
Our Culture
As part of the NHS People Promise, the wellbeing of our staff is our priority, so we are committed to ensuring our employees achieve a healthy work-life balance supported by our flexible working options and by making reasonable adjustments where possible. We believe no-one should have to sacrifice family, friends, or their personal interests for work. We are a modern employer able to attract and retain high quality staff through our commitment to the NHS People Promise.
Commitment to Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) is integral to our organisational culture. We value and respect all individuals’ diverse backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences. As an employer, we foster an inclusive environment where everyone feels valued, supported, and empowered to contribute their best. We seek candidates who share our commitment to EDI and will actively contribute to advancing these principles within our workplace and the broader community.
We want to ensure our workforce is representative of the population we serve. We welcome applications from all sections of the community and diverse groups. We work hard to understand our demographics, monitor our performance as an equal-opportunity employer, and continue to embed a culture of inclusivity across the organisation. To support this process, please take the time to complete the equal opportunity questions. The shortlisting manager will not see this criterion; therefore, it cannot be part of their decision-making.
The Trust is committed to employing and supporting people with disabilities. The Trust’s policy is to interview all candidates with a disability who meet the minimum ‘essential’ criteria as identified on the person specification. To ensure we know you have a disability, please inform us under the appropriate section on the application form.
We welcome applications from the LGBTQ+ community and openly encourage people with different sexual orientations, gender identities and expressions to apply to join our team. We promise to respect and encourage using all pronouns and will not purposefully misgender anyone. We encourage applications for all senior positions from ethnically diverse candidates.
We are governed by the public sector equality duties and by our values of Care, Respect and Responsibility to ensure we eliminate discrimination, harassment, victimisation, and any other unlawful behaviour which undermines our core values and falls short of our Behaviour Framework. We want our staff to report behaviour from colleagues, patients, or visitors that constitutes the above and appropriate action to be taken.
We have staff networks in place to help support the staff experience of diverse staff groups and inform us of the actions, interventions, and support that we need to put in place to improve the working lives and daily experiences of all colleagues and all teams. Anyone can join the networks, and we take pride in having Allies as part of every network within the organisation.