Maternity Information System Midwife Band 7

The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust; Shrewsbury; On-site; GBP 49,000 - 57,000; Full time

Job summary

The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust is seeking a Band 7 Maternity Information System Midwife Lead to oversee the Maternity EPR, ensuring safe, integrated operation and ongoing development across the Trust.

You will deliver training, drive system enhancements, and provide expert guidance on functionality, data quality, and best practice with a strong emphasis on governance and patient care.

Qualifications

• Registered Midwife active on the NMC register.
• Postgraduate study or master’s degree or equivalent experience.
• Management qualification or equivalent experience.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic and clinical leadership for the maternity digital agenda.
• Lead implementation, optimisation and management of the Maternity IT system.
• Ensure GDPR compliance, data quality and national submissions.
• Deliver user training, system enhancements and configuration changes.
• Collaborate with clinical leads, IT teams, suppliers and governance colleagues.

Skills

Midwifery leadership

Digital health tools

Training delivery

Clinical governance

Data & audits

Change management

Communication

Incident investigation

Education

Registered Midwife

Postgraduate study / master’s degree

Management Qualification

Tools

Maternity IT system (EPR)

Reporting tools

Job description

Maternity Information System Midwife Band 7

NHS AfC: Band 7

Main area Maternity Information System Midwife Band 7 Grade NHS AfC: Band 7 Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week Job ref 223-MIS-762

Site Princess Royal Hospital Town Apley Castle Salary £49,387 - £56,515 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 15/10/2026 23:59

Job overview

As the Midwife Lead, you will manage and oversee the Maternity Electronic Patient Record (EPR) system, ensuring its effective operation, sustainability, and ongoing development. You will lead service delivery, support colleagues, and provide expert guidance to optimise the use of the system across the Trust.

You will deliver user training, system enhancements, and configuration changes, ensuring the clinical record meets the highest standards. Working collaboratively within the multidisciplinary team, you will provide expert advice on system functionality, integration with other health solutions, and the implementation of best practice.

You will undertake audits and produce reports on system utilisation, interpreting findings to inform improvements and corrective actions to maintain professional and organisational standards. The role requires highly developed clinical and technical skills, including precision, coordination, and the ability to convey complex information clearly to staff at all levels.

Main duties of the job

The Digital Lead Midwife provides strategic and clinical leadership for the maternity digital agenda, ensuring systems are safe, effective, and fully integrated across the Trust. Acting as the expert resource on maternity digital developments, the role represents the Trust at regional and national forums and aligns initiatives with guidance such as Better Births.

The post-holder leads the implementation, optimisation, and management of the Maternity IT system, supporting safe, evidence-based care. Responsibilities include evaluating system functionality, addressing data quality issues, overseeing reporting and national submissions, ensuring GDPR compliance, managing digital risks, investigating incidents, and maintaining business continuity.

The role drives digital transformation and engagement with electronic maternity records, collaborating with clinical leads, senior management, IT teams, suppliers, and governance colleagues to ensure systems are fit for purpose, sustainable, and aligned with the Trust's digital roadmap. This includes contributing to business cases, managing contracts, and overseeing digital budgets

Working for our organisation

We believe that compassionate care sits at the heart of everything we do. Every member of our team — clinical or non-clinical — plays a vital role in ensuring that patients, families, and colleagues are treated with dignity, empathy, and respect at all times.

We expect all staff to demonstrate compassion not only through their words, but through their actions: by listening attentively, communicating clearly and kindly, and recognising individual needs, feelings, and circumstances of those in our care.

Effective communication is central to safe and high-quality healthcare. We value colleagues who take the time to understand others, explain information in a meaningful way, and respond to concerns with patience and understanding.

By joining our team, you are committing to uphold these values — ensuring that every patient feels heard, respected, and valued, and that compassion is embedded in every interaction, every day.

Our Service will relocate to The Royal Shrewsbury Hospital in 2028 as part of HTP. This move will bring specialist services together in a modern, purpose-built facility to improve patient care and team experience.

We are actively recruiting, and successful candidates will be expected to move with the Service in early 2028. The relocation will follow a formal management of change process, including full consultation and support for staff.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For full duties and responsibilities please refer to the attached document entitled Job Description.

Education

• Registered Midwife – active on the NMC register.
• Evidence of in-depth experience and postgraduate study or post registration study such as master’s degree or equivalent experience.
• Management Qualification

Knowledge, Training and Experience

• Strong understanding of midwifery practice, clinical governance, and professional standards (NMC Code).
• Knowledge of digital health tools, electronic records, and technology-enabled care pathways.
• Band 6 or above midwifery experience with leadership and clinical autonomy.
• Experience planning and delivering training sessions, including digital health and technology-enabled care.
• Previous involvement in the development, implementation and audit of clinical guidelines and standards

Communication and Skills

• Knowledge of the current local and national nursing agenda and priorities
• Ability to manage own work without supervision
• Experience/understanding management of change in a clinical setting

Other

• Ability to work from both hospital sites as required to meet the demands of the service

We commit to removing barriers for people with disabilities or long-term health conditions in recruitment, training, and career progression. We will offer an interview to all applicants with a disability who meet the minimum criteria for the above position and will support reasonable adjustments wherever possible. In addition, whilst all applicants will be judged on merit alone, we particularly welcome applications from candidates who are male, from black and minority ethnic backgrounds or who have a disability, as these are currently under‑represented in our workforce.

We are committed to offering an interview to applicants from the Armed Forces community who meet the minimum criteria for the position. In addition, for those who are successfully appointed from the Armed Forces community, the Trust are committed to recognising previous service and rank in terms of pay, annual leave and other terms and conditions.

We are committed to equal opportunities in employment. The policies and practices of the Trust aim to promote an environment that is free from all forms of unlawful or unfair discrimination and values the diversity of all people. At the heart of our policy, we seek to treat people fairly, flexibly and with dignity and respect.

Don’t meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that women and people from an Ethnic minority background are less likely to apply for jobs unless they meet every single qualification. We are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

We aim to create a trusting, flexible workplace, that attracts talent and enables everyone to be their best working self. Many of our colleagues work flexibly in many different ways, including part-time. Please talk to us at interview about the flexibility you need. We can’t promise to give you exactly what you want, but we do promise a fair and equitable process that balances your needs, the needs of our patients and service delivery.

Our Commitment to Safety and Respect - The Trust is a signatory to the NHS Sexual Safety Charter and is committed to a safe, inclusive workplace free from sexual misconduct, harassment, and discrimination.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.