Job summary The Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust is looking for an experienced, enthusiastic midwife to join our innovative, award winning team and dynamic maternity clinical governance team. The clinical governance team consists of the practice development team, audit midwives and patient experience midwives and work in close collaboration with midwifery, obstetric, anaesthetic and neonatal leaders to provide clinical governance leadership and support to the maternity department. With ever increasing reliance on digital services, we have an exciting opportunity to expand our digital midwifery team. As a digital midwife, you will focus on providing leadership regarding the use of electronic patient records and supporting digital services with Maternity. The maternity department utilises BadgerNet and Oracle Millennium EPR for the documentation of its maternity and neonatal care as well as other supportive systems, including NIPESmart and virtual wards for home BP monitoring and home glucose monitoring. The maternity department at the Royal Surrey is highly successful; it is rated 'Outstanding' by the Care Quality Commission, has achieved Gold Accreditation under the Unicef Baby Friendly Initiative and has achieved all 10 safety actions as a part of NHS Resolution's CNST scheme. For an informal tour, or if you would like to learn more about the job, please speak to Clare Cardu cccardunhs.net Head of Midwifery 01483 571122 ext 2312 Main duties of the job 1. To lead on and co-ordinate auditing of electronic patient record in the clinical areas to facilitate improvement in the standard of documentation across the service. 2. To support on-going implementation of electronic information systems to deliver clinical effectiveness, including audit projects. To work, in collaboration with local stakeholders including the STP and LMNS, to develop local Maternity Information Systems e.g. BadgerNet 3. To design, develop and maintain electronic information systems to store and archive all the clinical audits in maternity for submission as evidence as required for the NHSLA standards and CQC assessment process. 4. To maintain an up-to-date and comprehensive knowledge of local and national clinical effectiveness/audit issues, including the interpretation of national health polices relevant to the maternity services to ensure that goals and standards are reflected in the maternity risk management strategy. About us Royal Surrey is a compassionate and collaborative acute and community Trust. Recognising that our 5000 colleagues are our greatest strength, we offer a comprehensive health and wellbeing program along with a commitment to developing and advancing your career. Our diverse and welcoming Royal Surrey family will ensure you that you feel valued from your initial interview through your entire tenure. We are clinically led and provide joined up care by bridging the gap between hospital and community services alongside regional specialist cancer care. Our main acute hospital site is in Guildford with community hospital sites at Milford, Haslemere and Cranleigh. We provide adult community health services in homes across Guildford and Waverley. The Care Quality Commission (CQC) have given us an overall rating of Outstanding. Royal Surrey has a strong reputation and history to build on. We are proud of our achievements and we are investing in our colleagues through our commitment to supporting professional development as well as investing more than £45 million in our physical environment and new equipment in the next few years. There has never been a better time to join us. Although it isn't the Trusts normal practice, adverts may close early, so you are encouraged to submit an application as soon as possible. A video about the Royal Surrey - https://www.youtube.com/watch?vR96pMboIYdo Date posted 20 March 2025 Pay scheme Agenda for change Band Band 7 Salary £48,270 to £54,931 a year per annum pro rata Contract Permanent Working pattern Part-time Reference number 384-TM-EMF18141 B7 Job locations Royal Surrey Egerton Road Guildford GU2 7XX Job description Job responsibilities The digital midwife will lead on all activities regarding the electronic patient record systems within maternity, to include initial and on-going system development, implementation and training. The digital midwife will be responsible for working with the multiprofessional team to improve the accuracy and completeness of data quality and work to ensure that national data quality standards are met, including the Maternity Services Data Set. The digitial midwife will be responsible for analysing data, completing exception reports and providing data for internal use. The digitial midwife will also be responsible for extracting data for national reporting and ensuring accuracy of the data. Job description Job responsibilities The digital midwife will lead on all activities regarding the electronic patient record systems within maternity, to include initial and on-going system development, implementation and training. The digital midwife will be responsible for working with the multiprofessional team to improve the accuracy and completeness of data quality and work to ensure that national data quality standards are met, including the Maternity Services Data Set. The digitial midwife will be responsible for analysing data, completing exception reports and providing data for internal use. The digitial midwife will also be responsible for extracting data for national reporting and ensuring accuracy of the data. Person Specification Qualifications Essential Evidence of post-registration education Mentorship qualification (or equivalent) Desirable Practising registered midwife with demonstrable experience Knowledge & Experience Essential Previous experience of BadgerNet and Electronic Patient Records Evidence of good organisational and planning skills IT literacy (ECDL or equivalent experience) Able to problem solve Desirable Previous experience of Electronic Patient Records Person Specification Qualifications Essential Evidence of post-registration education Mentorship qualification (or equivalent) Desirable Practising registered midwife with demonstrable experience Knowledge & Experience Essential Previous experience of BadgerNet and Electronic Patient Records Evidence of good organisational and planning skills IT literacy (ECDL or equivalent experience) Able to problem solve Desirable Previous experience of Electronic Patient Records 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. UK Registration Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window). Additional information 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. UK Registration Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window). Employer details Employer name Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust Address Royal Surrey Egerton Road Guildford GU2 7XX Employer's website https://www.royalsurrey.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)