Northern Ireland

The Northern Ireland regional office is based in Belfast.

The regional 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 regional manager is Sonya Lappin

Tel: +44 (0)28 91 249107
Email: sonya.lappin@rcp.ac.uk / northernireland@rcp.ac.uk 

Job description enquiries: northernireland@rcp.ac.uk

Policy and campaigns manager (Wales and Northern Ireland): Emily Wooster

Email: emily.wooster@rcp.ac.uk

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Regional advisers

Regional advisers (RAs) are RCP fellows who are selected to support their region. 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. There are four RAs in this region: 

Dr Stella Hughes
Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast

Dr Nashid Alam
Antrim Area Hospital, Antrim

Dr Jayne McAuley
Craigavon Area Hospital

Dr Frederick McElwaine
The Ulster Hospital, Dundonald, South Eastern 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.

Your regional new consultant representative is Dr Aidan O'Neill.

You can find out more about the work of the RCP New Consultants Committee here.

There is currently a vacancy in this region. 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 representative is Seán Coghlan. 

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

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