SNIS) Specialist Nurse - Medicine Management, Education and Training

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Help shape safer medicine use across NHS Lothian

Are you experienced registered nurse with a passion for medicine safety, education and quality improvement? Would you like to use your clinical expertise to influence how medicines are used safely across one of Scotland’s largest Health Boards? If so, this is an exciting opportunity to join NHS Lothian’s Pharmacy Medicine Safety Team and play a key role in improving the safe use of medicines for patients across our services.

This is a unique role that combines medicines safety, education, quality improvement and professional leadership. Working as part of the Pharmacy Medicine Safety Team, you will collaborate with nursing, pharmacy and multidisciplinary colleagues to lead and support improvements in medicines management practice, helping to enhance patient safety across NHS Lothian. While the post is based at the Royal Edinburgh Hospital, the successful candidate will contribute to NHS Lothian-wide medicines safety priorities and work across services and sites as required to promote the safe, effective and high-quality use of medicines.

• Design, deliver and evaluate medicines management education and training for nursing and multidisciplinary staff
• Provide expert advice and leadership on medicines management and safe medicines administration
• Support the investigation of medication-related incidents and translate learning into meaningful improvements in practice
• Use audit findings, incident data and feedback to identify risk and drive quality improvement initiatives
• Contribute to the development and implementation of policies, guidelines and safety initiatives
• Work collaboratively across professional groups to promote a culture of safe and effective medicine use

To maintain credibility and ensure education remains grounded in practice, the role includes a regular clinical commitment within nursing services.

This is an opportunity to develop a highly rewarding career focused on improving patient safety at a system level.

• A varied and influential role with opportunities to make a tangible impact on medicines safety across NHS Lothian
• The chance to work with highly experienced pharmacy, nursing and governance teams
• Opportunities to lead and contribute to quality improvement, innovation and patient safety projects
• A supportive environment committed to professional development and lifelong learning
• Opportunities to develop expertise in medicines safety, education, leadership and quality improvement

We are looking for an enthusiastic and collaborative registered nurse who can inspire others and champion safe medicines practice.

• Current Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) registration
• Relevant post-registration clinical experience
• Experience of delivering education and training to…