NHS Lothian values its disabled employees and recognises that they bring a wealth of knowledge and experience to the organisation.
We are committed to ensuring equality of opportunity, support and fair treatment for all individual employees and applicants in order that their specific needs are addressed, and their abilities recognised. We wish to promote a culture where there is proactive, open and supportive discussion between staff and their managers to allow joint decisions to be made.
NHS Lothian is a member of the Disability Confident Scheme and currently holds Level 2 – Disability Confident Employer status.
As a Disability Confident Employer, NHS Lothian has committed to actively:
- Interview all applicants with a disability who meet the ‘essential criteria’ on a person specification and consider them on their abilities.
- Provide a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process.
- Be flexible when assessing people, so that disabled job applicants have the best opportunity to demonstrate they can so the job.
- Make reasonable adjustments in the workplace as required.
To find out more about please see the Disability Confident Scheme page.
NHS Lothian has a Disability Passport in place, the disability passport is intended to guide a conversation to find the best ways to reduce barriers and enable staff to thrive in their roles.
The Disability Passport is designed to be used in conjunction with the NHS Lothian guidance on Reasonable Adjustments. This guidance aims to support individuals throughout the employment relationship, from recruitment to the retention of staff who become disabled or whose individual circumstances related to their disability change, and to raise awareness of managers’ responsibilities on behalf of NHS Lothian to support staff with a disability in a positive and constructive manner.
We continue to work closely with our Disabled Employee Network to ensure we are meeting the needs of our disabled staff.
