Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Resources
Attracting a diverse workforce is essential to delivering high-quality, person-centred care across NHS Scotland. Creating fair, inclusive and accessible recruitment processes helps ensure that opportunities are open to all, and that we reflect the communities we serve.
This section brings together key equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) resources to support you throughout each stage of candidate attraction. It is designed to help you make informed, consistent decisions and reduce barriers for applicants, improving the candidate experience, and support wider workforce priorities across NHS Scotland.
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Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Resources
This collection of resources will help you take a consistent, values-based approach, enabling you to attract a broader, more diverse talent pool and make recruitment decisions that are fair, transparent and evidence-led.
What this means for you
As a hiring manager, applying equality, diversity and inclusion in your recruitment approach means:
- Actively reducing barriers so that a wider range of candidates feel able to apply and succeed
- Ensuring your recruitment activity is fair, consistent and meets the Equality Act 2010
- Using inclusive language and accessible formats in job adverts and candidate communications
- Being prepared to identify and support reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process
- Taking a values-based, evidence-led approach to decision-making, rather than informal judgement
- Signposting candidates to relevant support, networks and NHS Scotland resources
Embedding these practices will help you attract a broader and more diverse talent pool, improve the overall candidate experience, and support fair, inclusive recruitment across NHS Scotland
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