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Digital/Informatics Specialist Midwife

On-site in London·Full-time·Added today (last checked 9 Nov)

Our summary

Salary
£55,524 - £62,652 a year

About £3,560 - £3,910 a month after tax.

Work mode
On-site, London
Contract
Permanent, full-time hours
Closing date
Apply by Wednesday 18 November
Commute
Cycle to work scheme

Skills

The role

Would you like to join our friendly midwifery team in East London? An exciting opportunity has arisen to extend your IT skills within a Midwifery setting.

We are looking to recruit an informatics specialist midwife and can offer an exciting opportunity to lead on digital and informatics within the maternity department at Whipps cross Hospital.

We are looking for an enthusiastic and IT competent midwife. You will co-ordinate and lead on the digital strategy for Maternity at Whipps cross but also support the wider Barts health Informatics strategy working closely across site with your counterparts.  You will also be required to support information technology regarding clinical documentation.  Barts Health currently uses Cerner millennium (CRS) for recording clinical records therefore knowledge of a computer based clinical documentation is essential. However, Barts health will see the implementation of Badgernet in 2027 so knowledge of this computer-based system would be useful.

You will have overall responsibility to ensure the accuracy of data within the service and provide reports as required.

The successful candidate will be supported by the senior management team and counterparts across the 3 maternity units and the wider informatics team.

What you'll do

As part of the Maternity Team, you will co-ordinate and provide information technology support and training. Have an overall responsibility for ensuring the accuracy of data within the service and work closely with the staff to ensure that they are supported by the in putting of correct information electronically. You will be responsible for the preparation of the maternity dashboard and would also incorporate producing monthly key performance indicator reports for dissemination, discussion, and data quality assurance.

You will work with members of the wider multidisciplinary team within the hospital and community, including children’s center staff, midwifery staff, midwifery students support teams and medical personnel.  You will also support the new maternity digital solutions strategy on site and across site and within the ELMNs

Essential criteria

  • Registered Midwife.
  • Educated to degree level
  • Have knowledge and experience of working with data base, data analysis and coding
  • 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
  • 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 learning needs
  • Ability to work flexible hours to meet service requirements

Desirable criteria

  • Teaching in Clinical Practice or equivalent.
  • Master’s degree or working towards

About Barts Health NHS Trust

Industry
Health and social care

In their own words

About the company & team

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. 

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.

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 where staff treat one another with dignity and respect. We aim to create an equitable working environment where every individual can fulfil their potential.

As an Equal Opportunities Employer we actively support applications from individuals’ who apply under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme and will process your application as appropriate.

We reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once a sufficient number of applications has been received and we regret that we are unable to provide notification if your application is unsuccessful. 

After applying via NHS Jobs, your submitted application will be imported into our preferred Third party recruitment system. All subsequent information regarding your application will be generated from apps.trac.jobs. 

By applying for this post you are agreeing to Barts Health NHS Trust transferring the information contained in this application to its preferred applicant management system. If you are offered a job, information will also be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system.

Barts Health is committed to safeguarding the welfare of children and to child protection. The Trust aims to ensure as far as is possible that anyone, paid or unpaid, who seeks to work in our organisation and who gains access to children, is safe to do so. As such, you may be required to undertake a Disclosure and Barring Check as part of the recruitment process if appointed to a post with direct access to children or vulnerable adults.

Barts Health promotes active travel as part of its goal to reach Net Zero. Each site is accessible by public transport and the Trust has a cycle to work scheme and some sites have Brompton Hire Pods.

Additional information

Barts Health supports the Pregnancy Loss Pledge and commits to supporting their staff through the distress of miscarriage.

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.

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.

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