Clinical Informatics/Digital Specialist Health Visitor/ School Nurse
Job summary
The Clinical Informatics / Digital Specialist Health Visitor/ School Nurse works collaboratively with nursing, admin, IT staff, and key stakeholders to support and deliver outcome-based care for children and young people (CYP) and their families. This role involves promoting the effective use of data, information, knowledge, and technology to enhance health, health research, and healthcare delivery.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will plan, implement and manage a portfolio of projects across the 0-19 teams under the supervision of a 0-19 Neighbourhood Lead.
The post holder will be responsible for nursing communication, and engagement, training and go-live support. The post holder will provide specialist clinical knowledge, advice and guidance relating to clinical informatics and digital transformation.
The post holder will hold a clinical caseload relevant to their profession.
About us
Our people are our greatest asset. When we feel supported and happy at work, this positivity reaches those very people we are here for, the patients. Engaged employees perform at their best and our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) initiatives contribute to cultivate a culture of engagement. We have four staff networks, a corporate EDI Team and a suite of programmes and events which aim to insert the 5 aspirations:
- Improving representation at senior levels of staff with disabilities, from black, Asian, and ethnic minorities background, identify as LGBTQ+ and women, through improved recruitment and leadership development
- Widening access (anchor institution) and employability
- Improving the experience of staff with disability
- Improving the EDI literacy and confidence of trust staff through training and development
- Making equalities mainstream
Job description
Job responsibilities
1. Act as the key advocate of digital solutions within clinical settings within the 0-19 Public Health Pathways.
2. Act as a key liaison between clinical and non-clinical staff in respect to the development and implementation of clinical /digital IT systems/technological solutions, providing specialist clinical advice on nursing and patient care issues related to the project.
3. To promote awareness/engagement of digital/technological T systems, via a number of different forums including, but not limited to, Associate General Manager, 0-19 Neighbourhood Leads meetings.
4. To undertake regular engagement sessions within the clinical areas across the service, to support the implementation of new system/process.
5. Support staff in adopting new ways of working.
6. Work with the senior members of the 0-19 service, Children Looked After and external partners to prepare implement and evaluate transition plans, testing and rehearsal schedules during any implementation, upgrade, enhancement and re-procurement of the Trusts clinical IT system for the 0-19 service.
7. Support the 0-19 workforce use of clinical IT/digital technological systems, maximising quality and efficiency, ensuring staff are aware and promote the adoption of IT enabled ways of working.
8. To work as a clinical practitioner within professional area
9. Work with training partners and other stakeholders to plan, develop test and sign off 0-19 service training plans.
10. Contribute to the development of operational procedures in the use of clinical IT systems for health visiting and school health service.
11. Contribute to the establishment and maintenance of effective communications across the Trust relating to the implementation and embedding of IT systems.
12. Support the development of a robust Champion/Users Networks in their roles within their own clinical
Person Specification
Qualifications and Training
- Registered Nurse
- First Degree
- Post Registration Specialist Practice Qualification in Health Visiting or School Nursing
- IT related qualification
- Project Management Qualifications
- MSc or working Towards
Experience
- Significant experience at a Band 6.
- Evidence of audit and other benchmarking strategies, using the result of interim change and improvement
- Plan and organise across a broad range of highly complex activities, formulating and adjusting plans as required
- Experience of working with or delivering IT initiatives in clinical environment
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.
Employer details
Employer name
Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust
Address
Downham Health and Leisure centre
Moorside Road
Bromley
BR1 5EP
Employer's website
https://www.lewishamandgreenwich.nhs.uk/
- Company
- Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust
- Location
- Bromley, United Kingdom BR1 5EP
- Employment Type
- Permanent
- Salary
- £47810.00 - £54710.00 a year
- Posted
- Company
- Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust
- Location
- Bromley, United Kingdom BR1 5EP
- Employment Type
- Permanent
- Salary
- £47810.00 - £54710.00 a year
- Posted