EPR Digital Midwifery Matron

Job overview

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.

Working within the Digital Health and EPR team, and with colleagues across three Trusts, the Digital Midwife will: • 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

This leadership role requires working across organisations, influencing stakeholders and balancing clinical and programme priorities.

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.

Main duties of the job

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.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• Opportunity to design and implement a single, standardised perinatal EPR across multiple organisations
• High-profile leadership role with direct influence on patient safety, experience and outcomes
• Involvement across the full EPR lifecycle, from design through to optimisation, offering genuine end-to-end impact