for improvement and implement remedial action as necessary.
•           Work in close association with other matrons ensuring joint working, excellent communication and that adequate provision is made for cross cover during periods of leave.
•           Ensure that there are strategies in place in the department to ensure the protection of vulnerable adults and children.
•     Lead on new educational programmes to assist in the further development of the cross-site DVH / QMH nursing team to meet the specialist gynaecology needs of the local population.
•         To monitor the appraisal process at unit level, and ensure that systems are in place to further personal development of all staff, using in house and commissioned education opportunities effectively.
•          Accountable for ensuring that the objectives in relation to nursing care are monitored and maintained to meet the requirements of the Care Quality Commission and other regulatory bodies.