Medicines Safety Educator *Internal

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

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

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.

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.

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 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…