Following a diverse career path that included being employed as a Youth Worker. Social Worker and then a Police Officer, Matt trained as a Paramedic is South Australia in 2006. He spent nearly ten years in clinical practice, undertaking further qualifications in the field before moving to academic practice in the UK. During this time Matt also assisted with providing prehospital care education in Malaysia.
Since arriving in the UK Matt has contributed to programmes at Oxford Brookes University and designed the paramedic provision at the University of Gloucestershire. Matt has previously been in Course Lead roles there and at Coventry University.
Matt holds a keen interest in patent experience and professional aspects of the paramedic profession and has previous experience in undertaking qualitative research. He is currently undertaking PhD level studies, considering patient experience of paramedic interventions using a case study, mixed methods approach.