Senior Midwifery Informatics Lead

at  Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

As part of the on-going evolution of our digital program, we are seeking to appoint an experienced clinical Midwife to help facilitate adoption of our digital healthcare record in the Maternity department, within the Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
This post will work with our Head of Nursing Informatics, Senior Divisional Nurse Informatics Leads, Divisional Midwifery Management and the Electronic Patient Record team, to support a our digital maternity solution across community and in-hospital maternity services.
They will provide greater visibility of the needs of the clinical services and promote enhanced communication between these services and the digital program. They will provide expert knowledge and understanding of clinical needs and how digital may evolve and develop to support our goal to be paper free at the point of care.
Candidates will be a registered Midwife with a substantial clinical background, a history of working in a senior departmental role and have significant experience of digital working. They will be an excellent communicator and will be expected to work in close collaboration with Midwifery, Nursing, Allied Healthcare, Clinical Support and digital technical teams, supporting their Senior Divisional Nurse Informatics Lead and the Head of Nursing Informatics. Once appointed, the successful candidate will be working with OUH System C BadgerNet Maternity systems and our Oracle Cerner Millennium EPR.
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To lead the Midwife-led aspects of the BadgerNet Maternity solution and assure seamless working with the wider OUH digital solutions, particularly Oracle/Cerner Millennium.
Act as a role model for the appropriate creation and adoption of digital solutions throughout the organisation.
Lead digital adoption for Nursing, Midwifery and AHP teams at a Divisional level.
Lead and ensure organisational standards of digital documentation at a Divisional level in line with local requirements, in partnership with their informatics colleagues and the HNI.
Reach out to, and collaborate with, organisational clinical Digital projects which may have a direct impact on patient care, in association with the their informatics colleagues and the HNI.
Act as a Midwifery Digital Lead for relevant clinical/digital projects working in collaboration with digital and clinical teams.
To use clinical and organisational experience to benefit and enhance organisational systems utilising a similar ethos and workflow.
To lead on Divisional measures to ensure successful digital adoption.
To seek opportunities which may benefit from, or contribute toward, IT projects developing across the OUH Trust, aligning these with the core OUH digital ethos.
To be mindful of projects which may benefit from EPR functionality and work with these teams to provide meaningful outcomes beneficial to all.
To support and develop associated IT projects in order to raise the profile of the Trust on a national and international level, by working with CNIO and CCIO, to support publications and presentations.
Lead on optimising and integrating hardware and non-hardware application-based systems (handheld devices, tablet computers, iPads, web-based developments, paediatric and adult wristbands, barcode scanning and printers) to optimise clinical workflows.
Carry out data analysis to inform relevant Divisions on current digital status and for specific projects or accreditation requirements.
To collaborate, contribute and represent the OUH Trust at a regional and national level, providing meaningful representation and feedback on national initiatives

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