Experience

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  Sim & Skills

  • United Kingdom & Ireland

  • Managing Director

    • Jan 2021 - Present
    • United Kingdom & Ireland

    I founded Sim & Skills with a mission to offer everything you need to start and succeed in healthcare simulation. As a team of former NHS clinicians and educators, we are entirely committed to improving patient care. We empathise with your need to achieve more with less. With unrivalled expertise in medical simulation and clinical skills, we can advise you on everything from choosing the best value simulator to measuring impact on patient safety and return on investment.We provide simulators and manikins for medical, nursing, and allied health professional education. Representing some of the biggest and best healthcare simulation brands in the world, including 3B Scientific, BT Inc, CAE Healthcare, Erler-Zimmer, Innosonian, MedVision, Nasco Healthcare, SIMStation, VATA and many more.

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  Simulaids Ltd

  • United Kingdom & Ireland

  • Head of Business Development

    • Apr 2019 - Dec 2020
    • United Kingdom & Ireland

    Chiefly responsible for sales and marketing for the UK & Ireland, reporting to the Managing Director. As a small company, my involvement was required in most business activities, utilising my people-management experience and ability to adapt. I was responsible for building and maintaining strategic partnerships with key NHS and University accounts, as well as our global network of suppliers and sub-distributors.

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  Laerdal Medical

  • East Midlands & East Anglia

  • Regional Sales Manager

    • Apr 2014 - Dec 2018
    • East Midlands & East Anglia

    Highlights:- Top-performing RSM in 2015, 2017 & 2018. - Won the largest single-site order in the company’s history.- Appointed Coach for the sales team.Caring for customers in the East Midlands and East Anglia; managing the accounts of 50+ NHS Trusts as well as a diverse collection of private healthcare organisations, training providers and universities, with a territory value in excess of £2million.

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  East Of England Ambulance Trust

  • United Kingdom
  • Hospitals and Health Care
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Commercial Training Manager

    • May 2013 - Apr 2014

    I led a peripatetic team of five direct reports consisting of clinical trainers and administrative staff. I was responsible for sales and oversaw the provision of training and medical devices to public and private sector customers. My duties included developing new courses, generating new business prospects and product sales opportunities, engaging with stakeholders at all levels and ensuring exceptionally high standards of service.

  • Emergency Medical Technician

    • Nov 2005 - Apr 2014

    I responded to 999 emergency calls, providing high quality patient care as part of an ambulance crew and also as a lone responder on a fast response vehicle.

  • Senior Commercial Training Officer

    • May 2011 - May 2013

    I built a commercially successful training business promoting the high standards and quality of the NHS ambulance service.

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  Bedfordshire & Hertfordshire Ambulance & Paramedic Service

  • Hertford

  • Ambulance Care Assistant

    • Nov 2004 - Nov 2005
    • Hertford

    I provided care and assistance to patients as they were transported to and from out-patient appointments and day centres.