Patient Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

5 months ago


York, United Kingdom York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Full time

We are looking for a Patient Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion Facilitator to join the Trust's busy and dynamic Patient Experience and Involvement Team.

As a team, we live our Trust's values and our commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion is demonstrated in our approach to our day-to-day work with our colleagues and in our patient, carer, and public involvement activities. You should be a team player and willing to work flexibly to support the delivery of the team's broad and exciting portfolio.

You will have a passion for placing the voices of patients, their families and carers, and communities, especially those who are underrepresented, at the centre of the Trust’s service delivery and development.

You should have a track record of delivering a high-quality service to improve the experience of the care and services for patients and service users.

The main purpose of this post is to support the Trust’s EDI objectives and priorities for patients and carers, ensuring that the views of under-represented groups are included in decision making processes and practices.

You will have strong planning, organisation, and administration skills. You will be a confident and impactful communicator and be able to demonstrate that can prioritise your work to deliver against objectives.

The Trust is committed to ensuring our services are accessible and support our health inequalities plans so that delivery and effectiveness of care for all patients is maximised.

Reporting to Patient EDI Lead, this position is a key member of the team supporting the delivery of the patient EDI agenda.

The post holder will support activities involving the engagement of patients, carers, and stakeholder groups including providing administrative support for committees and meetings, coordination of the Trust Equality Delivery System workshops relating to patient and providing support for the Trust’s interpreting service.

The Patient EDI Facilitator will be a member of the Patient Experience and Involvement team, reporting to the Patient EDI Lead to support the delivery of patient equality and diversity activities across the Trust.

The role works across the Trust so the successful applicant will be required regularly to travel to our different sites.

Our benefits

**We offer a range of benefits to support our staff including**:
Access to the NHS Pension Scheme, providing generous benefits upon retirement, as well as a lump sum and pension for dependants

27 days holiday rising to 33 days (depending on NHS Trust service)

A variety of different types of paid and unpaid leave covering emergency and planned leave

Confidential advice and support on personal, work, family and relationship issues, 24/7, from our Employee Assistance Programme

NHS Car Lease scheme and Cycle to Work scheme

An extensive range of learning and development opportunities

Discounts on restaurants, getaways, shopping, motoring, cinema and finance from a range of providers

For further information on the fantastic range of benefits we offer please visit the Trust's dedicated Staff Benefits pages.

**A full description of the role is available in the attachment**: job description.

Working for the Trust

Across our organisation, people are guided by values that were co-developed with staff: we are kind; we are open; and we pursue excellence.

As part of seeking to become more inclusive, we will consider requests for flexible working from the start of your employment. It may not be suitable for every role, but we will try and be supportive where we can. We would encourage you to speak to the recruiting manager named within this advert to discuss any requirements you may have.

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COVID-19 Vaccination Requirements

Our Trust continues to strongly encourage our staff to be vaccinated against COVID19, this remains our best defence to protect our patients, ourselves and everyone else.



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