CLINICAL/MANAGERIAL: To provide clinical advice, expertise and leadership to all staff. To support staff in assessment and developing plans to meet patient needs and to ensure that they are appropriate and of a high standard. Liaise with family members, carers and significant others with regards to the assessment and treatment of service users. To be the first point of contact for service users and carers that have concerns regarding their care and make every effort to resolve their concerns sensitively and promptly. To direct and supervise all staff in order to ensure delivery of a high standard of care to service users. To ensure that team resources are managed appropriately to maximise care and efficient work patterns. This will include tasks such as management of attendance, annual leave and the use of extra resources. To use skills gained through qualification and experience to communicate with members of your team in the implementation of change and in the interest of good, cohesive team working. Support staff as we embed the Community Transformation national agenda within the division. To liaise with other professionals offering services within the service to ensure good communication and high standards of service user care. Liaise with other professionals with a multi-disciplinary approach to ensure a high quality of service delivery. To ensure that all relevant information with regards to a service users care and treatment is documented accurately and legibly into the health care record. Supervise and monitor the entries made by team members through performance management and audit. Provide reports and statistical returns to a variety of Trust departments as requested. To co-ordinate the provision of teaching sessions in order to pass on knowledge and skills. To assist in the implementation of change or new systems within the area. Ensure that all incidents are documented as per trust policy and that any follow-up action is taken. PROFESSIONAL: To be responsible for maintaining your own professional registration To develop effective working relationships with other professionals outside of the Trust in order to enhance the delivery of care to service users To participate as a supervisor and supervisee in the services performance management framework. Work towards and help others work towards goals and objectives as agreed in personal development plans. Take responsibility for maintaining and developing your knowledge and skills within your area of work. To attend, as appropriate courses and conferences and to feedback and share knowledge gained from attendance. To be professionally accountable for your actions as a registered nurse. To act, at all times, in accordance with Trust policies and procedures, ensuring that all team members are adhering to policy and procedure. To undertake mandatory training as stipulated by the Trust and ensure that all actions are in line with training. To monitor that all team members take up mandatory training annually. To keep up to date with developments in clinical practice and make recommendations for change as appropriate. To co-ordinate projects to look at specific clinical practices and ensure findings are implemented within the team. To take an active role in the reporting of adverse incidents as per trust policy. Ensure that team members follow the policy and appropriately report all incidents. To organise the local induction of new staff.