Oliver Tierney
President Elect and Director of AfPP Ltd
Oliver started with the NHS in 1999 at the Liverpool Royal Hospital, qualifying as an Operating Department Practitioner in 2008. Post qualification, he worked at the Liverpool Heart and Chest before moving to The Walton Centre in 2013. Oliver became a Band 6 Clinical Skills Facilitator in 2015 and then a Band 7 Practice Education Facilitator in 2017. Since May 2022, Oliver’s role has further expanded, and he is now the Lead for Education, Risk and Governance at Walton Operating Theatre.
Throughout his career Oliver has always had a passion for education and he won The Walton Centre “Best Contribution to Education” Award in 2016. Recently, Oliver has become an accredited Applied Human Factors Trainer and qualified Workplace Mediator.
In 2019, Oliver became an accredited Mental Health First Aider and from this, set-up the Walton Theatre Health & Wellbeing team, which would prove invaluable during the COVID pandemic.
He has been an AfPP Trustee since 2021 and a director of AfPP Ltd since January 2024.
