Specialist Medicines Management Nurse: Sponsorship Available

Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board

Job summary

This post is fixed term/secondment for 12 months due to maternity cover

If you are interested in applying for the secondment position, you must obtain permission from your current line manager prior to applying for this post.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for someone who is enthusiastic and passionate about patient safety and the management of medicines.

This is a challenging and rewarding role involving the development, education, leadership and support of healthcare professionals working with medicines across the central secondary care site and liaising with other sites and teams across the Health Board.

You should be self-motivated with excellent communication, time management and interpersonal skills, with the ability to liaise with and influence senior clinical staff, members of the multidisciplinary team across all directorates of the site. You will need to develop good working relationships between nursing, pharmacy and other clinical staff and be able to influence, design and implement improvement in medicines management practices.

Main duties of the job

You must have a comprehensive understanding of current medicines management initiatives within the NHS modernisation agenda and also an understanding of legislation governing medicines management, e.g. Patient Group Directions and Non-Medical Prescribing.

Our aim is to maximise your potential within our friendly and welcoming pharmacy team, and you will be encouraged and supported to develop professionally by undertaking postgraduate qualifications relevant to your role.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Registered Nurse
  • Relevant First Degree or can demonstrate willingness to achieve within three years of appointment, supplemented by specialist professional knowledge of education and development practice to Masters level equivalent

Desirable

  • Management qualification

Experience

Essential

  • Experience of Clinical Practice at senior level
  • Up to date in nursing practice
  • Teaching qualification or evidence of teaching experience

Desirable

  • Evidence of management experience
  • Experience of service improvement

Knowledge

Essential

  • An in-depth understanding of the quality and safety agenda

Personal Qualities

Essential

  • Ability to prioritise
  • Time Management
  • Multi-disciplinary team working
  • Able to work flexibly and contribute to the programme of change

Skills

Essential

  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills
  • Excellent interpersonal and people management skills
  • Can demonstrate examples of implementation of change

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Closing Date: 20 September 2026

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