Nicola Parr

2017 Postgraduate Certificate in Medical and Healthcare Education, Anglia Ruskin University
2016 Practice Certificate in Independent Prescribing, University of Reading
2004 Practice Certificate in Supplementary Prescribing, University of Sunderland
1999- 2004 MSc Clinical Pharmacy, University of Bradford
1994-1998 BPharm (Hons) Pharmacy, University of Bradford

Position:

• Associate Professor – Clinical Pharmacy
• Lead for Content Creation and Online Engagement: Newly Qualified Pharmacist (NQP) Training Programme with PGDip
• Senior pharmacist, Education & Training, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Nicola is the lead for content creation and online engagement for the Newly Qualified Pharmacist (NQP) Training Programme with PGDip. She is responsible for the creation and curation of the collection of foundation and advanced training modules, delivered as part of the NQP programme. She works alongside the Clinical Academic team to support provision of the NQP training programme.

Nicola is also a senior pharmacist within the Pharmacy Education and Training Team at Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust with a specific focus on the post-graduate training of pharmacists. She has a long history in clinical education and experiential learning as well as broad clinical experience in range of specialties, particularly Cardiothoracic surgery, Cardiology and, most recently, acute medicine.

2021 to 2022 Associate Tutor, School of Pharmacy, University of East Anglia

2018 to date Senior Pharmacist, Education & Training, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

2015 -2018 Lead Pharmacist, Education & Training, Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

2011-2015 Directorate Support Pharmacist, Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

2004- 2011 Pre-Registration Training Facilitator, Cambridge University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

2002- 2004 Lead Pharmacist, General Surgery, City Hospitals Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust

2001-2002 Directorate Support Pharmacist, City Hospitals Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust

1999-2003 Locum community pharmacist 

1998-2001 Resident Pharmacist (Non-resident for first year) Northern General Hospital, Sheffield

Selected Publications

Management and counselling of a patient with Rheumatoid Arthritis 
Nicola Parr and Tracy Garnier    
Clinical Pharmacist, November 2015, Vol 7, No 10

Portfolio-based learning and assessment within UK pharmacy pre-registration training: An exploratory study of tutor and student perceptions
Alison Eggleton, David Wright, Nicola Parr, Maria Christou
Pharmacy Education 11(1):115-120 · January 2011

Pharmacy Case Studies: Musculoskeletal and Joint Chapter
Nicola Parr and Tracy Garnier
Edited by Soraya Dhillon and Rebekah Raymond
First edition 2009