Digital Midwife
Job summary
We are looking for an enthusiastic and highly motivated Digital and Quality Midwife to join our busy Quality and Safety Teamteam. You will support this team at RLH to effectively progress the nationaldigitalagendas whilst drivingdigital transformation and data quality to ensure appropriate MSDS submissions.
As part of the Maternity Team, you will co-ordinate and provide information technology support and training. Have an overall responsibility for ensuring the accuracy of data within the service and work closely with the staff to ensure that they are supported with the inputting of correct information electronically. You will be responsible for the preparation of the maternity dashboard and would also incorporate producing monthly key performance indicator reports for dissemination, discussion, and data quality assurance.
As part of the Maternity Team, you will co-ordinate and provide information technology support and training. Have an overall responsibility for ensuring the accuracy of data within the service and work closely with the staff to ensure that they are supported with the inputting of correct information electronically. You will be responsible for the preparation of the maternity dashboard and would also incorporate producing monthly key performance indicator reports for dissemination, discussion, and data quality assurance.
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.
This post has been created following the drive within the national maternity transformation programme for digital midwives to continue providing leadership, coordination, facilitation, evaluation, and improvement across local 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 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.
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.
Person Specification
Qualifications
- 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
- Previous IT or data quality experience.
- Teaching qualification and / or recent teaching activity
- Recognised project management qualification such as Agile or PRINCE2.
Experience
- 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.
Skills
- 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
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.
Employer details
Employer name
Barts Health NHS Trust
Address
Royal London Hospital
London
E1 1FR
Employer's website
https://www.bartshealth.nhs.uk