Job overview

Band 7 Digital Midwife

37.5 Hours

An exciting opportunity to work as a Digital Midwife at The Hillingdon Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has arisen. You will lead on all aspects of the use and development of the maternity information systems, support the use of digital technology within the Maternity Department and be responsible for ensuring that clinical practice, supported by digital technology, meets professional standards. This will be done through the provision of clinical expertise, professional direction and effective leadership.

If you are passionate about working to support midwifery services and helping to shape sustainable quality improvements, we would love to hear from you. This is an excellent opportunity for a talented self-motivated midwife to join our friendly maternity team.

Duties will include the day to day management of the electronic maternity records system, the production of statistics for both local and regional dashboards, staff training, close working with staff to ensure that they are supported with inputting data and working collaboratively with both the local and regional multi-disciplinary teams and the external systems providers. Your role will include supporting the process of monthly reports of KPI and cross checking of data to ensure accuracy. You will be responsible for monitoring the quality of data within the maternity electronic records and identifying areas for improvement, leading on the implementation of improvement plans.

Main duties of the job

As part of the Maternity team, you will have responsibility for all aspects of the use and development of the maternity information systems. You will co-ordinate and provide IT education, training and have overall responsibility for ensuring the accuracy of data within the service. You will work closely with staff to ensure that they are supported with inputting data correctly. Your role will include supporting the process of monthly reports of KPI, the maternity dashboard and cross checking of data to ensure accuracy.

You will work with members of the multidisciplinary team within the hospital and community venues, including midwifery staff, medical staff, coding, contracts, business informatics (BI) and IT. You will deliver information based on current evidence based research.

Working for our organisation

The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is the only acute Hospital in the London Borough of Hillingdon and offers a wide range of services including accident and emergency, inpatient care, day surgery, outpatient clinics and maternity services. The Trust’s services at Mount Vernon Hospital include routine day surgery, delivered at a modern treatment centre, a minor injuries unit and outpatient clinics.

The safety and well-being of our patients and of our staff is paramount and we are making urgent improvements to address this – particularly in infection prevention and control. We are making progress and going forward by working in partnership with local GPs, charities,
community services, academic partners, our local authority, neighbouring hospitals and the wider North West London Integrated care system, and ensuring that we listen and work in partnership with our local population. We are absolutely focused on ensuring that our hospitals
provide high quality, safe and compassionate care, while drive forward the building of the new Hillingdon Hospital.

We have over 3,500 members of staff that are proud to care for nearly half a million people, with a vision to be an outstanding provider of healthcare through leading health and academic partnerships, transforming services, to provide the best care where needed.