T-Gem Healthcare to create 70 new jobs

The expansion includes a £10,000 investment for offices at Russell Business Centre opposite Belfast City Hospital.

The investment marks the private nursing and care provider’s expansion from its headquarters in Dundrum, Co Down.

T-Gem Healthcare champions independence at home and promotes the value of providing people with the support they need to stay in their own homes rather than going into care accommodation. The company provides a range of services from 30-minute visits to full time live-in care. The former helps with personal care, cleaning, shopping and gardening, while the latter supports people with illnesses such as multiple sclerosis, motor neurone disease, Parkinson’s disease, Alzheimer’s and dementia.

The company signposts people to access a government scheme called direct payments that are funded by Northern Ireland’s health trusts.

Director of nursing, Mandy Lacey, hailed the expansion a significant development for the company: “T-Gem Healthcare is delighted to announce this expansion into serving the people of Belfast. We have set ourselves the task of opening our Belfast office to create 70 jobs in the city in the next 12 months to deal with a great need we have identified, particularly in the south and east of the city. This will further our aim of providing a high standard of care to help people remain in their own homes, among their families and neighbours and in their communities by providing the care and support they need.”

Some 20 positions have already been filled including two management roles.

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