Main duties of the role: Developing and maintaining excellent standards of clinical nursing practice across the Specialist Nursing service Participate with the development and implementation of clinical policies and standards; adhere to national standards and clinical policies in line with National and SCFT requirements Ensuring the service rota is completed in a timely way to safely manage Chailey Heritage Foundation partnership work and CCS Short Breaks packages Responsible for attending all mandatory and statutory training and ensuring you and the team remain in date with Trust requirements Responsible for ensuring you and the team attend regular clinical supervision, safeguarding supervision and an annual personal development review. Overarching responsibility for ensuring safe use of clinical and non-clinical equipment used within the team. Support professional development and on-going education of team members, including student nurses and medical students in all areas of specialist clinical knowledge and skills. Participate in peer supervision and education sessions. Take the lead, develop and contribute to a specialist area of expertise within peer review and reflective practice as part of the MDT. Protect, safeguard and promote the well-being of children in line with the most up to date government legislation. Participate with the development and implementation of clinical policies and standards; adhere to national standards and clinical policies in line with National and SCFT requirements Report any concerns re child and adult safeguarding through the appropriate routes as per Trust guidance. Support and participate in nursing research and audit projects as required. Liaise with statutory agencies regarding the nursing/ health needs of the young people. Work with the Matron to manage the specialist nursing budget, including recruitment and retention of staff and have responsibility for petty cash and valuables. Develop plans and strategies for the development and promotion of the service, working alongside senior managers, the MDT and stakeholders. Please see JD and PS for detailed description of roles and responsibilities.