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Executive Team

In addition to the Chief Executive Maureen Edwards, the following people are part of the Trust’s Executive Team:

Director Unscheduled Care Services

Brian ArmstrongDr Brian Armstrong 

Brian has been Director of Unscheduled Care since October 2019. He is responsible for the RVH & Mater Adult Emergency Departments, and a range of Acute & Regional Medicine Specialties.

Brian graduated from the University of Ulster with a doctorate in Biomedical Sciences, and is also a master’s post graduate from Boston College and the University of Ulster Business School. Brian has a 30+ year career in healthcare focusing on system redesign, culture change and patient flow.

 

Director of Child Health & NISTAR services, Maternity, Dental, Gynae and Sexual Health 

Paula CahalanPaula Cahalan

Paula took up post as the Interim Director of Child Health & NISTAR services in August 2021, also taking over responsibility for Imaging, Medical Physics and Outpatients in May 2022. She was appointed to a permanent Director post in 2024, and is now responsible for Child Health & NISTAR, Maternity, Dental, Gynaecology and Sexual Health Services. Paula was previously the Co-Director and Professional Lead for Allied Health Professionals (AHPs) in the Trust and is a qualified Dietitian / AHP. Paula has over 30 years’ experience in Health and Social Care, working with teams across all age ranges and specialties in both acute and community services.

 

Director of Performance, Planning & Informatics
Alastair Campbell

Alastair Campbell

With more than 20 years’ experience in the public sector, Alastair has worked in a variety of areas of social policy, including social housing, alcohol licensing, social security, and EU funding.

Having spent a number of years working in the Office of the Northern Ireland Executive in Brussels, he moved to the Department of Health in 2014 where he carried out a variety of senior roles, leading work on acute service policy, hospital reconfiguration, and Covid-19 response.

Alastair joined the Trust in 2021, initially working as Co-Director in Urgent and Emergency Care, before taking up post as Director for Planning, Performance and Informatics in 2022.

 

Interim Director Anaesthetics, Critical Care, Theatres, Sterile Services and Surgery

Photo of Tara Clinton

Tara Clinton

Tara took up the post of interim director of ACCTSS and Surgery in December 2024.

Tara was the Co Director, for anaesthetics, critical care, theatres and sterile services since December 2020.

Tara is a registered general nurse (RGN) and specialised in perioperative practice, she has a Masters in Health Psychology and Practitioner skills and Post-Graduate Diploma in Facilitation and Life Long Learning She has held a number of senior roles within BHSCT including Divisional Nurse for ACCTSS, sites co-ordinator and service manager for critical care and Major Trauma.

Interim Director of Finance

Claire CorryClaire Corry

Claire is a qualified chartered accountant with over 20 years’ experience in Health & Social Care. She has held a number of Senior Management positions across Finance both the Royal Hospitals prior to the amalgamation of the six Belfast acute and community Trusts into the Belfast Trust in 2007, including Co-Director Financial Management, a role she held since 2017. Claire took up post as the Interim Director of Finance and Estates in September 2024.

 

Head of Communications

Bronagh DalzellBronagh Dalzell

Bronagh Dalzell has worked in Health and Social Care since 2003. Prior to moving to Belfast Trust in 2007, she was formerly a Communications Manager at the Royal Group of Hospitals Trust. Bronagh has been Head of Communications in Belfast Trust since 2012.

 

 

 

 

Interim Director of Operations for encompass

Patricia FergusonPatricia Ferguson

Patricia was appointed to Director of Operations for encompass on 2nd January 2024 leading the Belfast Trust implementation of the encompass project.

She has over 30 years experience in Health and Social Care including holding previous roles Divisional Nurse within Imaging, Medical Physics and OPD and  Covid Oversight group, providing senior nurse leadership for the Vaccination and Testing Services.

Patricia has for over 30 years nursing experience with the majority of her career spent working in unscheduled care or project/service implementation.

 

Medical Director

Dr Chris Hagan

Chris took up post as Medical Director in 2020. Chris has occupied a number of senior leadership roles in the Trust including Chair of Division and Deputy Medical Director.

Chris is from Belfast and graduated from Manchester University in 1990. He completed post-graduate training in Glasgow, Belfast and Dublin and was appointed as Consultant Uro-oncology and Renal Transplant Surgeon in 2004 in Belfast. He has always been focused on patient safety and improving outcomes for patients in Northern Ireland.

 

Interim Director of Cancer & Specialist Services

Moira Kearney Moira Kearney

Previously, Moira was Interim Director of  Mental Health, Intellectual Disability & Psychological Services, Co-Director for Child Health and Northern Ireland Specialist Transport and Retrieval (NISTAR) Services from 2017 and Interim Co-Director and Associate Director of Nursing for Trauma, Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation one year prior to this. Moira has worked in the NHS for over 30 years.

