Digital Midwife

An exciting opportunity to work within an expanding team of digital clinicians, including midwives, nurses and allied health professionals based within Digital & Information Services leading and influencing Nottingham University Hospital’s (NUH) digital agenda.

We are looking for a passionate midwife to play a pivotal role in supporting and implementing the digital roadmap across NUH, particularly focussing on the Maternity agenda and the use of BadgerNet and Nervecentre, as we move forward on our Electronic Patient Record (EPR) programme. With a strong focus on quality and improvement, you will provide innovative solutions and supportive leadership to clinicians promoting the use of BadgerNet, Nervecentre and other digital solutions to influence a change in culture from paper documentation to a digital alternative. This role will include education & support for all clinicians involved with patient documentation and will predominantly involve supporting staff in the clinical environment.

To lead on & support the implementation of the digital agenda across Maternity Services with. The digital roadmap is a very ambitious programme with a tight timeframe and will therefore require someone with experience of working within a clinical setting, an understanding of digital technologies and clinical knowledge to ensure we deploy excellent clinical systems.

The role will involve leading change within the clinical environment, supporting and education clinicians in the use of new technologies, understanding project management principles (Prince 2) and the ability to lead, support and direct staff on this exciting journey from paper to digital.

As part of the digital clinical team your role will be fundamental in developing and maintaining relationships across maternity to ensure engagement of clinicians across all disciplines on this challenging journey. This role requires a well-respected, credible, responsive and influential clinician educated to degree level, you should have a proven track record in change management and the ability to create a service improvement environment which fosters care and compassion.

With over 19,000 staff, we are one of the biggest employers in the city with a central role in supporting the health and wellbeing of our local population. We play a leading role in research, education and innovation.

Come and join our wonderful team at NUH. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With endless personal development opportunities available, at NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career

Please refer to the Job Description and Personal Spec attached for more detailed information..

The post holder will play a fundamental role in the implementation of the midwifery digital agenda in line with NUH’s digital strategy. The post holder will play a pivotal role in leading the potential digitalisation of midwifery documentation using a variety of software systems/solutions. This role will be integral to the success of Digitising Health Records and will support the Digital Matron in enabling staff to develop and improve patient information, systems and processes across clinical services within the Trust.

The post holder will facilitate and monitor progress of the programmes of work and provide practical support to the clinical teams to take forward service improvement and new ways of working. The post holder will also work with the senior clinical team to ensure alignment of goals and priorities to achieve the overall project plan. Working collaboratively with Digital Services and Supplier Deployment Teams to deliver new systems to support NUH clinical staff including mobile technologies.

The post holder will work closely with staff at NUH to deliver the digital agenda in maternity services. Promoting innovative, effective and lasting solutions to complex information requirements. Improving patient safety, quality and patient experience is an explicit priority rather than an assumption and needs to underpin all elements of initiatives undertaken.

The digital clinical team is made up of nurses, midwives and allied health professional who are involved in all aspects of the implementation and deployment of digital projects that have a clinical element. The team is at the centre of this exciting transformation from paper documentation to a digital alternative.

The role requires a self motivated individual that can manage their own workload, while supporting other members of the team.

The post will require hybrid working and flexibility, with occasional shift working and the ability to work across both campus's.