Health & Social Care Professions

The Health and Social Care Professions (HSCP) are the second largest clinical group in the Irish health service.
HSCP work in all settings including acute, community, disability, specialist, mental health, primary care and residential services. HSCPs are highly qualified and skilled and play a significant role in the health, wellbeing and quality of life of the population.

There are currently 26 Health and Social Care Professions, spanning diagnostic, therapeutic and social care domains.

The Health & Social Care Professions Deliver – A Strategic Guidance Framework 2021 – 2026, is a high level framework diagram summarising the Impacts, Commitments, Supports and Actions that realises the full collective potential of the family of 26 Health and Social Care Professions.

We are also working on career pathways for the following HSCP roles:

– Audiology
– Clinical Biochemistry
– Clinical Engineering
– Clinical Measurement Physiology – Cardiac
– Clinical Measurement Physiology – Gastrointestinal
– Clinical Measurement Physiology – Neurophysiology
– Clinical Measurement Physiology – Respiratory
– Clinical Measurement Physiology – Vascular
– Clinical Perfusion Science
– Counselling and Psychotherapy
– Medical Physics
– Optometry
– Orthoptics
– Phlebotomy
– Play Therapy/Play Specialist
– Psychology