Equalities Manager

Job Title: Equalities Manager

Location: Maudsley Hospital, SE5 8AZ (Hybrid work available)

Shift Pattern: Mon- Fri (37.5 hours a week)

Pay: £36.19 per hour

Trust Location: South London & Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust

Would you like to be a part of a team that works well together, always there to help each other? If you answered yes, then South London & Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust is the place for you.

About the Trust

At South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust we provide the widest range of NHS mental health services in the UK. We also provide substance misuse services for people who are addicted to drugs and alcohol. Our staff serve a local population of?nearly two million people. We have more than 230 services including inpatient wards, outpatient, and community services. We provide inpatient care for?over 5,000 people each year and we treat more than 45,000 patients in the community in Lambeth, Southwark, Lewisham, and Croydon. As well as serving the communities of south London, we provide more than 50 specialist services for children and adults across the UK and beyond.

What you'll be responsible for:

• Lead on the delivery of EDI activities, plans, interventions and strategies in support of the Trust's overall strategic plans, providing information, advice and support as required around operational plans
• Provide senior?and specialist expertise?on?equality, diversity, inclusion and human rights across?the organisation,?supporting the Operational Directorates to take an evidence-based approach to working towards equity of access, experience, and outcomes for service users.
• Be knowledgeable about and responsive to the experience of groups with protected characteristics
• Ensure compliance with the requirements of the Equality Act 2010 and public sector reporting duties
• Identify areas for improvement and develop?and?implement?projects and programmes to improve?service user equity of access, experience and outcomes and to reduce health inequalities. This will include working closely with the Patient and Carer Race Equity Framework (PCREF) team and supporting the delivery of the Trust's Anti-Racism plan.
• Actively engage with and represent the Trust at London and national EDI forums, networks and meetings.
• Lead and coordinate cross-organisational work on equalities in specific areas of service delivery where the Trust is taking a lead role as part of a provider collaborative

You'll learn the following whilst working at the trust:

• An in depth understanding of the roles and responsibilities involved in working within the NHS.
• Knowledge of the systems used, to effectively complete your role to the highest standard at all times.
• A sense of teamwork, gained through working alongside and supporting colleagues from all levels, within the organisation.

You'll have the following skills/experience:

• Educated?to?master's?degree?or?equivalent experience
• Significant experience of leadership and providing strategic direction, guidance, support, and advice on a range of equality areas
• Ability to interpret legislation and EDI-related law, regulations and policies to provide specialist authoritative advice for the Trust and partner organisations
• Excellent skills in communication across a range of audiences, including service users, patients and carers and staff at all levels of the organisation, fostering powerful, inclusive and productive working relationships
• Ability to develop strategic plans, and to lead and effect cultural change in service provision within a large public sector organisation
• Evidence?of?further?study?/ continuous professional development in?a?relevant?field

This role may require you to show evidence of education at Masters level or at least 2 years relevant experience.

As a member of NHS Professionals, you have fantastic benefits:

• Competitive pay rates- work this week, get paid next week
• Essential support when you need it- 24/7 365 days- call us anytime
• Multi locational- work across neighbouring Trusts
• Manage your shifts and timesheets on the go- access your "My Bank" shift portal anywhere, anytime online or through your smartphone
• Varied working options to suit your lifestyle- access to the Bank gives you options of ad hoc shifts or longer-term placements
• Training and development opportunities- Keep up with the essentials and more
• Build holiday allowance for every shift you work- your work life balance is important to us
• Stakeholder pension scheme available- a flexible future for you and yours

Who are NHS Professionals?

We specialise in putting people in place to care. Every year we help thousands of dedicated candidates and highly skilled NHS workers enjoy better career opportunities, access to more shifts and a healthier work-life balance, giving more choice and control to our members.

As an equal opportunities' organisation, NHSP is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective Bank members and does not condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender reassignment, or marriage and civil partnership. We believe there is a strong case for the Equality, Diversity and inclusion agenda and we strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants form a range of backgrounds to apply.

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By joining us you can look forward to a choice of flexible Bank shifts across any of our client Trusts in England, as well as the ability to develop professionally and gain experience in several wards or areas.