Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust
Head of Equality, Diversity & Inclusion
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We have an exciting opportunity to lead our growing Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Team at Pennine Care.
We welcome candidates with a clear and demonstrable passion and/or lived experience.
About the Role
This is a key senior role which at its heart will help us continue our journey in creating a truly inclusive culture where everyone can be their true selves at work and ensuring fair access to our services and improve the outcomes and experiences of our service users.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead on the development and implementation of the Trust's strategic EDI objectives ensuring the involvement of diverse groups and people with lived experience in the development and implementation of our plans.
- Be a passionate EDI leader with ideas for improvement and an eye on delivering and driving our ambitious agenda.
- Be highly knowledgeable about the issues facing minority and/or under-represented groups and have the inter-personal skills to engage with and involve a range of diverse groups and individuals to ensure our work is informed and supported by people’s experience.
- Be an authority in EDI best practice, knowledge and application.
- Demonstrate significant recent evidence of leading and implementing initiatives achieving equality improvement outcomes.
- Be an advocate for diversity and inclusion and have the credibility and influence to work with people at all levels to put EDI at the heart of everything we do.
- Develop effective working relationships both strategically and operationally across a range of settings, in order to deliver our EDI priorities and to continue to mainstream EDI best practice across all aspects of our patient services and our workforce.
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About Us
We are proud to provide high quality mental health and learning disability services, both inpatient and in the community across five boroughs of Greater Manchester - Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport and Tameside and Glossop.
Our vision is for a happier and more hopeful life for everyone in our communities and our staff work hard to deliver the very best care for the people who use our services. We’re really proud of our #PennineCarePeople and do everything we can to make sure we’re a great place to work.
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
All individuals regardless of race, age, disability, ethnicity, nationality, gender, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership are encouraged to apply for this post. We would also encourage applications from individuals with a lived experience of mental illness, either individually or as a carer.
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Benefits
If you come and work for us we will offer a range of benefits and opportunities, including:
- Generous annual leave entitlement for Agenda for Change and Medical and Dental staff.
- Flexible working opportunities to support your work/life balance.
- Access to Continued Professional Development.
- Involvement in improvement and research activities.
- Health and Wellbeing activities and access to an excellent staff wellbeing service.
- Access to staff discounts across retail, leisure and travel.
Contact Information
For further details / informal visits contact:
Name: Shawnna Gleeson
Job title: Deputy Director of Workforce
Email address: shawnna.gleeson@nhs.net
Should you wish to arrange an informal discussion please contact rebecca.allen63@nhs.net for availability quoting the vacancy reference number.
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