Informatics Clinical Midwife Specialist
Job summary
THIS POST IS FIXED TERM FOR UPTO 11 MONTHS DUE TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE SERVICE
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a motivated and knowledgeable midwife to lead digital transformation within maternity services, working alongside the Senior Midwife for Clinical Informatics. The post holder will play a key role in a multidisciplinary team of clinicians and professionals, ensuring the successful implementation and safe utilisation of the Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board digital maternity record system and other digital transformation workstreams within the wider Clinical Informatics team.
You will join the Clinical Informatics team at an exciting time, shaping the future of digital maternity services and influencing broader digital transformation across the Health Board. The role will involve enhancing digital literacy, supporting system implementation, ensuring data integrity, and providing assurance of high-quality, safe, and effective maternity care.
Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board is committed to investment in digital innovation and offers excellent opportunities for professional development. Our maternity services are driving a challenging and ambitious improvement programme, embedding digital solutions to enhance care delivery and patient outcomes.
Join us to be part of a forward-thinking, dynamic team, where you will be inspired and challenged to develop and influence the future of digital maternity services.
Main duties of the job
The Post holder will use their specialist knowledge and experience, alongside digital skills, to test, develop and configure systems. They will also be required to provide clinical advice to the programme lead.
A key element will be to assist the Senior Midwife for Clinical Informatics and participate in informing and contributing to the pre implementation planning and delivery plans for the system. They will demonstrate the system, promote the benefits of the system and work with the informatics team to ensure that the system is implemented in a safe and timely manner.
The post holder will support the team and Senior Midwife for Clinical Informatics, providing specialist clinical knowledge and facilitating training and support for end users.
The post holder will work to support clinical shift working patterns over a 7 day period and is expected to work in a variety of clinical settings including inpatient wards.
English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply
About us
Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board is part of the NHS Wales family. Our Health Board provides primary, secondary and community health and wellbeing services to around 450,000 people living in three County Boroughs: Bridgend Merthyr Tydfil, and Rhondda Cynon Taf.
We live by our core values:
- We listen, learn and improve
- We treat everyone with respect
- We all work together as one team
We are a proud local employer; around 80% of our 15000 workforce live within our region, making our staff not only our lifeblood of our organisation but of the diverse communities that we serve.
Job description
Job responsibilities
You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click Apply now to view in Trac
Person Specification
Knowledge
Essential
- Evidence of MSc study or equivalent
- Quality improvement understanding
- Change management
Desirable
- Clinical informatics education /courses
Experience
Essential
- Delivering teaching and education
- Experience of delivering educational sessions
- Detailed understanding of IT skills
Desirable
- Experience of undertaking research projects
- Leading digital change
- Working at an all Wales level/ collaboration
Person Specification
Experience
- Extensive post-registration experience including experience in a management/leadership role
- Experience of conducting clinical audit and using measurable outcomes to inform practice development
- Experience of developing and undertaking research projects
Knowledge
- Extensive knowledge of quality Improvement methodologies and application to practice
- A detailed understanding of IT skills
- Post-registration facilitation course
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
Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board
Address
Prince Charles Hospital
Gurnos Estate
Merthyr Tydfil
CF47 9DT
https://joinctm.wales/
- Company
- Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board
- Location
- Merthyr Tydfil, United Kingdom CF47 9DT
- Employment Type
- Fixed-Term
- Salary
- £46840.00 - £53602.00 a year
- Posted
- Company
- Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board
- Location
- Merthyr Tydfil, United Kingdom CF47 9DT
- Employment Type
- Fixed-Term
- Salary
- £46840.00 - £53602.00 a year
- Posted