Medicines Safety Educator *Internal*

Job summary

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.

About us

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.

Job responsibilities

JOB DESCRIPTION:

Please see attached job description and person specification for further information regarding the role and the essential and desirable criteria required to be met by applicants.

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 theUK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

If you are applying under the Disability Confident Scheme or Armed Forces Covenant and you meet all the essential criteria for a post, you will be guaranteed an interview.

Relocation assistance may be available for successful applicants moving to the region for certain posts. Please see ourPolicy for eligible vacancies.

AHP - Return to Practice Job Advert information.This role may be suitable for individuals Returning to Practice. Please speak to the recruiting manager for more information.

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 followsif 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
• Flexible working Scheme
• NHS Discounts*
• Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars and Cycle to Work*
• Excellent opportunities for development*
• Competitive NHS Pension scheme
• Vivup is a free, confidential counselling and information service to assist with personal or work-related problems
• *Subject to eligibility

Important Information:

Please ensure that you document evidence of meeting all the essential criteria in the supporting information.

If sufficient response is received this post could be closed earlier than the specified closing date, please apply as soon as possible to ensure that your application is considered.

Candidates who have been successfully shortlisted for interview will be asked via an email notification to log on to their Trac account to select an interview time. This will usually be within 2 weeks of the closing date.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential

• 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

Desirable

• Teaching Qualification

Knowledge

Essential

• 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

Desirable

• Applying clinical governance frameworks

Other requirements

Essential

• Promote equality and value diversity

Personal circumstances

Essential

• 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

Essential

• 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