The Lead Digital Midwife supporting the Chief Nursing Information Officer (CNIO) Chief Information Officer (CIO) and Chief Clinical Information Officer (CCIO) leads the development and adoption of Digital to support midwifery practice.
The Lead Digital Midwife will take particular responsibility for: e nsuring maternity adoption and engagement in the use of technology and developing clinical Information that supports and enhances nursing practice and organisational efficiency. Also d riving continuous clinical process improvement in the Nursing and Midwifery divisions focused on patient outcomes and efficiency.
Our Values are Include, Respect, and Improve. It is important that you understand and refer to our values during your recruitment process and beyond!
The Lead Digital Midwife (DM) is a key leadership role central to the success of the Trust’s Digital and Maternity Strategies.
You will act as a translator and main point of liaison for midwifery staff and will act as deputy for the CNIO . As a transformational leader with exemplary clinical credibility, the Lead DM will provide expert clinical advice and guidance to support the Trust’s developments in Digital Technology. They will hold a recognised CSO qualification or be willing to undertake.
Be the Lead Midwife for digital with ownership and responsibility for the co-ordination and collation of data with colleagues in the maternity, digital department and external agencies where required .
Take responsibility for ensuring midwifery adoption and engagement in the use of technology
To ensure that the maternity IT system functionality is adhered to support practitioners professional standards.
Work towards the ambitions of Better Births to evaluate the maternity IT system and its abilities to meet the recommendations
At East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general and specialist services we provide and our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible and innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.
We run the following hospitals:
The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
Hertford County, Hertford
Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood
We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation and our staff and patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.
We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. This means that any employee is entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns and we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made and considered formally, and will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.
Please see attached job description and person specification for more detailed information on the role of the Lead Digital Midwife.
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