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Site: Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Town: Chesterfield
Salary: £37,338 - £44,962 pro rata
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 04/05/2025 23:59
Job overview
Band 6 Digital Midwife
Are you a passionate and innovative Midwife, with an interest in information technology? If so, why not join our team of Digital Midwives? We are currently recruiting for an outstanding Midwife with a passion for the use of technology to support health care provision in maternity services.
Main duties of the job
We are looking for a highly motivated individual with a good knowledge of maternity digital systems (K2MS Athena and Guardian) to support our maternity services, support the delivery of service change including the ongoing development of the maternity information system and electronic patient record.
Working for our organisation
Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is a well-performing Foundation Trust serving a population of around 441,000 across the Bolsover, Chesterfield, Derbyshire Dales, North Amber Valley, High Peak and North East Derbyshire districts. With a workforce of around 4,200 staff and good financial control, it was recently rated 'Good' by the CQC.
We are committed to working with our partners in Health and Social Care to deliver long-term financial sustainability and resilience in our performance to ensure we provide high-quality services and excellent patient care.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
You will work closely within a team of Digital Midwives to support the delivery of the maternity digital strategy.
Person specification
Qualifications and Training
* Registered Midwife
* Requires NMC registration on relevant part of register.
* Professional knowledge acquired through Midwifery training to Degree Level or equivalent skills, knowledge and experience.
* Mentorship course or equivalent teaching experience.
* Leadership/Management Qualification
Experience
* Registered Midwife
* Knowledge of Midwifery data collection and reporting
* Knowledge and experience of working with database, data analysis and coding.
* Ability to work as part of a multidisciplinary team.
* Decision-making ability.
* Experience of clinical audit and presentation.
* Experience of stakeholder and partnership working.
* Evidence of facilitation skills.
Skills and Knowledge
* Ability to store data/information safely and correctly.
* Ability to provide formal teaching development to staff/colleagues.
* Ability to evaluate effectiveness of learning activities and identify how it could be improved.
* Report Writing Skills
* Presentation Skills
* IT Literate (MS Word/Excel & PowerPoint, Publisher)
* Ability to communicate effectively at all levels across the Maternity Department and the Trust.
* Ability to demonstrate enthusiasm towards teaching and sharing knowledge.
* Understanding of own knowledge and skills framework and ability to identify learning needs and interests.
* Ability to self-reflect, carry out tasks of own job and identify learning needs and interests.
* Ability to take an active role in agreed learning activities and keep a record of them.
* Demonstrates a greater understanding of learning needs.
Other
* Knowledge of current and emerging NHS strategy and policy.
* Ability to offer constructive suggestions for service improvement.
* Effectively carries out tasks related to evaluating services.
* Understanding and rising to the challenges in service improvement.
* Ability to work within set timeframes working to priorities and deadlines.
* Ability to monitor the quality of own and others work.
* Ability to assess the work of the team and provide clear constructive feedback to maintain and improve performance.
* Able to recognise own limits and work within those limits of competence.
* Ability to use and maintain resources efficiently and effectively and encourage others to do so.
* To provide data and information deadlines.
* Ability to work flexible hours to meet service requirements.
Proud to CARE Values
* Compassion, Ambition, Respect, Encouragement
Flexible Working
If you're looking for flexible or predictable working arrangements, please speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate this. If it works for our service and patients, we will do our best to make it work for you.
COVID-19 Vaccination
Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is committed to ensuring the safety of all our staff and patients therefore encourages and supports staff to be vaccinated against COVID-19 as this remains the best line of defence against the virus.
UK Points-based immigration system
Applications from job seekers who require sponsorship to work in the United Kingdom (UK) are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. Please note that from 1 January 2021, to work in the UK all candidates who are not UK or Republic of Ireland (RoI) nationals require sponsorship unless you have permission to work via another route. Non UK/RoI candidates wishing to apply can self-assess the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship here Work in the UK - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).
It is vital that you provide full and accurate details of your current immigration status on the application form. Overseas applicants applying for entry clearance into the UK must present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided in continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).
If you are applying for a vacancy in health or adult social care, you may be eligible to apply for the Health and Care Worker visa instead, which is cheaper to apply for and you do not need to pay the annual immigration health surcharge.
Communications
Communications throughout the application process will be via e-mail therefore please check your e-mail account and Trac account regularly. References are also requested by email (where possible). Therefore, to speed up the recruitment process please provide an email address for all referees when completing your application form.
If you require any support in completing the application form, please do not hesitate to contact the HR Support Services team on 01246 513177 and we will be happy to provide assistance.
Future Opportunities
This role is part of the integrated health and social care community across Derbyshire, where there are many opportunities to work across different locations and providers developing new and different skills. Whilst this role is initially based in Chesterfield, there may be future opportunities to be based at different locations within the health and social care community which we may talk to you about in the future.
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