Lead Digital Midwife • Gloucester Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
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{"interviewQueryText":"What are some good interview questions in British English for the job description below?\n\n-------------------------------------------\n\nLead Digital Midwife with Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in Gloucester\n\n We are looking for a dedicated and innovative individual to undertake the role of Lead Digital Midwife. This role is aimed at an experienced midwife with data management skills, informatics skills, and management skills, to support health and care services to improve the outcomes for pregnant women and address health inequalities. The post holder will lead on the design and implementation of national digital programmes, oversee the tracking of progress against digital transformation plans and develop a networked approach to enable digital transformation. They will act as an autonomous, accountable practitioner working on their own initiative and in collaboration with the multi-disciplinary team, but visible to the staff and working alongside midwives in their day-to-day settings. They will be an expert and will take responsibility for the day-to-day system administration of the maternity section of the electronic health records system in conjunction with the Digital Midwife (Band 6). This will include participation in its technological development, as required to fulfil the needs of the maternity service within hospital and community settings. The post holder will support the delivery of a high quality, safe and compassionate healthcare service, and a key element within the role will be ensuring quality data is captured and submitted to inform trends and service improvement. To ensure we are delivering high quality, standardised care to all women and birthing people, we are looking to recruit a Lead Digital Midwife within our established team of specialist midwives. You will be part of the management team, supporting all members of the wider team to ensure electronic health records are being used to their full extent. You will be expected to lead on new projects and endeavours within the Digital Midwifery team, and co-ordinate and deliver training to both new and experienced staff on the use of all digital platforms. The successful candidate must act as a resource and a role model and provide leadership, specialist advice and support to colleagues and be flexible to meet the needs of the service. You will be required to be flexible, open and approachable and demonstrate effective management procedures that enable efficient provision of high-quality care within available resources, thinking creatively to be able to work within financial constraints while developing the digital service e.g., role modernisation and review of skill mix. You must have the ability to influence change through the development and empowerment of staff, to work effectively and efficiently within a rapidly changing environment, and possess the ability to motivate and promote team working whilst demonstrating a high level of personal integrity. About us Demonstrate effective leadership and management skills and promote a proactive approach to using digital systems. Be available as an expert in electronic health records for midwives and junior doctors to ensure care provided within the Trust is effective and supports safe practice. Act as a professional resource for the wider MDT and assist in the design and delivery of educational programmes and study days. Produce service improvement plans, and implement new ways of working. Keep all team members and staff informed of progress on any changes to the EPR systems. Facilitate service improvement and cultural changes across the department. Conduct and oversee regular data quality audits and work collaboratively with the lead midwives for the clinical areas on this. To work in conjunction with the Information Technology (IT) training lead to identify and target appropriate training. To ensure that all maternity pathways for women delivered in GRHNHSFT are completed accurately and in a timely manner. Escalate any concerns around knowledge and competence to ward managers and matrons, and work collaboratively to find a resolution. Hold professional accountability for managing a team of staff delivering high quality, caring and compassionate patient centred care through effective leadership and management and in partnership with all members of the multidisciplinary team. Promote multi-disciplinary team working, leading/liaising, communicating as necessary and supporting junior staff. Work in partnership with colleagues across the Directorate to develop standards to promote high quality practice. Create an environment of continuous quality improvement. Provide designated leadership and management responsibility for the dedicated lead digital midwife role. "}