Babir is currently Weldricks Teacher Practitioner, at the University of Bradford, is a Charity Ambassador for Pharmacist Support, RPS Mentor as well as being the Green Light Campus Northern Pre-reg Lead and Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.
He began his pharmacy journey in 2003, at the University of Bradford, after completing a Biomedical Sciences degree. In 2007, he undertook his pre-registration training with Weldricks Pharmacy, whereby he then embarked on a Postgraduate Diploma in Community Pharmacy at Keele University in 2009. Babir has also completely his RPS Faculty journey and is at Stage 1.
As a Teacher Practitioner, his role includes being the Respiratory Lead for the Clinical Pharmacy Community Diploma and being the Stage 4 Calculations Lead. Furthermore, Babir undertook a 10 week secondment as a Clinical Commissioning Group Pharmacist early in 2016. He is also on the MEP Advisory Panel.
He has been a Pre-registration Tutor as well as sitting on the Rotherham Local Pharmaceutical Committee alongside being a Dementia Friend Champion, whereby he has generated over 300 dementia friends.
Babir currently practices as a relief pharmacist for Weldricks. In June 2016, whilst working in Scunthorpe, his pharmacy was awarded the Chemist and Druggist Medicines Optimisation Award for their innovative LPS Intervention Service.
He is quite active on social media and supports pre-registration pharmacists via groups on WhatsApp and Telegram. He has also written two light-hearted books about pharmacy. Tweet him via @Babir1981