General Management· Support the Hospital Manager, Director of Midwifery, Associate Clinical Directors, Children's Network of Care, Hospital Management Team, LUH in the development of the network which delivers quality patient care in an efficient, effective and equitable manner· Supports the site and West North West Region in the accomplishment of the network based duties and responsibilities· Provides business management support· Management of Waiting List targets and performances as per the NTPF Guidelines.· Work with the site in ensuring that quality of patient care has primacy in the network's execution of its business· Plan and organise with the staff officer in the department the clerical / administrative and other non-clinical manpower requirements and services within the network as appropriate to the role· Support and enable effective communication processes within the network and between networks· Support appropriate region wide and external committees, as appropriate to the role· Ensure that the principles of risk management and clinical governance inform all aspects of the business· Working closely with Networks of Care teams, ensure robust risk management and quality and safety processes are in place across the siteMonitoring of sickness/absence and implementation of local and national control measures at Department Level. Proactively manage persistent poor staff attendance in conjunction with the staff officer in the department.Act as Project Lead for assigned projects· Implement targets, standards and processes as set out in the National Maternity Strategy and National Paediatric and Neonatal Model of Care document 2015