Barry McCarthy
MANAGING DIRECTOR
Barry, Registered Nurse / Registered Paramedic, the Director of Bledisloe Medical, is our Emergency & Critical Care specialist. He brings over 30 years of skills and knowledge from his background in state-based ED, retrieval, and nursing education and leadership roles in both Qld and New Zealand.
Now with his own education and training business, Barry brings all his skills, qualifications, and experience to our expanding range of courses both locally to the Sunshine Coast and throughout Australia and the South Pacific
TIM
Doctor and Paramedic, Advanced Life Support Instructor
Tim has an exceptional array of skills, is Bledisloe Medicals main advanced Paramedic for Event Medical services
Tim has been a Paramedic since 2008, working in various state-based Ambulance Services, universities and in the resource sector.
Tim has also recently Graduated as a Medical Doctor and is currently working at Caboolture Hospital as an Intern.
His passions include aeromedical retrievals and expedition medicine.
RUSS
Advanced Life Support Instructor
Russell performs the important role with this company of keeping our Advanced Life Support Course up to date and meeting ever developing national and international standards
Russell qualified as a Registered Nurse in Victoria in 1983 then worked in a variety of country and city hospitals throughout Victoria before relocating to Queensland in 1996
Russell has worked in Nurse Manager and Nurse Unit Manager positions and has qualifications and over 25 years experience in ICU/CCU and Emergency Nursing settings – specialising in clinical coordination, management ,education and acute emergency retrieval positions.
Currently Russell holds the position of Clinical Nurse consultant withing the Public Health system in Queensland, responsible for procedure and process development and the creation and presentation of Basic and Advanced Life Support programs.
PAUL
Director of Training
Paul is our Resources Sector specialist and Director of Training. He brings his experience in 34 years of ED nursing and resources sectors, working and managing health clinics for companies including Oilsearch (PNG), Woodside, Rio Tinto and DOF Subsea.
In between our FIFO Medical Essentials courses Paul works with Aspen Medical and Corporate Protect Australia to provide contract nursing services to Santos, Shell and other resource companies.
Sam
Simulation Coordinator
Sam is a senior Registered Nurse with vast experience in the ICU and in the Emergency Department. Along with that Sam has worked in the Correctional system as a remote practitioner, has advanced skills in confined space rescue, communications and standby.
Sam possesses advanced Simulation Coordination skills and qualifications, and uses high fidelity equipment and processes to ensure participant retain as much information as possible and enjoy their training / assessment experience
HAYLEY
Registered Nurse
Hayley is a very experienced Emergency and Critical Care Registered Nurse, with specific skills in disaster medicine training and response, Quality and Safety and logistics
Libby
Advanced Life Support Educator
Libby Bowell OAM is a nurse of rare calibre. With 40+ years of nursing, she is a current NT RAN, ED Nurse, and has been a ED NUM and Director of Education for CRANA.
Additionally, she has worked and led over 30 international humanitarian missions with the Red Cross and is a recipient of the Florence Nightingale Medal for her work in North Africa with Ebola. She has also been awarded an Order of Australia for her services to Nursing in Australia.
Libby joins us to pass on her tremendous depth of remote area nursing experience, knowledge, and insights, to nurses looking to work in rural and remote healthcare in our upcoming FIFO Medical Essential courses.
Kristal
First Aid Instructor
Kristal is an experienced Emergency Nurse of many years – with a specialty of Paediatrics.
Kristal is one of the companies qualified First Aid Instructor, holds a Certificate 4 TAE 40116 and likes to deliver the national standard ‘Provide and Emergency First Aid in an Education and Care setting’
Kirsty
First Aid Instructor
Kirsty is an experienced Emergency and Critical Care nurse, including fixed wing aeromedical experience in the past.
She holds her Certificate 4 TAE 40116 and delivers national standard CPR and First Aid courses for the company.
Jane
Admin Co-ordinator
The brains behind this operation, Jane keeps the structure and governance of the company going.
Skilled in report and submission writing / editing, secretarial and administration work
Sophie
Social Media Co-ordinator
Sophie keeps the social media and marketing side of the company going through Facebook, Website, Instagram and LinkedIn.
Sophie is studying good business and hospitality learnings at school and hopes to become more involved in the wider running of this company as she gains more skills
Connor
logistics and equipment manager
Connor keeps the storeroom and warehouse clean, tidy and organised, rotates stock and batteries etc. Has particular organisation skills in ensuring that the right training equipment is sent to a course, is safe for transport and is in packs that are intuitive to use for the Instructor