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Job summary

Main area
EDI Practitioner
Grade
Band 7
Contract
Fixed term: 12 months
Hours
Part time - 22.5 hours per week
Job ref
159-LWH-205-24
Employer
Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
LWH
Town
Liverpool
Salary
£43,742 - £50,056 per annum pro rata
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
03/07/2024 23:59

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Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust logo

Patient Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Lead

Band 7

Liverpool Women’s delivers the highest standards of care for women, babies and their families. Each year we deliver over 8,300 babies, carry out over 10,000 gynaecological procedures, and care for over 1,000 poorly and preterm newborns, making us the specialist provider of health services for women, babies and their families in Europe.

We have some of the leading experts in their field, and, after featuring on One Born Every Minute, Miracle Babies and Special Baby Unit, our teams are famous across the world for their professionalism, skill and compassion.

Liverpool Women’s Hospital clinical services are currently being reviewed by NHS Liverpool Clinical Commissioning Group, following work done by our clinicians in presenting a powerful case for change in the Future Generations Strategy.

A useful information booklet is available about the proposed changes which can be downloaded from the Healthy Liverpool website facebook.com/healthylvpool. This booklet clearly states that ‘there is absolutely no threat to the services themselves – this is about making what we have even better and protecting services for the future’.

Liverpool Women’s has an excellent reputation and is a centre of excellence. It is an exciting environment to work in and a great place to develop your career for many years to come.

We invite you to review why Liverpool Women's Hospital is a great place to work:  https://vimeo.com/556197652 

We reserve the right to close any vacancies from further applications when we have received sufficient applications from which to make a shortlist. Please ensure you apply without delay if you wish to be considered for this role.

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced ED&I practitioner who is passionate about improving patient experience to join the Liverpool Women’s EDI and Anti-Racism Hub Teams.

Liverpool Women’s NHS Foundation Trust is committed to becoming a truly inclusive and anti-racist organisation in the NHS, challenging barriers across the system which cause disparities in our workforce and for our service users. We believe that developing an organisational culture that fully embraces EDI and anti-racism is a key priority for ethical and dynamic healthcare services.

The post holder will be part of the newly created Anti Racism Hub and will be responsible for driving forward and co-ordinating the EDI agenda for patient focused ED&I.  They will support the creation of inclusive services that provide equity of access, experience, and outcomes for our patients. They will support staff and managers across the Trust to put inclusion at the heart of everything they do.

Main duties of the job

The Patient Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Manager will be the operational lead and subject matter expert for patient EDI improvements across the Trust.

They will support leaders across the organisation to improve the health equality outcomes for the local community accessing our services and equality outcomes for our staff (our people) at Liverpool Women’s.

They will work closely with the Patient Experience and Corporate Nursing Team to ensure we are providing care which meets the needs of our culturally diverse patient population.

They will Provide expert advice and leadership on implementing best practice in across the patient ED&I agenda, identifying and evaluating opportunities and implementing solutions to improve patient experience, access and outcomes.

They will lead the development and operational implementation of patient ED&I  objectives. This includes stakeholder engagement, definition, and delivery of the implementation plan, developing a suite of metrics to monitor progress, and evaluation of the interventions.

Working for our organisation

Liverpool Women’s NHS Foundation Trust delivers the highest standards of care for women, babies and families. Each year we deliver over 7,500 babies, carry out over 49,000 gynaecological inpatient and outpatient procedures, care for over 1,000 poorly & preterm new-borns, perform around 1,000 IVF cycles and have over 4,000 genetic appointments taking place. We believe that this along with a strong dedication to research & innovation makes us the specialist health provider of choice in Europe for women, babies and families.

We have some of the leading experts in their field, which has been showcased on national TV and news, making our teams famous across the world for professionalism, skill & compassion.

The Trust is constantly innovating and evolving its services to provide the most cutting edge and modern care possible. As well as developing services on our current site we have long-term aspirations for the future. We have recently launched a number of new strategies which provide a detailed long-term plan for our services. 

Check out why Liverpool Women’s NHS Foundation Trust is a great place to work using the links below:

Video: https://vimeo.com/556197652

 Online brochure: https://www.liverpoolwomens.nhs.uk/media/4121/recruitment-pack-great-place-to-work-16pp-v4-final.pdf

 

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced ED&I practitioner who is passionate about improving patient experience to join the Liverpool Women’s EDI and Anti-Racism Hub Teams.

The post holder will be part of the newly created Anti Racism Hub and will be responsible for driving forward and co-ordinating the EDI agenda for patient focused ED&I.  They will support the creation of inclusive services that provide equity of access, experience, and outcomes for our patients. They will support staff and managers across the Trust to put inclusion at the heart of everything they do.

Please see attached job description and person specification for further information about the role. 

Person specification

Skills, Knowledge & Aptitudes

Essential criteria
  • • Well-developed understanding of core Equality, Diversity and Human Rights concepts in the patient context and an ability to communicate these clearly to a broad range of stakeholders
  • • Well-developed understanding of systemic disadvantage and how it operates across communities and in organisations
  • • A working knowledge of the equality, diversity and human rights legislation and compliance requirements for public sector bodies in the UK
  • • Working with complex and sometimes incomplete or conflicting data sets and analysing key equalities patterns
  • • Reporting analysis to a range of stakeholders in a manner that is clear and easily understood
  • • Presentation and facilitation skills
  • • Good understanding of current national NHS policies and their impact on health services.
Desirable criteria
  • • Consultation and engagement skills

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • • Master’s Degree Qualification or equivalent level of knowledge in Equalities and Human Rights

Experience

Essential criteria
  • • Experience of working within Equality and Diversity field within a healthcare environment or comparable
  • • Experience and understanding of working with and empowering staff, service users and communities to engage with and influence change
  • • Experience working with service performance data to analyse patterns and make recommendations for improvements
  • • Experience in delivering projects that addressed inequality and improved the equality outcomes for clients and/or staff
  • • Competent in use of a wide range of Equality and Human Rights focused improvement approaches, diagnostics, tools and techniques, evaluation and review methods

Specific Requirements

Essential criteria
  • • Personal commitment to promoting equality, diversity and human rights in all aspects of service delivery and delivering improved health outcomes for disadvantaged communities
  • • An ability to role model high quality ED&HR practice
  • • Confident to deliver sometimes contentious and difficult messages to a broad range of stakeholders.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

NHS Pastoral Care Quality AwardVeteran AwareApprenticeships logoInvestors in People: GoldStonewall Health ChampionsCare quality commission - GoodMindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.Disability confident employerArmed Forces Covenant Bronze Award

Applicant requirements

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Rachel London
Job title
Deputy Chief People Officer
Email address
[email protected]
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