NORTHERN IRELAND BRANCH of the BPS
ANNUAL CONFERENCE 202115 - 16 APRIL 2021, VIRTUAL CONFERENCE
Affiliation
Belfast Health & Social Care Trust
Bio
Dr Sarah Meekin is a Consultant Clinical Psychologist and has been Head of Psychological Services in Belfast Health & Social Care Trust for 10 years. Sarah has an interest in developing psychologically informed systems and psychologically evidenced interventions, and champions the need for both a psychologically informed workforce and for specialist psychological therapists to deliver care and support, at varying levels of intervention.
Dr Meekin has specific interest and expertise in the importance of a psychological perspective within physical healthcare and experience in working across Paediatric and Adult Physical Healthcare systems, providing both clinical interventions to patients and families, and supporting staff working within physical healthcare environments. She also has a specialist interest in bereavement and grief and the prevention of additional distress and trauma by preventative actions.
Dr Meekin has been actively involved in the delivery and development of staff support systems throughout her clinical career and currently chairs the Regional Workforce Wellbeing group. Over Covid she has been actively involved both nationally, regionally and locally in development of bereavement materials and pathways, covid support pathways and staff support materials and services.
Title
Supporting staff wellbeing: a NI perspective
Abstract
Dr Meekin will give a trust focused perspective on staff support in NI. She will give a brief overview of the mechanisms and supports available for staff pre-covid and discuss some of the challenges and innovations during the covid pandemic. She will look towards the future and the learning and hopes for developing better support systems for Health & Social Care staff and the wider public service bodies, building on the more collaborative work done to date.
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Affiliation
Belfast Health & Social Care Trust
Bio
Dr Sarah Meekin is a Consultant Clinical Psychologist and has been Head of Psychological Services in Belfast Health & Social Care Trust for 10 years. Sarah has an interest in developing psychologically informed systems and psychologically evidenced interventions, and champions the need for both a psychologically informed workforce and for specialist psychological therapists to deliver care and support, at varying levels of intervention.
Dr Meekin has specific interest and expertise in the importance of a psychological perspective within physical healthcare and experience in working across Paediatric and Adult Physical Healthcare systems, providing both clinical interventions to patients and families, and supporting staff working within physical healthcare environments. She also has a specialist interest in bereavement and grief and the prevention of additional distress and trauma by preventative actions.
Dr Meekin has been actively involved in the delivery and development of staff support systems throughout her clinical career and currently chairs the Regional Workforce Wellbeing group. Over Covid she has been actively involved both nationally, regionally and locally in development of bereavement materials and pathways, covid support pathways and staff support materials and services.
Title
Supporting staff wellbeing: a NI perspective
Abstract
Dr Meekin will give a trust focused perspective on staff support in NI. She will give a brief overview of the mechanisms and supports available for staff pre-covid and discuss some of the challenges and innovations during the covid pandemic. She will look towards the future and the learning and hopes for developing better support systems for Health & Social Care staff and the wider public service bodies, building on the more collaborative work done to date.
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