Northern Ireland

The Northern Ireland team is here to support local physicians, provide educational events, administer the approval of consultant and specialty doctor job descriptions and help develop and maintain regional networks.

Your RCP nations manager (Wales and Northern Ireland): Jacqui Sullivan 

Tel: +44 (0)29 2167 4736
Email: jacqui.sullivan@rcp.ac.uk / northernireland@rcp.ac.uk 

Job description enquiries: northernireland@rcp.ac.uk

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Regional advisers

Regional advisers (RAs) are RCP fellows who are selected to support their region/nation. These clinicians volunteer their time to support various activities and the RCP regards them to be essential in advising on a range of training, teaching and service activities that are pertinent to the work of physicians. The RAs for Northern Ireland are:

Dr Stella Hughes
Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast Health and Social Care Trust

Dr Nashid Alam
Antrim Area Hospital, Northern Health and Social Care Trust

Dr Frederick McElwaine
The Ulster Hospital, Dundonald, South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust

Dr Aidan O'Neill
Antrim Area Hospital, Northern Health and Social Care Trust

Dr Hossam Abdulkhalek
Altnagelvin Area Hospital, Western Health and Social Care Trust

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Job description approvals

For the approval of job descriptions, please contact: northernireland@rcp.ac.uk 

Further information and guidance on job planning is available from Advisory Appointments Committees (AAC).

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Regional representatives

Our network of regional representatives act as local ambassadors in their region. They aim to represent the needs and views of RCP members at different stages of their career. 

Click the drop downs below to learn who represents your region, and to see current vacancies.

If you’d like to contact any regional representatives, please get in touch with your regional office.

There is currently a vacancy in this region. You can find out more about the work of the RCP New Consultants Committee here, or contact newconsultants.committee@rcp.ac.uk for more details.

Your regional resident doctor representatives are Dr Rizwan Khan and Dr Áine Corry.

You can find out more about the work of the RCP Resident Doctor Committee here

Your SAS network representative is Dr Jeenat Khan.

You can find out more about the work of the SAS network here.

Your regional SFDN representatives are Seán Coghlan and Vinay Murali Prasad.

You can find out more about the work of the SFDN network here.

Read some of our latest work focusing on Northern Ireland.

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