Oliver Blackford

• Provided leadership, mentoring and teaching to junior medical staff.
• Demonstrated ability to manage high patient volumes and complex medical, trauma and emergency cases.
• Developed the Emergency Department Aide Memoire App and website, improving access to critical information.
• Lead registrar involved in development of Department working practice to improve patient care, staff training and skill set.

• Specialized in trauma medicine, gaining expertise in managing complex trauma cases as both Team Lead and Team Member.
• Enhanced skills in rapid assessment and treatment of trauma patients, both adult and paediatric
• Conducted departmental research into code red systems, thromboelastography, and trauma-based simulation, contributing to improved patient outcomes.

• Gained diverse experience in adult and paediatric emergency, medicine, including throughout the Covid 19 pandemic, demonstrating adaptability, broad clinical knowledge and the ability to operate within and lead a diverse team.
• Development of a successful business plan for implementation of a peer-to-peer mental health support network, improving staff wellbeing.

• Managed critically ill patients in the General Intensive Care Unit, including during the COVID-19 pandemic, skilled in all procedures and able to operate independently and within a team.
• Part of the Point Of Care Ultrasound Team establishing guidance and delivery of diagnostic support across all intensive care units during the Covid 19 pandemic.
• Obtained Initial Anaesthetic Competency

• Gained foundational experience in emergency medicine and acute medicine.
• Developed core skills in ultrasound.

Foundation Year Doctor in Paediatrics, GP and Emergency Medicine

Foundation Year 1 Doctor in Stroke Medicine, Vascular Surgery and Respiratory Medicine.

• Responsible for operational management of all combat, medical and logistical operations, at the company level, in austere and challenging environments, demonstrating resilience and adaptability.
• Developed critical skills in logistics, communication, and resource management in remote settings.
• Demonstrated exceptional problem-solving skills under pressure situations, including casualty evacuation of NATO forces and local populations.
• Royal Marine lead for development, training and support of Iraqi coastguard and Marine boarding and interdiction teams.
• Carried out Anti-Piracy operations around the Horn of Africa including compliant and non-compliant boarding as well as humanitarian operations.
• Employed as a Trauma Risk Injury Management practitioner and manager.
• Facilitated international combat operations across multiple theatres, and numerous specialties from small team to Battlegroup deployments.