About us
Welcome to Oberon Training and Development; a training academy based in Northern Ireland dedicated to providing continuing personal development opportunities and training for people who want to upskill and progress in their careers.
We deliver high quality training facilitated by experienced professionals in healthcare, industry, and corporate sectors in-house or at your venue.
As a training academy, Oberon Training and Development is accredited and affiliated with the Open College Network (OCN NI), Qualsafe and the CPD Certification network
Attracting and obtaining the best talent
Oberon Training and Development has been developed by the team behind parent company, Oberon Agency, which has been recruiting the best healthcare staff to the Health and Social Care System and Private Health Care sector in NI for over 25-years.
The educational background and experience of our clinical tutors epitomises our ethos that we are committed to ensuring you achieve and maintain the highest standards of practise. The expertise of our trainers cover a wide range of general and medical disciplines using evidence-based best practice.
Professional Trainers
We only work with trainers who meet the standards we expect to deliver high quality accredited and bespoke courses. We match the right professional trainer to your training needs based on their sector knowledge and expertise, so they are delivering the most up to date and informative information there is to you.
Safety, and knowledge are paramount to us. Our professional trainers put their extensive sector knowledge into providing the highest standards of training for you. We strive to deliver training that will ultimately upskill the people of Northern Ireland, and inspire the next generation of our workforce
While we naturally align to Oberon Agency’s wider company values, our training anddevelopment team proudly commit to delivering work in a trustworthy, honest, professional, and person-centred way. We put you, and the challenges you face on a daily basis at the heart of everything we deliver.
We want to ultimately add value and enable your teams to not only carry out their roles to the highest of standards for your own customers, but also unleash their own personal potential and enjoy their career journeys. Regardless of sector or level of role, every person can aspire and achieve goals to be proud of with us.
Meet Our Team
The calibre and experience of our professional and clinical training team, which includes physicians, subject matter experts, and nurse practitioners speaks for itself.
Dr. Andrew Kerr
Director for Clinical Education
Andrew serves as a subject matter expert for clinical education within Oberon Training and Development. He graduated from Queen’s University in Belfast in 2013 with a degree in Medicine and has developed a passion for clinical education throughout his clinical career. Alongside his primary degree, Andrew holds a Masters in Business Improvement from Ulster University. A strong believer in quality, Andrew ensures that all training delivered is of high standard and meets the needs of customers for their professional development.
Nuala Donnelly (RGN)
Associate Trainer
Nuala is a registered nurse with both the NMC and An Bord Altrainis and also holds an MSc in Oncology, Supportive & Palliative Care. Her extensive experience including roles in Acute Medical; Cardiology, District Nursing and Agency nursing ensures our delegates can receive training tailored to their individual and professional needs.
Tracey Elliot (RGN)
Associate Trainer
Tracey registered as a nurse in 1996, specialising in Trauma and Orthopaedics and then graduated as a Midwife in 2002 from QUB. She took on the role of a Statutory Supervisor of Midwives until 2017, strengthening her passion for high quality, effective and safe care provision within all healthcare settings. Tracey helped develop the Regional Framework for Shared Decision Making in Northern Ireland in 2021. Tracey has experience in delivering training in Basic Life Support and Anaphylaxis, AED, First Aid at Work and brings a wealth of knowledge to Oberon Training and Development.
Elaine Kinghan
Associate trainer
Elaine became a health and safety trainer with a vision to provide a supportive approach to helping companies achieve regulatory compliance and peace of mind. Elaine has a strong track record for quality and technical expertise, attention to detail and passion for continuous improvement. Elaine is also a qualified RTITB instructor and a member of the IOSH Accreditation.
Lawrence McAree
Associate Trainer
Lawrence has been involved in delivering routine and emergency first aid for over 30 years. Working as long-haul cabin crew meant treating casualties in situations that were often challenging including remote locations and lack of access to full medical support. He also has worked as an aviation medicine trainer. During the pandemic he moved into first aid training full time. Lawrence gets most satisfaction from giving people the empowerment to help casualties up the chain of survival and giving people the confidence to start CPR
Rob Doyle
Associate Trainer
Rob has been involved in the training industry for over 19 years and has developed and delivered training up to university level programmes. He has an advanced diploma in teaching in organisational sectors both in NI and England. Rob is currently an experienced Firefighter with Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service he combines his knowledge of legislation and policy with practical aptitude and operational know how to bring to life the knowledge and theory contained within our fire safety training courses.
