As part of the senior nursing management team, the Senior Matron will: To contribute to the strategic direction of the care group, working in partnership with the directorate triumvirate and care group management team to ensure Trust objectives are met; aligned with the Trust values and behaviours in relation to workforce, service delivery, clinical quality and safety, and financial control. Lead on nursing care delivery for a designated directorate within the care group, bringing together all component parts to ensure improved patient experience, patient safety and clinical outcomes, target compliance and financial balance. To use tools and techniques to optimise use of resources against acuity and patient dependency models, making sure that establishments meet patient need to promote the best possible clinical and performance outcome and workforce safeguarding. Lead the quality governance portfolio within the designated directorate, supporting the improvement and strengthening of quality of care by working closely with local governance leads. This will include: - Clinical and non-clinical risk - Staff and patient complaints - Patient and user feedback and involvement/engagement-CQC compliance Support the Head of Nursing and Professions to implement the strategic nursing vision by ensuring nursing processes and decisions facilitate a 'patient first' philosophy and incorporate all aspects of the identified corporate nursing values.