Digital Midwife

Job summary

Role Summary

The Digital Midwife will support the Lead Digital Midwife in managing, developing and delivering the local and national digital agenda. This will include the operation, service support arrangements and sustainability of the electronic patient record systems.

Main duties of the job

Support the Lead Digital Midwife in the delivery of the digital agenda.

Support delivery of workstreams to agreed time and quality standards.

Deputise for the Lead Digital Midwife as required.

Work in partnership with the clinical and departmental leads, system administrators, technical services and third-party support partners.

Assist with planning, assessing, developing and continuously improving services against local and national guidance.

Liaise with support partners in the delivery of services, user training, redesign, enhancements and configuration.

Work collaboratively to ensure the electronic systems deliver the clinical records to the highest possible standard.

Work effectively within the multidisciplinary team and demonstrate a thorough knowledge of the digital systems, providing system user support, promotion of good practice, assessment of system change and integration with other health solutions.

Undertake auditing and reporting on system utilisation.

Undertake auditing and reporting on system utilisation.

Identify and record issues and risks and recommend suitable courses of action for resolution and mitigation.

service support arrangements and sustainability of the electronic patient record systems.

About us

University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust is one of the largest and most modern in the country. Based across two sites, Royal Stoke in Stoke-on-Trent and County Hospital in Stafford, we are proud to serve around three million people and we're highly regarded for our facilities, teaching and research. We are the specialist centre for major trauma for the North Midlands and North Wales.

All of our employees make a valuable contribution regardless of role here at UHNM and we are proud of our wide range of development packages aimed at ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to fulfil their true potential.

UHNM create and encourage a culture of inclusion, providing equal opportunities for career development that are fair and transparent. We are committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer and foster a culture in which all staff feel valued and respected. In return we ask all of our employees to make a commitment to the values, co-created by or staff, patients and carers, and that unite us as a Trust.

At University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust we know that investing in, supporting and developing our staff has a direct impact on the quality of care that we deliver. Our employees are as important as our patients and the population that we serve.