# Education, Research & Innovation Lead Pharmacist

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
- **Location:** St George's Hospital
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Profession:** Pharmacist
- **Salary:** £79,504 - £91,609 Per annum
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** 37.5 hours per week (full time)
- **Closing date:** 2026-10-30T23:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-10-01T09:21:17.662Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Staffordshire/Stafford/Midlands_Partnership_University_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Education_Research_Innovation_Lead_Pharmacist/Education_Research_Innovation_Lead_Pharmacist-v8311054
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8311054?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.mpft.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

Previous applicants need not apply

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our progressive, forward‑thinking and multi‑award‑winning Pharmacy Department as the Education, Research & Innovation Lead Pharmacist. We are a team with a strong commitment to helping individuals realise their full potential, and we are now looking for an experienced, ambitious and dynamic leader to help shape the future of our service.

In this pivotal role, you will lead the Education and Training team within Pharmacy at Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust, driving a culture of continuous learning, professional development and workforce excellence. You will also work closely with the Department Head of Pharmacy Digital Improvement & Innovation to champion new ways of working, harnessing digital and informatics technologies to transform patient care and improve outcomes.

### Main duties of the job

A key focus of the role will be supporting the department to fully embrace a research‑driven culture, collaborating with a wide range of stakeholders to innovate, influence practice and deliver high‑quality, patient‑centred care.

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### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To support and develop the Pharmacy and Medicines Optimisation workforce ensuring they have the right knowledge, skills, values and behaviours to deliver high-quality pharmaceutical care across a range of health and social care settings.

To provide Medicines Optimisation advice and support to the Children and Families Care Group focusing on medicine value programs that utilise medicine, finance and patient level data to identify areas of inappropriate medicine use and variations in prescribing patterns to drive up quality and reduce waste.

To support and develop the Pharmacy and Medicines Optimisation governance infrastructure to provide assurance to the Director on service matters related to medicines safety.

To support the Pharmacy and Medicines Optimisation department in transitioning to a research and innovation active department with stronger links to local HEIs.

Play an active role in the Trust’s Research and Innovation Department identifying opportunities for collaboration and commercial and strategic partnerships which support our ambitions to be innovation and research-led.

### Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

## Person Specification

### inteview

**Essential**

- Evidence of a management qualification or equivalent experience

**Desirable**

- Completion of formal programme in coaching / mentoring / training delivery

### Essential

**Essential**

- Masters degree MPharm (or equivalent)
- UK registered pharmacist with extensive post-registration experience in relevant sectors in UK, and with no restrictions placed upon them by the GPhC
- - Highly developed numerical and analytical, critical reasoning, critical appraisal, judgemental and problem solving skills

**Desirable**

- Supplementary or independent prescriber
- Has an excellent understanding of research and evaluation methods including mixed methods evaluation and wider impact evaluation tools such as return on investment

## Documents

- [benefits booklet (pdf, 1.1mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2957)
- [education, research & innovation lead pharmacist (pdf, 568.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10631452)
- [education, research & innovation lead pharmacist (pdf, 632.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10631451)

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