Digital Matron Maternity

Bolton NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

We have an exciting opportunity for a senior midwife to join our Digital Nursing, Midwifery and AHP (NMAHP) team at Bolton Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. The Digital Matron role with specifically focus on the requirements of the maternity services to scope, develop and implement an Electronic Patient Record (EPR) that maximises staff efficiency, improves the care and experience of the service users and their families. Throughout the implementation and ongoing optimisation of the EPR for maternity the Digital Matron will utilise the data, feedback and documentation to continue to improve maternity services through quality improvement enabled by digital tools.

The Digital Matron will have an overall responsibility for ensuring the accuracy and completeness of data quality within the service and work closely with the staff to ensure that national data quality standards are met.

The Digital Matron will work closely with the Chief X Information Officer (CXIO), maternity department and the wider Clinical Informatics team leading on projects to digitally transform practice and care experiences.

Main duties of the job

The Digital Matron role is essential to the safe and effective deployment of the Maternity EPR, a visible presence within the maternity department and informatics are crucial to ensure engagement, progress and readiness for the project. You will have great communication skills and utilise a variety of channels to ensure that the maternity team are involved and updated from the start.

You will have significant experience across maternity areas to support and advocate for the varied roles within midwifery and the requirements and impact on the staff and service users. You will be able to manage expectations within the department and provide regular updates on the development, engagement, readiness and implementation of maternity digital technology.

The digital landscape is changing at pace within the NHS, you will have a passion for evidence based practice, keeping up to date with new technologies and digital tools that can continually provide better quality of care and experience for our staff and service users.

About us

Here at Bolton our patients are at the heart of everything we do. Our digital objectives as set out in our Digital Strategy 2022-2025 consider the national, regional and Bolton priorities, they are Digital Integration, Digital Care, Digital Workforce and Digital Infrastructure and Estate. As a Trust we ensure our patients receive the highest quality of care and are guided by our Trust Values. We are proud that our Trust has been rated as Good by the Quality Care Commission (CQC). This is in recognition of the patient experience and quality of care that our staff provide to patients. It is also supported by our Nursing, Midwifery and Allied Health Professional Framework for Professional Practice.

Date posted

22 July 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£50,952 to £57,349 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

241-595CD-24

Job locations

Royal Bolton Hospital

Bolton

BL4 0JR

Job description

Job responsibilities

Qualifications and Education

Essential criteria

Relevant professional, qualification and current NMC/HCPC registration.

Relevant Masters Degree or evidence of working at Masters level

Teaching qualification or equivalent experience

Desirable criteria

Qualified in speciality project management qualification (e.g. Prince 2)

Completion of Leadership Program me (e.g. ILM)

Digital Clinical Safety Officer Training

Leadership

Essential criteria

Significant experience at a band 7 senior clinical role

Experience of successfully managing the implementation of change

Evidence of professional leadership, leading to innovation in practice

Experience of partnership and interagency working

Evidence of collaboration skills

Evidence of implementing a service development/change

Desirable criteria

Development and delivery of training/ education

Experience of change management

Clinical Practice

Essential criteria

Evidence of broad clinical experience

Evidence of experience implementing information system(s) in acute hospital environments

Evidence of using informatics an enabler to improve clinical care

Excellent communication skills written and verbal

Report writing complex and sensitive information

Negotiating and influencing skills

Ability to make calm rational decisions in the face of adversity

Evidence of risk management activities

Strong analytical skills and ability to consider the wider picture

Skills for facilitate change.

Able to demonstrate contribution to clinical governance

Desirable criteria

Evidence of experience implementing information system(s) in community health services environments

Management

Essential criteria

Evidence of experience implementing information system(s) in community health services environments

Experience in policy development and cross Trust working

Line management experience

Desirable criteria

Experience in leading multiple projects.

Education

Essential criteria

Evidence of continuous professional development

Evidence of delivering Trust wide teaching programmes

Presentation skills for a range of audiences

Experience of developing. delivering/ monitoring and evaluating training programmes with clinical and non-clinical staff

Desirable criteria

Experience as speaker at large events

Research & Audit

Experience in clinical audit/benchmarking

Willingness to partake in related research projects

Familiarity working with data and making it accessible for clinical teams

Job description

Job responsibilities

Qualifications and Education

Essential criteria

Relevant professional, qualification and current NMC/HCPC registration.

