Digital Midwife

Job summary

We are looking for a dynamic, forward thinking, experienced midwife aspiring to help lead our digital maternity agenda and keen to support the use of digital technology to improve service delivery, women's experience and quality and safety.

We are looking for a highly motivated individual to join our team for 12 months who has knowledge of maternity digital systems to support the ongoing digital platform within our maternity services and lead on service changes. The successful post holder will work with our other Digital Midwife in post, to lead on and support the digital agenda with an energetic and motivated team of senior leaders, midwives, and obstetricians.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will support digital innovations acting as a leader and a representative of the Midwifery profession, and will ensure clinical practice, supported by digital technology, meets professional and National standards.

• Ensure the maternity IT system functionality adheres to / supports practitioner's professional standards e.g. the NMC Code

• Practice in accordance with the NMC Code
• Be able to support teams to use the digital data available to complete audits and projects and highlight where improvements and changes can be made to improve patient safety and experience. eg Saving Babies Lives, ATAIN, NMPA etc

• Maintain competencies relating to digital leadership by attending regular updates such as local user group initiatives and the national Digital Midwives Expert Reference Group
• Continue to work towards and support the current initiatives underway such as roll out of Single Point of Access, continued and improved use of the Single Pregnancy Record, GROW 2.0 and other developments supporting the national agenda, and included in regular Badgernet updates.

About us

Our purpose is simple - Putting Patients First. We are looking for exceptional colleagues who can help us achieve this.

Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust is a large acute and specialised hospital trust that provides a range of local acute services to the residents of Worcestershire and more specialised services to a larger population in Herefordshire and beyond.

The Trust operates hospital-based services from three sites in Kidderminster, Redditch and Worcester

Our workforce is nearly 6,800 strong, and our caring staff are recognised as providing good and outstanding patient-centred care. You could be one of them.

We are committed to recruiting the best people to work with us to achieve our Vision - working in partnership to provide the best healthcare for our communities, leading and supporting our teams to move 4ward. Our 4ward behaviours, which we ask all staff to demonstrate, underpin our everyday work and remain firmly at the heart of all we do.

Our objectives are simple:

• Best services for local people
• Best experience of care and best outcomes for our patients
• Best use of resources
• Best people

Better never stops, and our Clinical Services Strategy provides a clear future vision for our Trust, our hospitals, our services and our role in the wider health and care system.

We are proud to have achieved Timewise accreditation - this means we are committed to embedding flexible working within our organisation as a flex positive employer.

Employer details

Employer name

Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust

Address

Charles Hastings Way

Worcester

Worcestershire

WR5 1DD

Employer's website

https://www.worcsacute.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust

Address

Charles Hastings Way

Worcester

Worcestershire

WR5 1DD

Employer's website

https://www.worcsacute.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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