INTERNAL IOW AND PHU APPLICANTS ONLY
Location: Across sites, both Isle of Wight NHS Trust and Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust (frequency of visits to each site, to be agreed locally)
Position Type: Permanent, Full time, 37.5 hours per week.
Salary: Band 7 £46,148- £52,809 pro rata, per annum
Are you passionate about Equality, Diversity and Inclusion priorities and developing people to be the best they can be? Do you want to be part of a team that is committed to improving patient care and staff experience through the development / motivation of exceptional leaders?
We are looking for an Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) Project Manager who will be responsible for leading key programmes of work to deliver agreed EDI project outcomes, working with stakeholders, undertaking audit of current processes and protocols and supporting the organisation to implement best practices for Isle of Wight NHS Trust and Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust.
To ensure that EDI is embedded across the Trusts in all they do and to act as a centre of excellence for best practice in all cultural elements.
You will work closely with the Head of Employee Relations and EDI to deliver equality objectives, coordinate the delivery and implementation of the EDI strategy and manage projects that support improvement in reporting for equality standards. You will also support and work with staff networks to help them flourish through sharing approaches and building on best practice.
Additionally, you will challenge areas of practice resulting in disadvantage, discrimination, or offense to patients or staff and will ensure positive initiatives are implemented to improve experiences for diverse groups.
If you would like to discuss the role in more detail please contact ruth.dolby@porthosp.nhs.uk
Our vision for Single Corporate Services
Isle of Wight NHS Trust (IWT) and Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust (PHU) have a shared vision of a single corporate service across our two organisations, supported by a single set of identical systems and processes, under joint leadership, to drive significant efficiencies, improve employee experience, and return time to patient care.
This vacancy is part of the Single Corporate Services Division.
Why are we changing the way we deliver Corporate Services?
Working as a partnership, both IWT and PHU have a shared vision for excellence in care for our patients and communities; with a set of strategic aims underpinning how we will achieve this. The creation of a single corporate service is essential for us to support our clinical and operational services, and our wider transformation programme.
The vision for our single corporate services is to:
• Be an employer of choice for corporate talent, attracting and retaining people who share our values for excellence in care and welcome the opportunity to benefit from the broad range of flexible career and development opportunities we can offer.
• Improve efficiency through simplified and standardised policies, processes, and systems, drawing on the best from both Trusts.
• Do things once and reduce any duplication on transactional tasks giving corporate staff the ability to focus on higher value and more diverse activities.
• Co-invest in the latest digital solutions and standardise our approach, meaning we do things once for both organisations.
• Improve learning and development opportunities and sharing best practice, upskilling both Trusts.
• Co-locate teams in purpose-built facilities on the Island and in Portsmouth to enable closer working and sharing.
• Build resilience for individuals and our teams.
The single corporate service is delivered across both organisation. You may be based at either IWT or PHU and individuals may be required to undertake business travel between sites. For leaders managing staff across multi-site locations, you will need to be visible and provide in person leadership. The arrangements and frequency will be agreed locally.
For further details, please see enclosed Job Description.
Please note this position has also been advertised on the Portsmouth Hospitals University Trust's jobs page. if you are interested in this position and wish to apply, there is no requirement for you to submit two separate applications.
Also your application may be transferred to the Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust Applicant Tracking System (ATS) if you are selected for an interview.
This advert closes on Wednesday 19 Feb 2025
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