Scottish Government

Reputation & Attraction

This includes:

Reputation and Inclusion

• Establishing the business case for diversity management relating to the workforce
• Providing advice to NHSScotland with regard to employment duties contained within existing and emerging Equalities legislation
• Providing the necessary expertise to ensure that the Workforce Directorate achieves compliance with equalities legislation.
• Providing advice to NHSScotland with regard to the recommendations of the BICHARD review.
• Providing secretariat support to the Diversity Task Force.
• Developing a Volunteering strategy that supports recruitment and retention.
• Development, implementation and monitoring of branding framework for NHSScotland for workforce policy, recruitment, and all workforce development initiatives

Recruitment and Attraction

• Partnership Agreements relating to recruitment (nos. 420, 421, 441)
• Leading on development and implementation of: Determined to Succeed; NHSScotland component of Employability Framework (including Closing the Opportunity Gap target and Incapacity Benefit Reform)
• Development of national recruitment and career marketing campaigns.
• Development of new recruitment activities and mainstream to NHSScotland
• Delivery of national on-line recruitment and induction function.
• Development of best recruitment policies for all staff groups for NHSScotland (and communicating this)
• Explore and research potential new services for recruitment with other parties (eg wider public sector) and develop and maintain strategic alliances with external partners
• International Volunteers
• Bichard Review on Vetting and Barring
• PIN guidelines on Recruitment and Diversity
• Induction