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Digital Specialist Midwife

Employer
Barts Health NHS Trust
Location
London
Salary
£54,320 to £60,981 per annum inc
Closing date
22 Oct 2024
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Profession
Nurse, Midwife
Grade
Band 7
Hours
Full Time
We are looking for a dynamic midwife who can demonstrate an understanding of how digital technology can support safer care. This post is a national drive within the maternity transformation programme for a digital midwife to provide leadership, coordination, facilitation, evaluation, and improvement across the digital maternity work streams.

The role will support the design and implementation of national digital programmes, oversee the tracking of progress against digital transformation plans and develop a networked approach to enable digital transformation. They will also play a part in supporting NHSX to achieve its five missions, which include reducing the burden on staff, giving people the tools, they need to access information, ensuring safety and improving productivity.

The post holder will act as an autonomous, accountable practitioner working on their own initiative and in collaboration with the multi-disciplinary team but visible to the staff and working alongside midwives in their day-to-day settings.

For further information please contact:

Zulaika Jauad, Quality and Safet Lead MidwifePhone: 07931644905Email: zulaika.jauad@nhs.net

Crystal Jaiyesimi, Deputy ADDOM for Quality and SafetyEmail: crystal.jaiyesimi@nhs.net

Main duties of the job

This post is aimed at a registered midwife with data management and informatics skills, to assist with the maternity digital transformation programme at the Royal London Hospital which will support health and care services to improve the outcomes for pregnant women and address health inequalities. As an ambassador of the Midwifery profession, will ensure clinical practice, supported by digital technology, meets professional standards.

The role will support the design and implementation of national digital programmes, oversee the tracking of progress against digital transformation plans and develop a networked approach to enable digital transformation. They will also play a part in supporting NHS England to achieve its five digital missions, which include reducing the burden on staff, giving people the tools, they need to access information, ensuring safety and improving productivity.

The post holder will act as an autonomous, accountable practitioner working within the existing digital team and in collaboration with the wider multi-disciplinary team. They will be visible to staff and available to provide informatics support to midwives in their day-to-day settings.

This role will further support the digital agenda within the Better Births and Long-Term Plan Reports which include driving forward the digital transformation of health and social care including progressing the quality of maternity dataset.

About us

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.

The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.

Job description

Job responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.

We are dedicated to being an outstanding place to work and will work with you to get the best experience. We know flexible working is not a one size fits all and will mean something different to everyone. We are inclusive, so if you are interested in flexible working, please speak to the recruiting manager.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Registered Midwife with current registration.
  • First level degree in related healthcare discipline or substantial experiential equivalence
  • Undertaken basic qualifications in the use of computer packages such as the European Computer Driving License (ECDL) and be proficient in Word, PowerPoint, and Excel software
  • Post-graduate management qualification and / or equivalent level of knowledge gained through extensive experience


Desirable

  • Previous IT or data quality experience.
  • Teaching qualification and / or recent teaching activity


Experience

Essential

  • Post registration midwifery experience.
  • Have knowledge and experience of working with data base, data analysis and coding.
  • Ability to work as part of the multi-disciplinary team.
  • Ability to store data information safely and correctly.
  • Ability to provide formal teaching to colleagues.
  • Ability to evaluate effectiveness of learning activities and identifies how it could be improved.
  • Good understanding of digital systems and advances to develop and manage electronic patient records.
  • Service development experience, delivering clinical quality improvements and successful service change


Knowledge

Essential

  • In-depth understanding of the national digital agenda and including the national maternity review and safer maternity care agenda.
  • Up to date and evidence-based knowledge of current clinical and professional issues
  • In-depth understanding of the Maternity Services Data Set (MSDS) and ability to apply the findings to improve service delivery


Skills

Essential

  • Change management skills
  • Problem solving and analytical skills relating to the identification and assessment of evidence required to support decision making.
  • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills, report writing and investigation skills


Other

Essential

  • Ability to deal calmly with a range of personalities and situations
  • Committed to the provision of a high-quality safe service for women and their families
  • Ability to work collaboratively and strategically
  • Ability to exercise own initiative and work to deadlines


Employer details

Employer name

Barts Health NHS Trust

Address

Royal London Hospital

London

E1 1FR

Any attachments will be accessible after you click to apply.

259-6698338RLH

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