JOB PURPOSE ·The Senior Nurse Manager (SNM) provides senior nursing leadership,strategic oversight, and clinical governance across multiple wards or service areas to ensure the delivery of safe, high-quality, patient-centred care. ·The role is responsible for driving nursing operational excellence, workforce performance, regulatory compliance, quality improvement and patient safety outcomes across the facility. ·The SNM serves as a key member of the nursing leadership team, supporting organisational strategy, service development and transformation initiatives. ·The role provides oversight to Nurse Managers and frontline leaders,ensuring consistent implementation of clinical standards, policies, and professional practice frameworks. ·The SNM plays a critical role in incident oversight, escalation management, staff capability building and leadership pipeline development. ·Acts as the Head of Nursing (HON) delegate in the absence of senior nursing leadership to ensure continuity of care delivery and operational stability. · Works closely with senior management, medical teams, allied healthprofessionals and operational leaders to align nursing services withorganisational goals. SCOPE AND RANGE Clinical Leadership & Service Oversight The Senior Nurse Manager is accountable for overarching clinical standards and service quality by: •Providing senior leadership oversight & management across multiple wards or nursing cubicles •Ensuring consistent delivery of safe, evidence-based and person-centred nursing care •Overseeing adherence to nursing protocols, care pathways and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) •Overseeing adherence to nursing protocols, care pathways and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) •Conducting senior leadership ward rounds and safety walkabouts •Supporting complex case management and escalation processes •Ensuring effective clinical governance structures are implemented and maintained •Leading high-risk patient safety programmes (falls prevention, pre