Digital Clinical Specialist Midwife

Bristol Nhs Foundation Trust; West of England; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Bristol NHS Foundation Trust seeks a Digital Clinical Specialist to lead digital maternity initiatives, aligning clinical input with the Digital Strategy and ensuring safe, user-centered digital solutions for women, babies and families.

The role spans design, implementation and adoption of systems like the Maternity EPR, with emphasis on data quality, MSDS compliance and continuous improvement within a collaborative team.

Qualifications

• Understanding of clinical systems in acute hospital settings.
• Knowledge of change process methodologies.
• Experience in developing and delivering clinical education and training.
• Understanding of Health Policy and how IT improves clinical processes.
• Experience of delivering practice changes or quality improvement projects.
• Experienced midwife with leadership or people management experience.
• Experience working with multi-professional teams and service users.
• Ability to create training plans and materials.
• Professional Registration (NMC) and commitment to ongoing learning.
• Degree level qualification.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialist clinical informatics input for maternity services and act as a link between clinicians, Digital Services and system suppliers.
• Support the design, implementation, optimisation and adoption of digital solutions including the Maternity EPR and related systems.
• Drive user engagement and adoption, ensuring safe, effective and user-focused digital tools.
• Improve maternity data quality and compliance with the MSDS; promote sustainable digital practices.
• Champion innovation and continuous improvement in digital maternity care.

Skills

Clinical systems knowledge

Change management

Training delivery

Stakeholder engagement

Analytical thinking

Education

NMC Registration

Degree level qualification

Midwifery degree

Job description

Job summary

Are you passionate about improving patient care through digital innovation? We are seeking a motivated Digital Clinical Specialist to support the development, implementation and optimisation of digital systems that enhance clinical workflows, patient outcomes and staff experience.

Working with clinicians, operational teams, suppliers and digital colleagues, you will provide expert clinical input throughout the design, testing, implementation and adoption of digital solutions. You will engage with stakeholders to understand requirements, support service transformation and promote best practice in electronic documentation and record keeping.

We are looking for a registered Midwife with excellent communication, problem-solving and stakeholder engagement skills. Experience of electronic patient records, digital transformation, clinical informatics or change management would be advantageous.

This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to innovative digital programmes and make a real difference to patient care while developing your career within a supportive and forward-thinking team.

Main duties of the job

This pivotal role supports delivery of the organisation's Digital Strategy, transforming digital concepts into clinically led solutions that enhance user experience and improve outcomes for women, babies and families. At a time of significant change across Bristol's NHS organisations and the move towards a single acute hospital trust, the post offers an exciting opportunity to shape the future of digital maternity services.

The post holder will provide specialist clinical informatics expertise for maternity services, acting as the key link between maternity clinicians, Digital Services, information teams and system suppliers. They will support the design, implementation, optimisation and adoption of digital solutions including the Maternity EPR, wider Electronic Patient Record (EPR) systems and associated technologies.

Working closely with clinicians, patients and stakeholders, they will ensure digital systems are safe, effective and user focused, driving clinical engagement and adoption. The role includes improving maternity data quality, supporting compliance with the Maternity Services Data Set (MSDS), embedding sustainable digital practices and promoting a digitally skilled workforce. The post holder will champion innovation, continuous improvement and the effective use of technology to enhance care quality and clinical outcomes across maternity services.

About us

Bristol NHS Foundation Trust brings together more than 28,000 staff to deliver over 160 clinical services across thirteen hospital locations, operating from three main sites at Southmead, Bristol city centre and Weston.

With an annual turnover of £2.3 billion, we are now one of the largest NHS trusts in the United Kingdom. Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston, join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds; city living within a stone's throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that the South West has to offer.

Bristol NHS Foundation Trust values all people as individuals. As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your application in order to ensure we're meeting our pledge.

Job responsibilities

For a more detailed job description and main responsibilities, please refer to the job description document attached to this vacancy.

Person Specification

Training, Knowledge and Experience

Essential

• Understanding of clinical systems and their use within an acute hospital environment
• Knowledge of change process methodologies
• Experience of the development and delivery of clinical education and training
• Understanding of Health Policy and how IT can be used to improve operational and clinical processes for clinical colleagues including doctors, nursing, midwifery and AHPs
• Experience of delivering practice changes or quality improvement projects
• Experienced midwife with experience of leading teams or people
• Experience of working collaboratively with multi-professional teams and service users
• Experience of creating and delivering training plans and materials
• Detailed understanding of professional and clinical standards and policies
• Highly computer literate
• Professional Registration (NMC)
• Evidence of commitment to continuous learning and application in practice
• Degree level qualification

Desirable

• Experience of patient safety and experience of clinical risk management including an awareness of patient safety risks and the pitfalls of implementing clinical IT systems
• Post Registration qualification / Post Graduate diploma and training
• Accredited Clinical Safety Officer or willing to work towards attaining this qualification
• Change management/ transformation qualification
• Project Management qualification

Communication Skills

Essential

• Able to deal with difficult issues sensitively and diplomatically
• Advanced communication skills verbal/written including excellent presentation and report writing
• Ability to engage, motivate colleagues and other stakeholders, leading colleagues and gaining trust and confidence
• Excellent persuasion and negotiating skills with the ability to deal effectively with challenging situations and challenging people
• Ability to present to large mixed audiences in an engaging manner
• Excellent communication skills

Analytical Skills

Essential

• Able to analyse and interpret complex information and present to non-experts in an understandable way

Desirable

• Able to display information in a way that demonstrates change and benefits in an easy to consume way for example a poster

Planning Skills

Essential

• Highly organised and able to balance / prioritise service delivery requirements and project delivery milestones

Management Skills

Essential

• Experienced healthcare practitioner with experience of leading teams or people
• Develops themselves and the team with a commitment to develop and educate clinical colleagues
• Ability to appreciate the needs of others and lead with empathy and compassion

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.

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).