The successful applicant will Lead a team of Matrons working within the Childrens Hospital. Each matron has their own responsibilities, focusing on upholding highest quality standards across the operational and clinical aspects of care we provide. The Matrons work closely with the Divisional Head of Nursing and Professions to uphold the Trust values of Patients First, Working Together and Always Improving. As well as supporting the Care Group Manager and multi-professional teams to ensure high quality care is continually provided to our patients and their families. Your key role will be to ensure the highest clinical quality standards are achieved consistently by providing inspirational and visible leadership to the nursing teams. Supporting them in the delivery of compassionate, high quality, safe and effective nursing care. You should be able to demonstrate excellent interpersonal and communication skills and can forge and maintain relationships with a variety of clinical and non-clinical staff. We are looking for a candidate educated to degree level or with relevant experience. You will need to have strong communication, analysis and organisational skills and be able to work autonomously as part of the senior leadership team. This role includes contributing to the Matron on-call service and Matron of the day provision. Main duties of the job: To provide clinical, professional and managerial leadership across the Care Group. To be the nursing/allied health professional lead, providing a strong clinical presence and developing nurses and nursing/allied health professional practice within the care group, assuring the provision of a safe, effective and evidence-based nursing service to patients. To be a core member of the Care Group Management team, supporting the Care Group and Division in achieving its plans, ensuring that the Care Group can meet its agreed targets within the available resources. Actively support the team objectives by developing services and leading Care Group or Divisional projects to influence service redesign. Lead and participate in projects and areas of work, which reflect clinical, professional and corporate objectives. To be the Care Group lead for Patient and Public Involvement To be accountable for all aspects of the nursing related budgets within the Care Group. To work in partnership with the designated lead clinician to ensure accountability on quality performance indicators.