Medicines Safety Educator
Listed on 2026-10-10
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Healthcare
Medical Education, Health Education & Promotion
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.
Mainduties 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 usAt 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 responsibilitiesJOB DESCRIPTION:
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