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Rebecca Connolly

Assistant Professor (Advanced Clinical Practice),

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Biography

NHS Consultant ACP and Executive Director working at board level with public and private sector organisations on commercial strategy, service transformation, and culture change. She is a graduate of the NHS Nye Bevan Executive Leadership Programme and a member of the Institute of Directors.

She qualified as an ACP in Emergency Medicine (NUH Alumnus) and continues clinical practice across Emergency Medicine, Urgent Care, General Medicine, and Primary Care. Her clinical background is in Paramedicine. She was previously an MSc ACP module lead at the University of Lincoln.

Bex acts as an Expert Witness in clinical negligence cases for both Prosecution and Defence. Her forensic work is academically underpinned by a University Certificate in Forensic and Legal Medicine and advanced certification as a Behavioural Profiler, allowing her to analyse the human element of risk with precision.

She owns a financial and business intelligence consultancy delivering compliance, operational infrastructure, and strategic risk advisory. This includes insider threat and behavioural red flag assessments, leadership profiling, and decision intelligence.

Prior to healthcare, she served as a Police Officer through the Home Office High Potential Development Scheme. Before that, she lived in Japan.

Expertise Summary

Bex delivered the Keynote at the College of Paramedics National Conference and has spoken at numerous industry events. She co-created the (Royal) College of Paramedics Peer Support Network, providing support to registrants undergoing Fitness to Practice proceedings. She also co-created the (Royal) College of Paramedics Diversity Steering Group, which works to remove barriers to entry in Paramedicine.

She has contributed to several ACP clinical textbooks, with particular interests in anatomy, physiology and pathophysiology. Her expertise centres on culture change: pursuing models of healthcare delivery underpinned by workforce development and support.

Selected Publications

  • 2025: The Advanced Practitioner in Pathophysiology and Diagnostics (Chapters 3, 8, and 15), Wiley Publishing. Edited by Phipps, Setchfield, Hill, and Diamond-Fox
  • 2023: ParaPass CPD Article - Trans Awareness
  • 2023: Acute, Emergency and Critical Care for the Advanced Practitioner, (Chapters 6 and 9), Wiley Publishing
  • 2022: Advanced Clinical Practice.... At a Glance, Chapter 10, The Psychiatric Interview and mental health history taking, Wiley Publishing
  • 2022: The Advanced Practitioner: A framework for Clinical Practice, Chapter 15, Physical Examination, Wiley Publishing
  • 2021: Journal of Paramedic Practice, Vol 13 No 7 p301, Pride in Paramedicine
  • 2021: Journal of International Paramedic Practice, Vol 11 No 3, Pride in Paramedicine
  • 2021: The Mental Health and Wellbeing of Healthcare Practitioners: Research and Practice, Chapter 9, What is Peer Support? Co-creating a Programme, Wiley Publishing
  • 2017: Journal of Paramedic Practice, Vol 9 No 4 pp151-155 Pre-hospital care of the transgender patient

Selected Conferences

  • 2023: College of Paramedics National Conference 2023 - keynote - The Deteriorating Patient inside the hospital: challenges of a Consultant ACP
  • 2023: Association of Ambulance Chief Executives 2023 - guest panelist for trans awareness webinar
  • 2023: College of Paramedics Inclusive Recruitment Conference 2023 - keynote
  • 2023: 999 EMS Research Forum Annual Research Conference 2023 - guest panelist around inclusive research
  • 2018: Hallam Medical ACP Conference 2018

Other training:

  • RCUK Advanced Life Support (Adult)
  • RCUK European Paediatric Advanced Life Support
  • Resuscitation of the Critically Ill
  • Focused Ultrasound in Intensive Care (heart)
  • Advanced Hand Assessment and Management (Pulvetaft)
  • Emergency Surgical Skills (Thoracotomy, Surgical Airways, Cantholysis, IO Management, Thoracostamies)
  • Mental Health First Aid at Work
  • Human Factors Train the Trainer
  • Equality and Diversity
  • Education and Training
  • Coaching and Mentoring
  • Core Counselling Skills
  • NIHR Good Clinical Practice (GCP)
  • RCEM Level 1 PoCUS (faculty)
  • IR(M)ER and V/Q
  • Paul Ekman Micro Expressions (Expert)
  • NCI-1 and NCI-2
  • Joe Navarro Expert Certification
  • Cyber-related (CCSK v4.0, Ce-CSP, Coding, Cybersecurity, BCS CISMP, ISO27001:2022, Digital Forensics)

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