For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification: Provide and sustain a high-quality specialist nursing service to patients and their families within own area of expertise. Develop tools to improve the quality of the service and co-ordinate clinical services across the department. To monitor clinical standards, evaluate patient care, ensuring practice is evidence based and that clinical guidelines and care pathways are developed and implemented. To identify and deal effectively with poor practice or declining standards of care and have oversight of the resource management on the wards, ensuring the responsible use of resources, while promoting safety and care To increase nursing influence in decision making and enhance the contribution of nursing to the clinical management of patients within the service.