Unleash your Potential
At Oberon Training and Development learning is fundamental. All courses and accreditations are tailor-made to meet individual and organisational needs.
Why Choose Us?
Oberon Training and Development offer an extensive range of accredited, bespoke or tailor made courses to suit the individual needs of our delegates. Benefits include:
- Unrivalled expertise.
- Our training and educational team are subject matter experts.
- We offer high quality training courses to keep you up-skilled and refreshed for employment and promotions.
- Our programmes are innovative and diverse and are designed to meet the needs of healthcare and a range of other professional sectors.
- Content provided is a mix of both theoretical knowledge and practical, hands-on training.
- You can come to us. We can go to you, in-hours, out-of-hours and at weekends.
- We will design, and deliver individual bespoke training to meet the needs of your business.
- Our friendly and approachable team are here to handle any training or booking enquiries.
- We are cost-effective, competitively priced and convenient.
Our Venue
Boardroom that seats up to 20 people.
Free Wifi and Internet access available.
Disabled access and free parking on-site
Top of the range training equipment.
Tearoom facilities on-site.
Numerous meeting rooms on-site
Oberon Training and Development are approved and affiliated with the Open College Network (OCN NI), Qualsafe and the CPD Certification network, We can offer vocational and non-vocational qualifications alongside mandatory and optional training Courses
Qualsafe Awards is one of the largest Ofqual recognised Awarding Organisations in the UK and has been shortlisted for the Federation of Awarding Bodies (FAB) ‘Awarding Organisation of the Year’ Award in both 2015 and 2016. With extensive industry knowledge, it has a thorough understanding of what training organisations want and need from an Awarding Organisation. It provides cost effective, professional accreditation service with high quality standards and exceptional customer care.
The CPD Certification Service was established in 1996 as the leading independent CPD accreditation institution operating across industry sectors to complement the Continuing Professional Development policies of professional institutes and academic bodies. The CPD Certification Service provides support, advice and recognised independent CPD accreditation compatible with global CPD principles. Thousands of CPD training providers are sharing their skills with the world.
The Open College Network Northern Ireland (OCN NI) is the UK recognised Awarding Organisation based in NI offering qualifications from Entry Level to Level Five. OCN advances education by developing nationally recognised qualifications. It’s mission ‘to develop and award qualifications which engage, enrich and equip learners for life.” OCN provides accreditation across various sectors including, science, ICT, Health and Social Care, Agriculture, Horticulture, Animal Care, Engineering, Manufacturing Technologies, Construction, Retail, Service Enterprise, Hospitality, Sport and Leisure and Tourism.
CCEA Regulation is an independent function within CCEA, they are responsible for the accreditation and regulation of regulated qualifications offered in Northern Ireland (NI). Their focus is on awarding organisations and ensuring that each recognised awarding organisation takes responsibility for the quality and standards of it's qualifications.
We provide training to organisations of all sizes, and across all sectors. Don’t take our word for it though, here are some feedback testimonials:
Oberon Training and Development have gone the extra mile to support new M Care staff during their induction period. The trainers are very professional and have worked closely with M Care to ensure that staff induction is comprehensive, and that staff receive regular mandatory face to face training. This provides us with assurance that our staff are equipped to meet the needs of our service users
Audrey Murphy
- Head of Health and Social Care MCare Ltd
Fantastic day at Oberon Training and Development getting to grips with paediatric first aid.Our trainer was extremely knowledgeable, encouraging, and supportive going through each topic ensuring the understanding of each learner. The content of the course was very informative, and the trainer was engaging. The practical aspects of the training helped immensely in the learning process. Thank you for a fantastic training approach helping us to learn what we need to know in the best possible way.
Happy Children Day Nursery
- Ballynahinch
Training has already been delivered to the following collectives:
- GP Practices, Dental Surgeries and Health Centres
- Private Hospitals
- Sports Clubs
- Educational Institutes
- Nursing & Residential Homes
- Day Nurseries
- Day Care settings
- Corporate Businesses
- Charities, Youth Clubs and Third Sector Organisations
- Government departments