Relevant Masters Degree or evidence of working at Masters level

Teaching qualification or equivalent experience

Desirable criteria

Qualified in speciality project management qualification (e.g. Prince 2)

Completion of Leadership Program me (e.g. ILM)

Digital Clinical Safety Officer Training

Leadership

Essential criteria

Significant experience at a band 7 senior clinical role

Experience of successfully managing the implementation of change

Evidence of professional leadership, leading to innovation in practice

Experience of partnership and interagency working

Evidence of collaboration skills

Evidence of implementing a service development/change

Desirable criteria

Development and delivery of training/ education

Experience of change management

Clinical Practice

Essential criteria

Evidence of broad clinical experience

Evidence of experience implementing information system(s) in acute hospital environments

Evidence of using informatics an enabler to improve clinical care

Excellent communication skills written and verbal

Report writing complex and sensitive information

Negotiating and influencing skills

Ability to make calm rational decisions in the face of adversity

Evidence of risk management activities

Strong analytical skills and ability to consider the wider picture

Skills for facilitate change.

Able to demonstrate contribution to clinical governance

Desirable criteria

Evidence of experience implementing information system(s) in community health services environments

Management

Essential criteria

Evidence of experience implementing information system(s) in community health services environments

Experience in policy development and cross Trust working

Line management experience

Desirable criteria

Experience in leading multiple projects.

Education

Essential criteria

Evidence of continuous professional development

Evidence of delivering Trust wide teaching programmes

Presentation skills for a range of audiences

Experience of developing. delivering/ monitoring and evaluating training programmes with clinical and non-clinical staff

Desirable criteria

Experience as speaker at large events

Research & Audit

Experience in clinical audit/benchmarking

Willingness to partake in related research projects

Familiarity working with data and making it accessible for clinical teams

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Relevant professiona, qualification and current NMC/HCPC registration
Relevant Master's Degree or evidence of working at Masters level
Teaching qualification or equivalent experience

Desirable

Qualified in speciality project management qualification (e.g. Prince 2)
Completion of Leadership Program me (e.g. ILM)
Digital Clinical Safety Officer Training

Leadership

Essential

Significant experience at a band 7 senior clinical role
Experience of successfully managing the implementation of change
Evidence of professional leadership, leading to innocation in practice
Experience of partnership and interagency working
Evidence of collaboration skills
Evidence of implementing a service development/change

Clinical Practice

Essential

Evidence of broad clinical experience
Evidence of experience implementing information system(s) in acute hospital environments
Evidence of using informatics an enabler to improve clinical care
Excellent communication skills written and verbal
eport writing complex and sensitive information
Negotiating and influencing skills
Ability to make calm rational decisions in the face of adversity
Evidence of risk management activities
Strong analytical skills and ability to consider the wider picture
Skills for facilitate change.
Able to demonstrate contribution to clinical governance

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Relevant professiona, qualification and current NMC/HCPC registration
Relevant Master's Degree or evidence of working at Masters level
Teaching qualification or equivalent experience

Desirable

Qualified in speciality project management qualification (e.g. Prince 2)
Completion of Leadership Program me (e.g. ILM)
Digital Clinical Safety Officer Training

Leadership

Essential

Significant experience at a band 7 senior clinical role
Experience of successfully managing the implementation of change
Evidence of professional leadership, leading to innocation in practice
Experience of partnership and interagency working
Evidence of collaboration skills
Evidence of implementing a service development/change

Clinical Practice

Essential

Evidence of broad clinical experience
Evidence of experience implementing information system(s) in acute hospital environments
Evidence of using informatics an enabler to improve clinical care
Excellent communication skills written and verbal
eport writing complex and sensitive information
Negotiating and influencing skills
Ability to make calm rational decisions in the face of adversity
Evidence of risk management activities
Strong analytical skills and ability to consider the wider picture
Skills for facilitate change.
Able to demonstrate contribution to clinical governance

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

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