# Digital Informatics Lead Midwife > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Swansea Bay University Health Board. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/digital-informatics-lead-midwife/fbfac1e0-dfd4-4f0c-b635-f3f917802e9d - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/digital-informatics-lead-midwife/fbfac1e0-dfd4-4f0c-b635-f3f917802e9d.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Swansea Bay University Health Board - **Location:** Singleton Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Midwife - **Grade:** Band 8 - **Salary:** £58,379 - £65,723 Per annum - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-09-24T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-09-10T11:01:05.166Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Swansea/Swansea/Swansea_Bay_University_Health_Board/Midwifery/Midwifery-v7983895 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/7983895?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://sbuhb.nhs.wales ## Job Content ### Job overview We are seeking an experienced and forward-thinking Digital Informatics Lead Midwife to join our maternity leadership team. This is an exciting opportunity for a dynamic individual to lead the digital agenda within maternity services, shaping how technology and data drive safer, more personalised care for women and families. You will be a highly motivated registered midwife with substantial clinical experience and a strong interest in digital healthcare. You will demonstrate: - Proven leadership and change management skills - Experience working with maternity information systems or digital healthcare technologies - Strong analytical skills and the ability to interpret and apply data - Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement abilities - A passion for innovation and improving maternity services through technology - Sound understanding of clinical governance, data quality, and information governance ### Main duties of the job Provide strategic and operational leadership for digital and informatics within maternity services Act as the clinical lead for maternity information systems and electronic patient records Drive improvements in data quality, ensuring compliance with national reporting requirements Analyse and interpret data to inform clinical decision-making and service improvement Lead and support digital transformation initiatives and system implementations Ensure digital systems support safe clinical practice and effective workflows Promote digital literacy and provide training and support to staff Lead on information governance, data protection, and clinical safety related to digital systems Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams and represent maternity services at internal and external forums ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply. You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click “Apply now” to view in Trac. ### Applicant requirements 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. Welsh language skills are desirable ## Person Specification ### Essential Experience **Essential** - Maternity management experience, including resource management Expertise and experience in applying NHS Wales Health & Care standards into practice - Experience in undertaking maternity audits, including maternity documentation - Expertise in delivering training. Effective leadership skills, coaching and mentoring experience. - Significant clinical experience Demonstrate knowledge of project management and experience. - Experience and understanding of change management process Knowledge of health service management, including change management and workforce redesign High level of political awareness, capable of understanding the wider objectives of the organisation and its context within current Assembly policy and strategic direction. ### Essential Aptitude and abilities **Essential** - Adhere to and can demonstrate SBU Values & Behaviours. - Excellent communication and interpersonal skills when dealing with highly complex and sensitive information - Confident and effective presentation skills – from board to floor Demonstrable the ability to effectively work within a multidisciplinary team - Able to manage and successfully handle conflict. Understand how to engage clinicians and patients in defining requirements and implementing solutions - Influencing and negotiating skills at all levels of the NHS and stakeholders across organisational boundaries - Plan projects from inception to delivery Sound judgement and confidence with decision-making involving highly complex facts or situations Ability to manage time and work according to dynamic programme/project and wider landscape changes and demands - Multitask Excellent ability to write reports Computer literacy, good keyboard skills and competence in the use of digital tools including MS Office365. Confidence and ability to develop adequate competencies in the use of new digital tools **Desirable** - Welsh Language Skills are desirable levels 1 to 5 in understanding, speaking, reading, and writing in Welsh. ### Essential Qualifications & Knowledge **Essential** - Registered Midwife with Nursing & Midwifery Council Master's degree or equivalent qualification in a health-related subject - Evidence of a training qualification or equivalent experience **Desirable** - Registered with a relevant informatics professional body ## Documents - [jdps - sdmp (pdf, 355.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10329459) - [privacy notice (pdf, 704.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2372) - [applicant guide (pdf, 624.8kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=1728) - [oh form - ig ffurflen (pdf, 656.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10270945) - [guidance notes for applicants (pdf, 278.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2849) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.