Richard Cooper

Richard is a Lecturer Practitioner with an interest in Progressive Advanced Practice in Emergency Medicine.

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Background

Richard is a Senior Advanced Clinical Practitioner working in a District General Hospital within a large NHS Foundation Trust. With a background in Cardiothoracic Critical Care and Emergency Medicine, he has progressed from his early career as an Emergency Nurse Practitioner to his current senior role. His clinical expertise spans adult and paediatric resuscitation, trauma, and minor injury management.

He is a Non-Medical Prescriber and holds provider status in Advanced Life Support (ALS), Advanced Paediatric Life Support (APLS), and Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS). Richard is credentialed as an Advanced Level Nurse Practitioner with the Royal College of Nursing and as an Advanced Practitioner with NHS England.

In addition to his clinical role, Richard has a strong interest in organisational workforce development and clinical governance related to Advanced Practice. He also serves as an External Examiner for Advanced Practice programmes at the University of Suffolk, further demonstrating his combined clinical and educational expertise.

Research interests

• Emergency Department flow and process
• Patient Experience in Emergency Medicine
• Doctor and Advanced Practitioner Working Dynamics
• Pain Management in Emergency Medicine

Richard’s Master’s dissertation focused on conducting a systematic literature review examining the use of methoxyflurane as an inhalational analgesic for adult and paediatric minor injury and trauma management in both hospital and pre-hospital emergency medicine. The review compared its efficacy with other conventional therapies available, contributing to the evidence base that supported the introduction of methoxyflurane into local Emergency Departments.

Richard is currently undertaking a Doctorate in Health (DHealth) at the University of Bath, researching the efficacy and patient acceptability of Advanced Clinical Practitioners compared with Resident Doctors in Emergency Medicine. His ambition is to influence workforce planning, clinical governance, and operational strategies to optimise Emergency Department flow and enhance patient care outcomes.

Teaching

• Non-Medical Prescribing
• Advanced Clinical Assessment Skills
• Adult Acute Care and Theoretical Perspectives

Qualifications

• MSc Advanced Clinical Practice, Anglia Ruskin University
• PGCert learning & Teaching in Higher Education, Anglia Ruskin University
• BSc (Hons) Acute and Critical Care, De Montfort University
• Dip HE Adult Nursing
• Registered Nurse
• NMC Registered Specialist Practitioner Qualification
• Non-Medical Prescriber (Level 7) Anglia Ruskin University
• Credentialed Advanced Level Nurse Practitioner (RCN)
• Credentialed Advanced Clinical Practitioner (HEE)

Memberships, editorial boards

• Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC)
• Royal College of Nursing
• Royal College of Emergency Medicine (Associate Member)
• Fellow of The Royal Society for Public Health
• Fellow Higher Education Academy
• Member ICoRSA RRING
• Member NIHR Emergency Care Forum
• Full Member Resuscitation Council UK (RCUK)
• Member East of England Faculty of Advanced Practice
• Member Royal College of Surgeons
• Member Advanced Life Support Gorup (ALSG)

Research grants, consultancy, knowledge exchange

• External Examiner for Advanced Practice at University of Suffolk