Job overview

We are looking for a dedicated and innovative individual to undertake the role of Lead Digital Midwife. This role is aimed at an experienced midwife with data management skills, informatics skills, and management skills, to support health and care services to improve the outcomes for pregnant women and address health inequalities.

The post holder will lead on the design and implementation of national digital programmes, oversee the tracking of progress against digital transformation plans and develop a networked approach to enable digital transformation. They will act as an autonomous, accountable practitioner working on their own initiative and in collaboration with the multi-disciplinary team, but visible to the staff and working alongside midwives in their day-to-day settings. They will be an expert and will take responsibility for the day-to-day system administration of the maternity section of the electronic health records system in conjunction with the Digital Midwife (Band 6). This will include participation in its technological development, as required to fulfil the needs of the maternity service within hospital and community settings.

The post holder will support the delivery of a high quality, safe and compassionate healthcare service, and a key element within the role will be ensuring quality data is captured and submitted to inform trends and service improvement.

Main duties of the job

To ensure we are delivering high quality, standardised care to all women and birthing people, we are looking to recruit a Lead Digital Midwife within our established team of specialist midwives.

You will be part of the management team, supporting all members of the wider team to ensure electronic health records are being used to their full extent.  You will be expected to lead on new projects and endeavours within the Digital Midwifery team, and co-ordinate and deliver training to both new and experienced staff on the use of all digital platforms.

The successful candidate must act as a resource and a role model and provide leadership, specialist advice and support to colleagues and be flexible to meet the needs of the service. You will be required to be flexible, open and approachable and demonstrate effective management procedures that enable efficient provision of high-quality care within available resources, thinking creatively to be able to work within financial constraints while developing the digital service e.g., role modernisation and review of skill mix.

You must have the ability to influence change through the development and empowerment of staff, to work effectively and efficiently within a rapidly changing environment, and possess the ability to motivate and promote team working whilst demonstrating a high level of personal integrity.

Working for our organisation

The Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is the largest employer in the county. And with over 9,000 staff, we're one of the largest NHS trusts in the UK. We offer a huge range of opportunities and benefits in a genuinely supportive working environment.

Maternity services at Gloucestershire hospitals offer a full range of services to support the women of Gloucestershire. We deliver around 6000 babies a year across our two free-standing birth units, an along-side birth unit, home births and an Obstetric unit, offering midwives the opportunity to work in a variety of settings in our community services, birth units and Delivery Suite.

Our team is dynamic and constantly evolving to manage the demand and challenges of the service. We work closely together to ensure a friendly, positive and supportive environment whilst recognising individual development needs.