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Job reference: 144797
Salary: Band 7 (£46,244 - £53,789)
Job closing date: 19/04/2023
Job Type: Nursing and Midwifery
Location: Base Negotiable within NHS Highland
Employment type: Permanent
Hours Per Week: 37.5
Job posted date: 04/04/2023
Employer (NHS Board): NHS Highland
Department: Nursing, Midwifery & AHP Directorate

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Are you an experienced nurse with a passion for Medicines Safety?

NHS Highland has a rare vacancy for a Medicines Management Development Nurse who will work with closely with the Medicines Governance Lead Nurse and alongside the Pharmacy teams and clinical areas across Highland and Argyll & Bute to support the medicines safety agenda.

The principal purpose of the role is to support and facilitate raising the profile of, and addressing Medicines Management issues affecting staff across care settings, between professional groups and at a strategic level throughout NHS Highland.  There will be an opportunity within the role to support the development and delivery of training around medicines safety and the successful candidate will become an integral part of improving medicines safety within NHS Highland.

If this sounds like something that you could be excited about, please get in touch for more details.

Informal enquiries to: Claire Henderson-Hughes; email: claire.henderson-hughes@nhs.scot; tel:  07970 483690

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