The post holder will: work closely with the management team to ensure that the patient experience is of the highest quality, inspiring patient, and public confidence. This will be achieved through high visibility, accessibility, and surveillance. maintain a professional profile and develop skills, knowledge and competencies adhering to the NMC Code of Professional Conduct and Trust Policies and Procedures. display strong professional leadership qualities, which are critical to the quality ofcare, staff morale and the learning environment. facilitate clinical staff caring for neonatal patients in identifying opportunities for maintaining and improving standards of patient care. provide and facilitate teaching, practice development and professional learninginitiatives within neonatal areas for all nursing and medical staff. offer professional guidance and support to clinical staff. support and facilitate innovation in care provision in a structured and systematic way. participate in the development of guidelines and implementation in practice andensure these are audited. work closely with the management team and neonatal nurses to ensure robust processes are in place to meet the units governance, training, and education agenda. support with the management of the practice assessor and supervisor requirements for the Neonatal Unit. be responsible for the support and development of all neonatal staff, particularly newly qualified, new members of the team, those undertaking QIS course and those on supervised practice. support the management team in the review of workforce requirements, skill mix and recruitment to ensure a workforce fit for practice and safe levels of staffing skill mix and numbers within the neonatal unit. work collaboratively with all disciplines to promote the development of a competent workforce.