Medicines Safety Educator *Internal* in Carlisle

Would you like to join a centre of excellence in rural and remote healthcare?

Main area Medication Safety Grade NHS AfC: Band 5 Contract 18 months (Fixed term for 18 months - could be secondment) Hours

• Full time
• Flexible working
• Compressed hours

37.5 hours per week Job ref 262-A-26-8217820

Site Cumberland Infirmary Town Carlisle Salary £32,073 - £39,043 Per Annum Salary period Yearly Closing 13/10/2026 23:59

Job overview

INTERNAL ONLY TO NORTH CUMBRIA INTEGRATED CARE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST (NCIC) EMPLOYEES ONLY

This is a 18-month fixed-term opportunity to play a pivotal role in promoting medicines safety across Acute and Community services. The post holder will play a key role in supporting the development of medicines safety education and training programmes, as well as leading their delivery and evaluation in close collaboration with the Medicines Safety Team to ensure staff are confident and competent in safe medicines management practices—ultimately enhancing patient safety and quality of care.

Main duties of the job

Planning and delivering training for nursing, non medical prescribing and medical staff including Trust Induction, preceptorship and bespoke sessions

Education around time critical medicines is a priority, but training will be delivered depending on needs of staff and clinical areas.

The post holder will actively contribute to reducing medication errors and improve medicine ownership by fostering a culture of safety, openness, and continuous learning. This includes supporting cultural change around incident reporting, promoting transparency, and encouraging safe practices.

Working for our organisation

At NCIC, we have an ambition to deliver outstanding healthcare services to the population of North Cumbria. The Trust is committed to creating a centre of excellence in providing rural and remote healthcare and provides a wide range of community and acute services throughout our county.

Our 5 key principles demonstrate our belief in the delivery of ‘safe, high quality care every time':

• Being a clinically led organisation
• Quality and safety at the heart of our Trust
• A positive patient experience every time
• A great place to work
• Managing our money well

As an organisation we are serious about supporting a diverse workforce that reflects our local community and are very much focused on being an inclusive and compassionate place to work.

Across the North East and North Cumbria we are working together to deliver our ambition to be the greenest region in England by 2030. All staff are expected to support sustainability.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

JOB DESCRIPTION :

CERTIFICATE OF SPONSORSHIP:

Please note, due to changes implemented by the Government to the UK immigration policy, individuals who require a Health and Care Visa or a Skilled Worker Visa may no longer be eligible for sponsorship where the UKVI salary threshold is not met or if the occupation is not included in the updated Immigration Salary List (ISL). Applicants must check their eligibility to be employed in any role they are interested in applying for, prior to completing an application for employment. Any applicants who do not meet the eligibility criteria will not be progressed. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

The Trust will provide a twelve month preceptorship period for New to registration Nurses Midwives and Allied Health Professionals.

Registered Nurses, Midwives and Allied Health Professionals returning to practice, moving into new roles or changing clinical environments, may access an agreed preceptorship period.

Disclosure and Barring Service:

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

The cost of the DBS must be met by the successful candidate(s) through salary deduction. DBS charges are as follows if applicable to the post:

Standard Check: £21.50 + Administration cost of £6.50 = £28.00 Deducted from salary over a 4 month period or a one-off payment.

Enhanced Check: £49.50 + administration cost of £6.50 = £56.00 Deducted from salary over a 4 month period or a one-off payment.

NCIC can offer successful future employees the following benefits:

27-day holiday scheme rising to 33 after 10 years

NHS Discounts*

Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars and Cycle to Work*

Vivup is a free, confidential counselling and information service to assist with personal or work-related problems

*Subject to eligibility

Person specification

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with a diploma/degree or Registered member of the GPhC
• Evidence of ongoing professional development
• Evidence of post-registration professional development
• Mentorship qualification or practice supervisor and assessor preparation course or equivalent
• Teaching Qualification

Knowledge

• Knowledge and use of evidence-based practice
• Significant experience working in an acute or community setting
• Experience of supporting and assessing learners
• Knowledge of the Royal College of Pharmacy professional guidance on the safe and secure handling of medicines
• Demonstrable experience in safe medicines administration and adherence to medicines management policies
• Knowledge of time critical medicines
• Applying clinical governance frameworks

Other requirements

• Promote equality and value diversity

Personal circumstances

• Access to use of a car with business insurance is essential as travelling and transporting equipment between training venues and sites will be required
• Ability to work flexibly and cross site

Skills and Aptitudes

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Well developed interpersonal skills
• Confidence in delivering training to diverse groups and facilitate learning
• Time management skills and ability to prioritise workload
• Good presentation skills with a commitment to teaching others
• Knowledge of IT Microsoft Office to help deliver materials, programmes and systems to support learning
• Ability to work as a member of a team
• Ability to work under own initiative without supervision
• Good organisational skills and ability to work to deadlines

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Name Fiona McKean Job title Deputy Chief Pharmacist/Medicines Safety Officer Email address fiona.mckean@ncic.nhs.uk Telephone number 01228 814537

If you have problems applying, contact

Address South Parkhouse Building
Baron Way
Kingmoor Park
Carlisle
Cumbria
CA6 4SJ
Telephone 01228936281

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