Equality & Diversity
NHS Shetland is an equal opportunities employer and committed to addressing equality and diversity issues. Our workforce consists of over 1000 employees/workers with a wide range of skills. We want our organisation to be open and welcoming to all and we take steps to ensure that we don’t under represent any particular group in society in our recruitment process.
Fundamental to our success is identifying developments which promote Equality & Diversity within the workplace, improve representation of minority groups and enable a culture where equality is valued and actively promoted.
Equality, diversity and human rights must be at the heart of NHS Shetland and everything it does;
NHS Shetland will ensure that arrangements are in place to support staff who have equality, diversity and human rights issues;
Equality Act 2010
NHS Shetland complies with the Equality Act 2010. The recruitment and selection process will not directly or indirectly discriminate, harass, victimise or treat unfavourably a job applicant because of a ‘protected characteristic’ or because they are associated with a person with a ‘protected characteristic’, or perceived to have a ‘protected characteristic’.
Protected characteristics are:
- Age
- Disability
- Gender reassignment
- Marriage and Civil Partnership
- Pregnancy and Maternity
- Race
- Religion or Belief
- Sex
- Sexual orientation
NHS Shetland will comply with the Public Sector Duty to deliver on its General Sector Duty to:;
- Eliminate unlawful discrimination in the recruitment and selection process;
- Promote equality of opportunity for people with a ‘protected characteristic’ during the recruitment and selection process.