Job summary
Although this position is a 6 months fixed-term contract, the actual contract duration will be adjusted to account for the time taken to advertise the post, complete the hiring process, and finalise pre-employment checks. This means the contract will begin when the candidate starts the role and may be slightly shorter than 6 months
The maternity service at Newham University Hospital is on a maternity transformation journey. We are the busiest maternity service in the Barts Health NHS Trust group of hospitals and are looking for a special individual to join our innovative maternity leadership team.
We are looking for an exceptional individual to lead our service at Newham University Hospital part of Barts Health NHS Trust to support the digital agenda within the Better Births, Ockenden, the Long Term Plan and the 3-year delivery Plan. To Support the NHSX vision of driving forward the digital transformation of health and social care. You will support the on-going embedding of the midwifery millennium CRS system within the Trust and support in the analysis of current trends and benchmarking process flows and cultural norms for Nursing and Midwifery care across the sites.
Main duties of the job
You will join the existing post holders at The Royal London Hospital and Whipps Cross University Hospital, to support the delivery of data quality and data validation to enable the provision of compassionate high quality clinical care across Barts Health NHS Trust
You must have sufficient midwifery experience at band 6 level and have completed the teaching & assessing in Clinical Practice Module/ENB 997/998 or equivalent.
If you are passionate about providing excellent care and keen to support and nurture our staff to develop confidence and competence with the digital transformation, then this is the opportunity for you. I am looking for a knowledgeable, inspirational, and confident individual to work with our team to improve the support for our staff and students within our service.
About us
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. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.
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.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Midwife with current NMC registration
- Educated to degree level.
- Teaching qualification or equivalent / Mentorship Qualification.
Desirable
- IT qualification
- Master's degree or working towards one.
- 2 years previous IT or data quality experience.
Experience
Essential
- Have knowledge and experience of working with data base, data analysis and coding
- Ability to work as part a multidisciplinary team
- Ability to store data/information safely and correctly
- Ability to provide formal teaching development to staff/colleagues.
- Ability to evaluate effectiveness of learning activities and identifies how it could be improved.
- Report Writing Skills
- Presentation Skills
- IT Literate (MS WP/Excel & PowerPoint)
- Change Management
- Innovative Practice
- Research and Audit
Desirable
Knowledge
Essential
- The ability to communicate with patients and colleagues in an empathetic manner
- Can demonstrate an enthusiastic, approachable, and friendly manner to the position of a digital midwife
- Ability to communicate appropriately and effectively, with both written and verbal methods.
Skills
Essential
- Ability to communicate effectively at all levels across the Department and Group levels across the Trust.
- Ability to demonstrate enthusiasm towards teaching and sharing knowledge.
- Has a meaningful understanding of their personal knowledge and skills framework and the ability to identify learning needs and interest.
- 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 and evidence of facilitation skills
- Motivated to working by self or with others: guided by professional principles and set defined parameters.
Other
Essential
- Knowledge of current and emerging NHS strategy and policy
- Ability to offer constructive suggestions for service improvement
- Effectively carries out tasks related to evaluating services
- Understanding and rising to the challenges in service improvement
- Ability to work within set timeframes working to priorities and deadlines.
- Ability to monitor the quality of own and others work
- Able to recognise own limits and work within those limits of competence.
- Ability to use and maintain resources efficiently and effectively and encourage others to do so.
- To provide data and information prior to deadlines
- Ability to support staff during the appraisals review process
- Ability to delegate authority to people and monitor them against required outcomes
- Ability to work flexible hours to meet service requirements.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Midwife with current NMC registration
- Educated to degree level.
- Teaching qualification or equivalent / Mentorship Qualification.
Desirable
- IT qualification
- Master's degree or working towards one.
- 2 years previous IT or data quality experience.
Experience
Essential
- Have knowledge and experience of working with data base, data analysis and coding
- Ability to work as part a multidisciplinary team
- Ability to store data/information safely and correctly
- Ability to provide formal teaching development to staff/colleagues.
- Ability to evaluate effectiveness of learning activities and identifies how it could be improved.
- Report Writing Skills
- Presentation Skills
- IT Literate (MS WP/Excel & PowerPoint)
- Change Management
- Innovative Practice
- Research and Audit
Desirable
Knowledge
Essential
- The ability to communicate with patients and colleagues in an empathetic manner
- Can demonstrate an enthusiastic, approachable, and friendly manner to the position of a digital midwife
- Ability to communicate appropriately and effectively, with both written and verbal methods.
Skills
Essential
- Ability to communicate effectively at all levels across the Department and Group levels across the Trust.
- Ability to demonstrate enthusiasm towards teaching and sharing knowledge.
- Has a meaningful understanding of their personal knowledge and skills framework and the ability to identify learning needs and interest.
- 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 and evidence of facilitation skills
- Motivated to working by self or with others: guided by professional principles and set defined parameters.
Other
Essential
- Knowledge of current and emerging NHS strategy and policy
- Ability to offer constructive suggestions for service improvement
- Effectively carries out tasks related to evaluating services
- Understanding and rising to the challenges in service improvement
- Ability to work within set timeframes working to priorities and deadlines.
- Ability to monitor the quality of own and others work
- Able to recognise own limits and work within those limits of competence.
- Ability to use and maintain resources efficiently and effectively and encourage others to do so.
- To provide data and information prior to deadlines
- Ability to support staff during the appraisals review process
- Ability to delegate authority to people and monitor them against required outcomes
- Ability to work flexible hours to meet service requirements.
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
