To oversee the care of UCR patients, ensuring patients and carers receive the most appropriate care, delivered by the most appropriate person within the team, and they are discharged in a timely and safe manner. To demonstrate, promote and encourage an understanding of positive health, and to promote the health and well-being of the patient and their carer, regardless of age, gender, ability, race, religion, or sexual orientation. Champion the use of Assistive Technology and deploy it to support patient care and maximise independence. Utilise risk stratification methods in partnership with other professionals to identify those patients most likely at risk of health, social care and wellbeing crisis and focus support to ensure the patients independence is maximised and goals set to achieve positive health outcomes. Liaise with GPs, Social Services, inpatient teams, other allied health care professionals and the voluntary sector to ensure identified needs are met and care co-ordinated appropriately. Demonstrate leadership skills, challenge own and others practice, behaviours and beliefs in ways that facilitate change and improve services. To identify and minimise any barriers to effective communication within the team and patients/carers served by the service and be responsible for ensuring workload for self and others is planned and prioritised according to service targets and needs. Lead the multidisciplinary team meetings and other service specific meetings where required and develop and maintain effective working relationships and communication with all members of the organisation, other professionals, and agencies. To monitor and oversee allocated budgets for direct reports, ensuring appropriate use and balance of funds and to be an authorised signatory for goods, services and payroll. To monitor and oversee staff absence, annual leave and study leave in line with NCH&Cs policies, procedures and guidelines. Undertake training as required including compliance with mandatory training and maintain and participate in own appraisal and personal development plan as well as undertake personal development plans for more junior staff members. Be responsible for safe use and maintenance of equipment and supplies. Remain accountable for own professional actions as determined by the professional bodies. Participate in evidence-based practice, using research methodology. Develop and implement national and local policies and pathways to ensure the effective delivery of the service, proposing changes and advising other external agencies about these changes or developments.