The post holder will report to the Lead Digital Midwife and be a core member of the Maternity Digital Team working collaboratively and independently. The digital midwife will support the lead on all activities regarding the electronic patient record systems within maternity, including initial and ongoing system development, implementation, and training, and ensuring the accuracy of data within the service. They will work with the Lead Digital Midwife and the multi-professional team to improve the accuracy and completeness of data quality and ensure that national data quality standards are met.
Your role will include supporting the process of monthly reports of KPI, the maternity dashboard, and cross-checking data to ensure accuracy. You will work with members of the multidisciplinary team within the hospital and community venues, including midwifery staff, medical personnel, coding, contracts, informatics, and digital. You will deliver information based on current evidence-based research.
You will need to maintain a clinical element to your role along with participating in the escalation rota.
Main duties of the job
1. Be responsible for all aspects of the ongoing management and development of the maternity information system.
2. Monitor the quality of use of the maternity system for all clinical [obstetric and midwifery], agency, and admin staff.
3. Provide support for staff with the day-to-day use of the maternity information system.
4. Lead in implementing new solutions as the needs of Maternity Service change and the capabilities of the IT systems evolve.
5. Collaborate with the IT Supplier and technical staff at the Trust and the IT providers to implement new interfaces to other Trust and Maternity Systems.
6. Work with the Trust's information Department towards the effective provision of information for all clinical, business, and research-related purposes.
7. Review current and future clinical information requirements in maternity services and draw up plans for meeting those requirements.
About us
Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest employers in the area, and we are on an exciting journey. Our mission is to provide safe, compassionate, and clinically excellent patient care by being an outstanding employer for our people. We have entered into a Group Model with neighbouring Northampton General Hospital and have become University Hospitals of Northamptonshire.
Our Excellence Values: Compassion Respect Integrity Courageous Accountable
Job description
Job responsibilities
1. Help generate reports as required from the Maternity Information system and liaise closely with senior managers to meet requirements of national surveys and audits.
2. Assist in writing robust reports for various committees and meetings.
3. Work with specialty leads in making recommendations for change in practice as a result of audits, incidents, trend analysis, root cause analysis, and risk assessment.
4. Be an active member of the guidelines group.
5. Support in submitting monthly dashboard and quarterly KPI information.
6. Liaise with the coding team to ensure correct coding and payment pathways.
7. Work with the Information Department in submitting the monthly MSDS report.
8. Liaise with the Hearing Screening team, Child Health Hub, and Birth Registration to ensure correct information transfer of birth notifications and receipt of NHS numbers.
9. Support the Antenatal and Newborn screening team with data collection and submission for national and regional data submissions.
10. Support staff in undertaking audits and research with data requirements.
11. Work closely with the governance midwife to develop and advance practice.
Person Specification
Education, Qualifications & Experience
Essential
* Registered Midwife
* Excellent IT knowledge - Microsoft Office, Excel, Word, and PowerPoint software
* Evidence of ongoing professional development
* Two years post-registration experience
* Experience in all areas of midwifery practice
* Experience of working with healthcare clinical IT systems
Employer details
Employer name
Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Kettering General Hospital
Rothwell Road
Kettering
NN17 1UU
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