
The Belfast Health and Social Care Trust (BHSCT) treat approximately 210,000 inpatient and day patients a year, see 680,000 outpatients and more than 200,000 people at A&E departments. BHSCT are also responsible for between 500 and 550 children on the child protection register and every year receive 800 referrals for children in need of support. The trust also provides services for older people through nine residential homes and commission services from the independent and voluntary sector to support older people. The Belfast Health and Social Care Trust works alongside Business in The Community to maintain responsible business practices which help them provide a better service to those in need. The Trust has been involved in a number of programmes with Business in The Community including employee volunteering challenges, environmental sustainability and has developed links with education.
The Belfast Health and Social Care Trust provides a huge number of placements to students in a variety of occupational areas, ranging from administration to work shadowing a surgeon.
The Belfast Health and Social Care Trust works exclusively with Work Inspiration – to gain access to work experience and work inspiration opportunities students should ask their careers teachers to contact the Work Inspiration office on their behalf.
Biomedical Science
Karen Goodall - Biomedical Scientist/Training Lead, Regional Immunology Laboratory
Violet Linton - Biomedical Scientist, Microbiology
Dietetics
Linda Crozier - Dietetic Team Lead
Occupational Therapy
Julie Bray - Service Improvement and Governance Lead Occupational Therapist
Rachael Moore - Community Occupational Therapy
Aisling Fearon - Occupational Therapist
Emily Costello - Clinical Lead Occupational Therapist
Sharon Glenn - Occupational Therapist
Kerry Lawler - Occupational Therapist
Simon Artherton - Community Occupational Therapist
Lisa Hamill - Occupational Therapy Assistant
Catherine Polley - Occupational Therapist
Emma Dunn - Occupational Therapist
Ellen Bailie - Occupational Therapist
Philip Kinsella - Occupational Therapy Technical Instructor
Orla McCrory - Occupational Therapist
Emma Pogue - Occupational Therapist
Sheryl Taylor - Occupational Therapist
Naoisa Lindsay - Occupational Therapist
Pedar Beckett - Occupational Therapist
Jenny Trainor - Paediatric Occupational Therapist
Orla Wylie - Paediatric Occupational Therapist
Judith McCLure - Paediatric Occupational Therapist
Pharmacy
Jill Thornton - Clinical Pharmacist
Physiotherapy
Graham McKee - Physiotherapist
Helen Beattie - Community Paediatric Physiotherapist
Radiography
Jordan Sproule - Diagnostic Radiographer
Social Work
Chris Courtney - Mental Health Assessor
Lindsay Smyth - Mental Health Assessment Centre Team Leader
Jamie Johnston - Social Worker
Keelin Cassidy - Social Worker
Madeline McLoughlin - Senior Social Work Practitioner
Charlotte Wilson - Approved Social Worker
Rhona Shiels - Team Leader, Sensory Support Team
Joe Mulholland - Senior Social Work Practitioner
Victoria Porter - Senior Social Work Practitioner
Farida Seddiki - Social Worker
Ciara Thompson - Social Worker
Matthew Stewart - Investigating Officer, Learning Disability Adult Safeguarding Team
Danny Quigg - Designated Adult Protection Officer, Adult Protection Gateway Team
Speech and Language Therapy
Sophie McAllen - Speech and Language Therapist
Claire McKay - Speech and Language Therapist
Katie Ashford - Speech and Language Therapist
Olivia Compston - Speech and Language Therapist
Terese Boylan - Speech and Language Therapist
Dervla Smyth - Speech and Language Therapist
Jenny Busby - Specialist Speech and Language Therapist