Our commitment to armed forces

In 2018, we proudly signed the Armed Forces Covenant, pledging to support the armed forces community and treat all those with military experience and backgrounds fairly across our organisation. We also pledged to support the family, partners and spouses of those serving.

Due to our work with the armed forces community, we have been awarded Silver on the Ministry of Defence Employer Recognition Scheme, by showing our commitment to:

• Providing support for service personnel issues
• Employing members of the armed forces community
• Establishing a human resources policy with suitable procedures
• Being flexible with regards to training and mobilisation of all reservists and veterans

We value our reservists, veterans and cadets and would welcome those who serve or have served (and their families) to consider us an employer. Our reservists and veterans work in a variety of roles across our Care Organisations and are not solely medical and nursing staff. The transference of skills between the NHS, the reservist themselves in terms of personal development and the armed forces, are mutually beneficial. We recognise that reservists and veterans are well motivated, self-disciplined as well as skilled in communication, teamwork and leadership – all qualities valued by our organisation, and the NHS more broadly. We encourage all those with affiliations with the armed forces, to make an application to join our teams!