Digital Support Midwife

Barnsley Hospital Nhs Foundation Trust; Hanley; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Barnsley Hospital NHS FT is seeking a Digital Support Midwife to work with the Digital Midwife, developing and optimising maternity digital systems to improve patient care. You will deliver training, resolve user issues and monitor data quality across Women’s Services, contributing to service improvement.

The role involves audits, preparing reports and supporting digital transformation projects to ensure safe, effective systems for women, babies and families.

Qualifications

• Essential: Registered Midwife Band 6.
• Essential: RGN/RM/AHP/Healthcare registration/qualification.
• Essential: Evidence of continuing professional development.
• Essential: Teaching qualification and/or recent teaching experience.
• Desirable: Learning beyond registration.
• Desirable: Basic computer packages experience (ECDL, Word, PowerPoint, Excel).
• Desirable: Post-graduate management qualification or equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Support development, implementation and ongoing optimisation of maternity digital systems across Women’s Services.
• Provide staff training and user support for maternity IT systems.
• Monitor data quality, undertake audits and validate reports.
• Support digital transformation projects and drive digital improvement in care.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Verbal communication

Written communication

Problem solving

IT skills

Education

Midwife registration

CPD evidence

Tools

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

ECDL

Job description

Job summary

You will work alongside the Digital Midwife to support the development and effective use of digital systems across Womens Services. This varied role includes supporting staff with maternity IT systems, delivering training, resolving user issues, monitoring data quality, undertaking audits and validating reports. You will act as a champion for digital improvement, helping to ensure systems are safe, effective and support high-quality care for women, babies and families.

Main duties of the job

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and innovative midwife to join our maternity team as a Digital Support Midwife. Working alongside the Digital Midwife, you will support the development, implementation and ongoing optimisation of maternity digital systems, helping colleagues make the most of technology to improve patient care and service delivery. The role includes staff training, user support, data quality monitoring, audit activity and supporting digital transformation projects across Women's Services. This is an excellent opportunity for a midwife with a passion for digital healthcare, service improvement and improving outcomes for women and families.

About us

Barnsley is a place of real warmth and community spirit. With a proud industrial past, the town offers affordable living, great transport links, rich culture and many green spaces. Barnsley punches above its weight and has recently seen economic growth, substantial regeneration and digital ambition, whilst leading the way in healthcare innovation and employability.

At Barnsley Hospital, we are a close-knit, ambitious team delivering outstanding care in the heart of South Yorkshire. Our aim is to be the best place to work and we have been consistently rated by our people as being amongst the very best Trusts in the country in areas such as compassionate leadership, teamwork and supporting colleague wellbeing.

We offer a friendly working environment where you will be recognised and valued for what you do, led with compassion and integrity and have your career and wellbeing supported.

Barnsley Hospital NHS FT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity and fair treatment to all applicants.

For individuals who require sponsorship under the skilled worker or health & care visa route please use the link on the right hand side of the advert to check your eligibility.

The cost of the DBS (criminal records check) for Band 6 and above roles will only be met by the successful candidate(s) through salary deduction.

Please note we reserve the right to close positions early

Job responsibilities

Job Description for Digital Support Midwife

Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details of the role and responsibilities.

Supporting Documents

Please refer to the values-based recruitment guidance and associated documentation.

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Midwife Band 6


• RGN / RM / AHP / Healthcare registration / qualification


• Evidence of continuing professional development


• Teaching qualification and / or recent teaching experience

Desirable

• Evidence of learning beyond registration


• Undertaken basic qualifications in the use of computer packages such as the European Computer Driving License (ECDL) or Word, PowerPoint and excel software


• Post-graduate management qualification and / or equivalent level of knowledge gained through extensive experience


• Project management qualification or relevant experience

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working with healthcare administration IT systems


• Service development experience, delivering clinical quality improvements and successful service change

Desirable

• Experience of working in all care settings (acute and primary care)


• Multidisciplinary working


• Experience of working with healthcare clinical IT systems


• Teaching and training


• Proven experience of working in an environment with a range of IT infrastructures and Microsoft technologies


• Good understanding of digital systems and advances to develop and manage electronic patient records

Values Based Questions

Essential

• Please describe in around 100 words: What motivates you to do a good job?, Please describe in around 100 words: Describe an example of where you have helped to improve the service of a department.

Knowledge and Awareness

Essential

• Up to date and evidence based knowledge of current clinical and professional issues

Desirable

• In-depth understanding of the relevance of high quality data


• In-depth understanding of the Maternity Services Data Set (MSDS) and ability to apply the findings to improve service delivery

Skills and abilities

Essential

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills


• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, report writing and investigation skills


• Standard IT skills


• Problem solving and analytical skills relating to the identification and assessment of evidence required to support decision making

Desirable

• Advanced level skills in Microsoft Word and Excel


• Presenting and teaching skills


• Able to teach and assess in the clinical area

Values

Essential

• Please describe in around 100 words: What Equality & Diversity means to you and why they are important


• Please describe in around 100 words: What motivates you to do a good job?


• Please describe in around 100 words: Describe an example of where you have helped to improve the service of a department.

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.

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