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Inclusive Recruitment for Hiring Managers

This workshop will demonstrate why inclusive recruitment matters in the NHS and how managers can adopt best practice to ensure their hiring processes enable diverse and inclusive teams.

Date Tuesday, 30 June 2026 14:00 PM - 15:00 PM
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What will you learn

  • Understand the impact of non-inclusive practices and the cumulative cost of inequality
  • Explore how being an inclusive hirer enables productivity and performance
  • Spot types of bias that can enter recruitment processes
  • Apply inclusive models

Who is this course for

Hiring managers at all levels interested in applying inclusive best practice to their recruitment processes

Making your hirers more aware of inclusive recruitment and helping them take practical steps to make their teams more diverse.

Lead facilitators

Rob Wright

Rob Wright’s niche is leadership career pathways in the NHS. He was previously Head of Executive Talent & Appointments at NHS England where he worked on CEO talent strategy, the creation of the Leadership Competency Framework and the appointments to the ICB boards.

Prior to that, as a Senior Programme Lead in the NHS Leadership Academy, he helped establish the NHS Executive Search team that supported board appointments in the NHS. He was also worked on the national Aspiring CEO programme, the Clinical Executive Fast Track, the Aspiring Director of Nursing, HR Director and Medical Director programmes and as well as the Aspire Together regional talent boards.

He has a background in search and selection and also took a time out to complete an internship with the RSPB, as an Education Officer – a position which involved encouraging school parties to explore the natural world.

Robin Davis

Having worked in various senior NHS management roles, Robin combines a realistic outlook with the latest change management thinking to achieve results. He has a genuine understanding of the competing demands of operational health care management and the challenge of meaningfully engaging clinicians in quality improvement. He is an accomplished facilitator and enjoys the challenge of working with teams to bring about improvements for patients and staff. A graduate from the NHS management training scheme in 2002, he has an MSc in Health Care Policy and Management.

Robin leads the quality improvement faculty at NHS Elect and is passionate about supporting organisations to design and deliver organisation-wide QI improvement initiatives.  Robin is a trained coach and supports quality improvement coaches across the NHS.  Robin has supported hundreds of teams across the country and enjoys facilitating team away days, workshops and development sessions.  Having worked in the NHS since 1997, Robin understands the challenges NHS staff face and is excited to be leading the Happier Working Lives programme for NHS Elect, which uses quality improvement tools to improve working lives across the NHS. Robin is an expert facilitator with passion for service improvement, service redesign and coaching.