Digital Midwife - Ormskirk, United Kingdom - Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

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Ormskirk, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Please note this post will have an element of cross site working across the Ormskirk and Whiston sites.

Exciting opportunity to gain experience at band 7 as a Digital Midwife.

This is a 12 month post to provide cover and support for the current Digital Midwife whilst the Trust implements a new Digital Maternity system.

Are you an experienced midwife who is confident and competent with electronic information systems? are you ready to take the next step in your career and have the ability to provide training to others both on a one to one and in classroom settings ? If so this may be the post for you, suitable as a fixed term contract or secondment.

The Digital Midwife is responsible for providing first line day to day management of the Maternity Information System, Newborn & Infant physical Examination programme (NIPE) and Medway electronic patient record (EPR).

The post holder is a practising midwife working within Maternity Services and is therefore able to identify opportunities to expand and improve the use of the Maternity Information System.

They will coordinate and integrate in to clinical care the various facets of the system ensuring safe clinical practice occurs by all users.

Has responsibility for ensuring all staff are trained and competent in the use of the various systems used to record care within Maternity Services.

He/she works closely with the Matron for Maternity Services, Clinical Lead Midwives, IT and Information Departments to ensure new systems and upgrades are implemented smoothly within the Department.

He/ she will provide ongoing support for staff using the system.

The post holder will work clinically across the Maternity Service to maintain own competence and credibility.

The Secretary of State has approved the partnership between St Helens & Knowsley Teaching Hospitals and Southport & Ormskirk Hospitals.

From 1 st July we have come together as a single organisation under the name Mersey & West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.

The Trust delivers acute hospital care, intermediate care, community, and primary care services to a population of over 600,000 people with a combined workforce of around 9000 dedicated and skilled staff from 17 locations including Whiston, Southport & Formby, St Helens, Ormskirk and Newton hospitals.

The Trust provides regional services for burns, plastic surgery and spinal injuries to more than 4 million people across Mersey and West Lancashire, Cheshire, the Isle of Man and North Wales.

Our Vision is to deliver 5 Star Patient Care:
CARE that is evidence based, high quality and compassionate

SAFETY that is of the highest standards

COMMUNICATION that is open, inclusive and respectful

SYSTEMS that are efficient, patient centred and reliable

PATHWAYS that are best practice and embedded, but also respect the individual needs of patients

Our achievements include:

Trust rated Outstanding by CQC Inspection August 2018

Top 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers & Health Service Journal)

Awarded National Preceptorship Accreditation for our Nursing & AHP Preceptorship Programme

Please see our Wellbeing & Benefits booklet for more information on our staff benefits.

Advert date: 13th March 2024

Closing date: 1st April 2024

Shortlisting date: 2nd April 2024

Interview date:

TBC
Please be aware the vacancy may close early if a sufficient number of applicants is reached.