Digital Project Midwife (BadgerNet Maternity System)

Barts Health NHS Trust; City Of London; On-site; GBP 56,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS trust in London seeks a Digital Project Midwife to aid in the implementation of the BadgerNet Maternity System. The candidate will bridge clinical and digital teams, ensuring effective system adoption and quality care. Ideal for a registered midwife committed to improving maternity services through innovative digital solutions. Salary ranges from £56,276 to £63,176 annually.

Qualifications

• Registered Midwife with degree level education.
• Experience in working with database, data analysis, and coding.
• Knowledge of current NHS maternity strategy and policy.

Responsibilities

• Support the implementation of the BadgerNet Maternity System across the service.
• Train maternity staff to ensure effective adoption of BadgerNet.
• Conduct quality control and balance needs of different departments.

Skills

Communication

Data analysis

Teamwork

Empathy

Enthusiasm for teaching

Quality assurance

Education

Registered Midwife

Educated to degree level

Master's degree

Tools

MS Excel

MS Access

BadgerNet Maternity

Job description

Digital Project Midwife (BadgerNet Maternity System)

Barts Health NHS Trust is embarking on an exciting digital transformation journey within our maternity services -- and we are looking for a passionate and forward-thinking Digital Midwife to join our team.

This role will be central to the successful implementation and launch of the BadgerNet Maternity Information System, supporting safer, smarter, and more integrated care for women, birthing people, babies, and families across our maternity pathway.

As a Digital Midwife, you will act as a bridge between clinical and digital teams -- ensuring that the new system reflects the needs of our service users and staff, and that its adoption delivers real benefits in care quality, safety, and experience.

This is an ideal opportunity for a midwife who wants to make a real difference by shaping the future of digital maternity care at one of the largest NHS trusts in the country.

At Barts Health, we are committed to being an outstanding place to work, learn, and grow. You'll be part of a supportive, innovative, and multidisciplinary team driving forward digital transformation for safer, more connected maternity services.

For further information or an informal discussion, please contact:Shereen Nimmo, Group Director of Midwifery, Barts Health. [e-mail]

Main duties of the job

The Digital Project Midwife (BadgerNet Maternity System) is a member of the multi professional maternity care team whose aim is to support the full implementation of the maternity BadgerNet IT system across all parts of the maternity service within a defined timescale.

• To support the development and implementation of BadgerNet in line with the objectives of the Barts Health NHS Trust, the PID for the implementation for BadgerNet and the Barts Health Clinical and Digital strategies. This is to ensure that the deliverables meet the clinical and organisational needs and comply with the wider digital agenda.
• To support the change management process, and in particular the training of maternity staff to ensure that the benefits are realised from the effective implementation of BadgerNet and that it complies with the wider digital agenda.
• To meet the project's objectives and ensure quality control.
• To Balance the needs of Barts maternity with the requests from other departments or ICB with the implementation of BadgerNet.
• To influence and motivate people to change, especially those in senior and established positions. including persuading people to change their working practice when they will not gain any direct benefit in the immediate future but this change could be vital for the realisation of the "big picture".

About us

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.

The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.

Job responsibilities

We are dedicated to being an outstanding place to work and will work with you to get the best experience. We know flexible working is not a one size fits all and will mean something different to everyone. We are inclusive, so if you are interested in flexible working, please speak to the recruiting manager.

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.

Although this position is a 12 months fixed-term contract, the actual contract duration will be adjusted to account for the time taken to advertise the post, complete the hiring process, and finalise pre-employment checks. This means the contract will begin when the candidate starts the role and may be slightly shorter than 12 months.

Person Specification

Qualifications & Experience

• Registered Midwife.
• Educated to degree level
• Teaching in Clinical Practice or equivalent.
• Have knowledge and experience of working with data base, data analysis and coding
• Experience of using BadgerNet maternity
• Master's degree or working towards

Communication

• Ability to work as part of a multi- disciplinary team
• Ability to communicate effectively at all levels across
• The ability to communication with patients in an empathetic manner regarding their treatment and procedures.
• Can demonstrate an enthusiastic, approachable and friendly manner.
• Ability to communicate effectively, both written and oral

Skills & Development

• Ability to demonstrate enthusiasm towards teaching and sharing knowledge.
• Ability to self-reflect, carry out tasks of own job and identify learning needs and interests
• Ability to take an active role in agreed learning activities and keeps a record of them
• Demonstrates a greater understanding of others learning needs and evidence of facilitation skills
• Is able to assess the usefulness and compatibility of digital tools and identify benefits to clinical care and quality

Service Improvment

• Knowledge of current and emerging
• NHS maternity strategy and policy
• Ability to offer constructive suggestions for service improvement
• Effectively carries out tasks related to evaluating services understanding and rising to the challenges in service improvement
• Quality Improvement course completion/Qualification

Quality Assurance

• Ability to work within set timeframes working to priorities and deadlines
• Ability to monitor the quality of own and others work and provide feedback
• Able to recognise own limits and work within those limits of competence
• Ability to use and maintain resources efficiently and effectively and encourage others to do so
• To provide data and information prior to deadlines

Information collection and analysis

• Can prove computer literacy in Windows and IT systems
• Competent using MS Excel/Access to present quality data/information

People Management

• Ability to support staff appraisals
• Ability to delegate authority to people and monitor them against required outcomes
• Ability to assess the work of the team, provide clear constructive feedback to the team in order to maintain and improve performance

Other Requirements

• Ability to work flexible hours to meet service requirements

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.

£56,276 to £63,176 a yearPer annum inc pro rata