Alex Oliver retrained as a operating department practitioner and now works at a London hospital.
"Without a doubt I find that the communication is very similar in the operating theatre and a place like a warship," says Alex Oliver, who left the Royal Navy and now works at London's Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust.He was deployed to 56 countries and territories across the globe during that time, and decided to change careers after getting married.'Dynamic'"One day I went to the operating theatres at Guy’s Hospital, and I thought, 'wow'.
Mr Oliver now works as an operating department practitioner, having completed a three-year operating department practice degree. "You also need to build a rapport quickly to put people at ease, especially in a place as diverse as London. For the patient, it’s one of the biggest, most important days of their lives potentially."Mr Oliver served in the Navy for 12 years and decided to change careers after he got married
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