As part of the EPR Programme, we are seeking an experienced Digital Midwife to lead the perinatal element of a single Electronic Patient Record. The role provides clinical leadership across maternity services, ensuring the EPR supports safe, high-quality care and aligns with national standards.
Responsibilities
* Act as the maternity subject matter expert, influencing system design and workflows
* Engage midwifery, obstetric and neonatal teams to reflect real clinical practice
* Support development of a standardised perinatal record across sites
* Drive adoption through communication, training and change management
* Ensure clinical safety, adhering to DCB0129 and DCB0160
* Contribute to design, build, testing, go-live and optimisation
* Support readiness for digital working
* Promote continuous improvement and innovation
You Will Bring
* Strong midwifery leadership experience
* Experience in digital or clinical system implementation
* A passion for improving outcomes through digital innovation
* Ability to engage and lead teams through change
The role combines remote and on-site working across JPUH, NNUH and QEH.
This is a rare opportunity for an experienced midwife to shape and deliver the maternity component of a single Electronic Patient Record (EPR) across three acute Trusts within the Norfolk and Waveney system. As a Digital Midwife, you will lead the clinical design and implementation of the perinatal record, ensuring it supports safe, high-quality care and aligns with national standards.
You will work closely with midwifery, obstetric and neonatal teams to translate clinical practice into effective digital workflows, influencing system build, testing, training and adoption. The role also includes supporting organisational readiness, championing digital ways of working, and driving continuous improvement post go-live. You will play a key role in embedding clinical safety, working alongside Clinical Safety Officers to ensure compliance with national standards.
This role is ideal for someone who is passionate about improving maternity services through digital innovation and wants to be part of a large-scale, system-wide transformation.
Join us at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital and be part of a workforce of over 10,000 staff!
The NNUH is one of the largest NHS trusts in the UK, providing first-class acute care for around one million people, living in Norfolk and surrounding areas. We are a teaching and research hospital, at the forefront of innovation, home to state-of-the-art facilities, such as the Quadram Institute. We are pleased to work closely with the University of East Anglia, providing teaching opportunities for our staff and placement opportunities for their students. We attract some of the best and leading professionals from across the country and are proud that our workforce represents 94 countries from across the world.
We are a friendly, collaborative hospital, working with local services and home to N&N Hospitals Charity.
We can offer you the full range of NHS benefits/discounts and in addition:
* Flexible working hours
* Fast Track Staff Physiotherapy Service
* Multi Faith prayer room at NNUH Colney Lane site
* Discounted gym memberships
* Excellent pension scheme and annual leave entitlement
* Wagestream – access up to 40% of your pay as you earn it
* Free Park & Ride service direct to NNUH Colney Lane site
* Free 24‑hours confidential counselling support
* On-site Nursery at NNUH Colney Lane
* On-site cafes offering staff discounts at NNUH Colney Lane
* Support in career development
* Flexible staff bank
* Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars, Cycle to Work scheme and home electronics
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Penny Snowden; Job title: Group Director of Midwifery; Email address: Penny.Snowden@nnuh.nhs.uk.
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