Our Commitment to You – Ethnic Minorities

Welcome to one and all!

Our Trust is a community of about 6000 people, working together to provide the best patient care we can.

The Trust values the different talents and backgrounds we all bring to our jobs. It makes for a richer workplace and better patient care.

We are pleased that we have over twice as many ethnic minority staff as we did in 2006. We have roughly the same proportion of ethnic minorities working here as are in the Exeter population as a whole.

This webpage shows our Trust’s commitment to our staff, as regards race, so you know what to expect if you come to work for us.

Careers at RD&E

Our ethnic minority staff work in all sorts of jobs, right across the Trust – you can see some examples, below. Please click on the pictures to see their stories.

Babinder Sandhar, Consultant and Director of Clinical Education

Dandra Loney-Ratteray, Staff Nurse's story

As jobs come up everyone has a fair chance to apply for better or different roles. Promotion at the Trust is based on what you can do, rather than how long you have been in post!

If you a’re new to a large NHS hospital, you may be surprised how many opportunities are open to you. Try the quiz to see what NHS jobs might suit you – click here and choose “map your career now!”

The NHS is keen to make sure its ethnic minority staff can progress their careers and in joining us, you join a Trust which is well up to date with best practice. You can get information on the latest national initiatives here.

If you need more help with careers queries, please click here, call the NHS Careers Helpline on 0345 6060 655 between 8am and 7pm Monday to Friday or contact our Equality & Diversity Manager, Tony Williams – details below.

Qualifications

If you have qualifications from abroad and want to check what NHS jobs may be available to you with them, the UK professional bodies can help you. NARIC click here can tell you what the equivalent UK level is for your qualifications, for example, whether they are the same as a UK degree.

Networks

You can take part in the national network for NHS ethnic minority staff here and a network for people of different cultures living in Devon here.

Zero tolerance

Fairness, dignity, equality and respect are all basic human rights, so we cannot afford anything less than zero tolerance if ever they are breached.

We expect all staff to challenge any breach of these rights, whether staff-side or service-side. This could be informally or formally through procedures such as grievance, disciplinary, whistle blowing, or incident reporting.

Anything else?

If you want more information on the support available or if you would like to discuss how the RD&E could provide more support to their staff please get in touch.
You can contact our Equality & Diversity Manager on 01392 406942 or at Anthony.Williams1@nhs.net

Tony Williams, Equality and Diversity Manager