 

Interim Director of Adult Community, Older People’s Services and Allied Health Professionals

Colin McMullanColin McMullan

Colin took up the post as Interim Director for Adult Community, Older People’s Services and Allied Health Professionals in September 2023. Prior to this he was Co-Director for Maternity, Dental, Gynae and Sexual Health Services from June 2020. Colin has previously held Senior Manager posts in Quality Improvement and Patient Safety, Corporate Governance and Medical Education within the Belfast Trust.

Colin has also held management roles in the Public Health Agency and in the former Eastern Health and Social Services Board, having joined the NHS in 2004 following several roles in the private sector. Colin is passionate about improving care for service users.

 

Director for Trauma, Orthopaedics, Rehab Services and Outpatients, Imaging and Medical Physics

Marion MulhollandMarion Mulholland

Marion was appointed Director of Trauma, Orthopaedics, Rehabilitation, Imaging, Medical Physics and Outpatients in July 2024.

She has over 35 years’ experience in Belfast Health and Social Care Trust and is a registered nurse. She has held senior roles, including Interim Co-Director in Maternity, Gynaecology, Sexual and Reproductive Health, and Divisional Nurse in Trauma, Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation.

Her previous roles where within unscheduled care and include positions within patient flow and medical specialties.

 

Interim Director of Nursing, Midwifery, User Experience and Allied Health Professionals

Olga O'NeillOlga O’Neill

Olga was appointed to the Interim post of Executive Director of Nursing and User Experience in July 2024. Olga is responsible for Nursing and User Experience within the Trust, she is the lead director for Infection Prevention and Control and Professional lead for Allied Health Professionals.

In 2017, Olga joined the collective leadership team of Unscheduled Care as Divisional Nurse and then Co Director for Urgent and Emergency Care services prior to taking up this interim position as Executive Director.

Olga trained as an adult general nurse at the Mater Hospital Belfast from 1990 and for 17 years, she worked in a specialist role of Acute Pain Management, it was within this role that she acquired a Masters in Advanced Practice and Non-medical Prescribing. In 2014, Olga joined the Unscheduled Care Directorate and it was within this time, she completed the Scottish Quality and Safety Fellowship.

 

Director of Strategic Development

David Porter

David was appointed to the post of Director of Strategic Development in November 2024.  He is responsible for Estates and Capital Planning & Redevelopment.

David is a qualified architect with experience working in both the private and public sectors on the delivery of major health construction projects.  Prior to joining Belfast Trust he was a Programme Director in Health Estates in the Department of Health, working with several Trusts and Arms-Length Bodies on their capital development programmes.

 

Interim Executive Director of Social Work

Tracy ReidTracy Reid

Tracy took up post as Interim Executive Director of Social Work in August 2022. Tracy qualified as a Social Worker, from Queens University Belfast in 2001, through the Masters of Social Work Programme. She also holds the PQSW award for Strategy and Leadership in Social Work.

Tracy has worked in the Belfast Trust since 2005. Throughout her career Tracy has worked across a number of fields of Social Work, including Children’s Services, Hospital Social Work, Palliative Care, Disability Services, Older People’s Services and Adult Safeguarding.

 

Interim Director Mental Health, Intellectual Disability & Psychological Services

Peter Sloan

Peter took up post as Interim Director for Mental Health, Intellectual Disability and Psychological Services in December 2022.

Prior to this, he held a variety of medical management roles within the Directorate, including Clinical Director for Community & Partnership Services, Clinical Director for Acute Mental Health Services, Chair of Division for Mental Health and Chair of Division for Intellectual Disability Services.

Peter is a Consultant Perinatal Psychiatrist and continues to practice clinically in the Perinatal Mental Health Team, based at Knockbracken Healthcare Park.

 

Director of Human Resources and Organisational Development

Gillian SomervilleGillian Somerville

Gillian was appointed as Director of Human Resources and Organisational Development in September 2023. She has over 30 years’ experience working in Human Resources & Organisational Development.  She is an experienced FCIPD HR professional with a proven track record of operating at a senior and board level in a number of fast moving and dynamic environments. Gillian is passionate about improving staff health and wellbeing and driving forward staff and leadership development, and has a history of improving staff engagement.

 

Interim Director of Children’s Community Services

Kerrylee WeatherallKerrylee Weatherall

Kerrylee took up post as the Interim Director of Children’s Community Services in August 2022, with responsibility for Child Health, Early Intervention & Safeguarding and Corporate Parenting & RESWS.  Kerrylee previously held the post of Co Director for Corporate Parenting and Regional Emergency Social Work Service (RESWS).

She has worked in the NHS since 1997 and has held a number of Senior Management positions across Children’s Community Services.

 

 

 

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