The Hillingdon Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
An exciting opportunity to work as a Digital Midwife at The Hillingdon Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has arisen. You will lead on all aspects of the use and development of the maternity information systems, support the use of digital technology within the Maternity Department and be responsible for ensuring that clinical practice, supported by digital technology, meets professional standards. This will be done through the provision of clinical expertise, professional direction and effective leadership.
If you are passionate about working to support midwifery services and helping to shape sustainable quality improvements, we would love to hear from you. This is an excellent opportunity for a talented self-motivated midwife to join our friendly maternity team.
Main duties of the job
Duties will include the day-to-day management of the electronic maternity records system, the production of statistics for both local and regional dashboards, staff training, close working with staff to ensure that they are supported with inputting data, and working collaboratively with both the local and regional multi-disciplinary teams and the external systems providers. Your role will include supporting the process of monthly reports of KPI and cross-checking of data to ensure accuracy. You will be responsible for monitoring the quality of data within the maternity electronic records and identifying areas for improvement, leading on the implementation of improvement plans.
As part of the Maternity team, you will have responsibility for all aspects of the use and development of the maternity information systems. You will co-ordinate and provide IT education, training and have overall responsibility for ensuring the accuracy of data within the service. You will work closely with staff to ensure that they are supported with inputting data correctly. Your role will include supporting the process of monthly reports of KPI, the maternity dashboard and cross-checking of data to ensure accuracy.
You will work with members of the multidisciplinary team within the hospital and community venues, including midwifery staff, medical staff, coding, contracts, business informatics (BI) and IT. You will deliver information based on current evidence-based research.
Person Specification
* Registered Midwife
* First level degree in related healthcare discipline or substantial experiential equivalence
* Substantial post registration experience in all areas of midwifery practice
* Experience of working with healthcare clinical IT systems
* Postgraduate qualification in Digital health, health informatics or related field
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.
The Hillingdon Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
£51,883 to £58,544 a year per annum/incl HCAS
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