The London Deanery is committed to equality of opportunity and is actively working to ensure that this is a reality in the recruitment, training and management of our staff. As part of the University of London and as the medical and dental training arm of NHS London, we understand our equalities duties for gender, disability and race and are developing plans to address these.

The London Deanery’s equal opportunities policy is that the only consideration in recruitment of employees must be how the requirements of the job are met or likely to be met by you, the applicant.

These requirements being met, no regard should be taken (except where the law allows) of your race, creed, colour, nationality, ethnic origin, disability, religion, religious belief, language, political or other opinion affiliation, connections with a national minority, property, birth or other status, gender, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, marital status, family connections, or membership or non membership of a trade union.

Equality monitoring

The London Deanery requests that you provide information about yourself to assist us in monitoring the effectiveness of its equal opportunities policies and procedures. We ask that you indicate your gender, ethnicity, age range, religion, sexual orientation and if you have a disability.  Some of these categories have a prefer not to disclose option. The London Deanery applies the definition of disability as ‘a mental or physical impairment which has a substantial and long term effect upon your ability to carry out normal day to day activities'.

This information is treated as confidential and seen only by the recruiter in Human Resources. It is not disclosed to individuals that will be making selection decisions in regards to your application. Any management information produced using this information will not be linked to your name or other information that could be used to identify you.

Disability and reasonable adjustments

The London Deanery positively supports the recruitment and employment of persons with a disability/special needs and takes the view that it is ability that counts. If you have indicated that you have a disability when completing our equal opportunity monitoring we ask that you use the space provided to inform us of:

• details of your disability relevant to you undertaking the job for which you are applying
  
• any reasonable adjustments that you would wish the London Deanery to consider in relation to your ability to fully perform the job
  

Reasonable adjustments that you have specified, and any others that the London Deanery has identified, will be given full consideration and implemented wherever possible to assist you in fulfilling the job. It may be necessary for a pre-employment medical to be arranged to help explore any such necessary adjustments.