Digital Midwife in Bolton

The Digital Midwife provides clinical leadership to ensure maternity services are fully represented within the Maternity Electronic Patient Record (EPR) programme. Acting as the link between maternity teams and the digital programme, the postholder supports the design, implementation, optimisation, and adoption of the EPR, ensuring clinical workflows, documentation, safety requirements, and reporting needs are accurately reflected.

Working closely with clinical, operational, and digital colleagues, the role translates maternity requirements into effective digital solutions, supporting process redesign, system configuration, testing, training, and user engagement. The Digital Midwife champions digital transformation, promotes best practice, and identifies opportunities to improve patient safety, data quality, information sharing, and service efficiency.

The postholder also contributes to clinical safety assurance, ensuring maternity risks are assessed and mitigated throughout implementation. Following go-live, they will support optimisation, benefits realisation, and continuous improvement activities, helping maternity services maximise the value of the Trust's digital investment and deliver safe, high-quality, person-centred care.

Main duties of the job

• W o r k c l i n i c a l y wi t h f r o n t l i n e t e a m s i n de li v e r i n g d i r e c t p a t i e n t c a r e a s a p r o f e s s i o n a l e x p e r t a n d r o l e m o d e l i n t h e u s e o f c l i n i c a l i n f o r m a t i c s
• S u p po rt t h e de li v e r y o f s a f e , c li n i c a l t e c h n o l o g y t o p r o m o t e s a f e , e f f i c i e n t a n d t i m e l y pa t i e n t c a r e a n d t h e T r u s t ’ s Digital St r a t e g y.
• C o ll a b o r a t e a n d a ss i s t t h e CXIO and Digital Matrons t o d e li v e r t h e b e st t e c h no l og y t o s u p p o r t h i g h q ua li t y a n d s a f e p a t i e n t c a r e .
• I d e ntify a n d ex pl ore p o t e nti a l sys t e m d e ve l o p m e n t s w h i ch s u p p o r t s t a f f i n ch a n gi ng b o t h c li n i cal a n d ad m i n i s tr a t i ve p r a c t i ces, u n d e r p i n ni n g t h e d eli very o f m ore e f f ective a n d e f f i c i e n t pati e nt c a r e.
• E va l u a t e as fi t f o r p u r p o s e t h e sy s t em s p r o p o s e d f or i m p l eme n t ati o n, r e p r e s e n t i n g t h e v i e w s of h e a l t hc a r e pr o f ess i o n a l s across t he Tr u st w h e n des i g ni n g , t esti n g , a n d i m p l em ent i ng n e w sys t e m s.
• A ct a s a k e y r e s ou r ce t o s u p p o r t c h a n g e i n t h e c l i n i c a l en v i r o n m e n t ; w o r k i n g a l o n g s i d e c li n i c a l c o ll ea g u e s, l e a d i n g b y e x a m p l e t o u n d e r s t a n d c h a l l e n g e s an d m o t i v a t e t ho s e w h o a r e l u c t an t t o e m b r a ce d i g i t a l t e c h n o l o g y a n d u se s t r e n g t h ba s e d a pp r oa c he s t o e n h a n ce t h e b e n e f i t s i n no v a t i o n a n d n e w skill s wil l b r i n g .

Working for our organisation

Bolton NHS Foundation Trust is one of the North West’s busiest healthcare providers, delivering high-quality care at Royal Bolton Hospital and across 20+ community sites. Serving around 320,000 people in Bolton and Greater Manchester, the Trust employs over 6,000 staff and is rated Good by the Care Quality Commission. Our services include emergency care, maternity, surgical specialties, and community health, all underpinned by our values: Vision, Openness, Integrity, Compassion, and Excellence.

What We Offer

• Professional Development – Training opportunities and ongoing learning.
• Supportive Culture – Collaborative team environment.
• Impactful Work – Help improve and implement digital tools and technologies to enhance patient care and staff efficiency.
• Variety & Challenge – EPR changes, clinical safety standards, clinical process mapping, and supporting technical projects.
• Commitment to Equality & Wellbeing – Thrive in an inclusive, respectful workplace that champions diversity and prioritises your health, and overall wellbeing.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

W o r k c l i n i c a l y wi t h f r o n t l i n e t e a m s i n de li v e r i n g d i r e c t p a t i e n t c a r e a s a p r o f e s s i o n a l e x p e r t a n d r o l e m o d e l i n t h e u s e o f c l i n i c a l i n f o r m a t i c s

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• S u p po rt t h e de li v e r y o f s a f e , c li n i c a l t e c h n o l o g y t o p r o m o t e s a f e , e f f i c i e n t a n d t i m e l y pa t i e n t c a r e a n d t h e T r u s t ’ s Di g i t a l a n d Cli n i c a l St r a t e g y.

C o ll a b o r a t e a n d a ss i s t t h e CXIO t o d e li v e r t h e b e st t e c h no l og y t o s u p p o r t h i g h q ua li t y a n d s a f e p a t i e n t c a r e .

I d e ntify a n d ex pl ore p o t e nti a l sys t e m d e ve l o p m e n t s w h i ch s u p p o r t s t a f f i n ch a n gi ng b o t h c li n i cal a n d ad m i n i s tr a t i ve p r a c t i ces, u n d e r p i n n i g t h e d eli very o f m ore e f f ective a n d e f f i c i e n t pati e nt c a r e.

E va l u a t e as f i t f o r p u r p o s e t h e sy s t em s p r o p o s e d f or i m p l eme n t ati o n, r e p r e s e n t i n g t h e v i e w s of h e a l t hc a r e pr o f ess i o n a l s across t he Tr u st w h e n des i g ni n g , t esti n g , a n d i m p l em ent i ng n e w sys t e m s.

C o mm u n i cat i o n s & L e a d e r s h ip Skills

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We are striving to attract, recruit and retain high calibre skilled staff which reflect our communities. We are an inclusive employer who trains and develops our staff in a positive learning environment.

We thrive on cultivating cultural architecture, if you have the right skills, attitudes and behaviours, in line with our Trust values, we welcome and appreciate the diversity you bring to our organisation.

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Name Heather White Job title Digital Matron Email address heather.white@boltonft.nhs.uk Telephone number 01204487658 Additional information

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Joanne.Charlson@boltonft.nhs.uk - internal ext.147658