But under the job description section of the advert, posted on the local NHS job website, a hospital employee had inserted the phrase “the usual rubbish about equal opportunities etc…”.
The gaffe, which was in reference to the NHS' equal opportunities policy, was “swiftly” deleted after hospital chiefs were made aware of the damaging comment. An investigation was under way on Monday.
It is understood it was first spotted by a doctor, who has not been named, after they clicked on the advert with a view to applying for the position.
It was later replaced with the new web page that contained phrase “we are committed to promoting equality and diversity”.
The hospital confirmed on Monday night that an internal inquiry had been launched after the advert was published last Thursday, the date applications closed.
Officials would not say if anyone had yet be identified but added the advert had been uploaded internally.
The advert did not disclose a salary, but the hospital it would have be “negotiable” to candidate awarded the “senior post”.
According to the advert, applicants would be required to work with 37 consultants, 21 registrars and almost a dozen “senior house officers”.
The successful candidate to the post, which had “education approval” from the Royal College of Anaesthetists, would also be expected to help establish a teaching programme and workshops for junior doctors.
Cllr Paula Keaveney, from Liverpool Council, said: “They need to look at the process because if something like this gets through without being checked properly, what else could get through?”
A hospital spokeswoman admitted the advert was unacceptable and “in no way reflects” the wider equal opportunities views of the trust.
“The Trust is conscious of its duty to promote equality and is a Stonewall Diversity Champion employer,” she said in reference to Britain's “good practice employers' forum”.
"The Trust will be conducting an investigation into this incident to ensure that this cannot happen again.” She said the trust was “fully committed” to equal opportunities.
She declined to say if anyone had been identified as the investigation was “still ongoing”. She said that a "small number of applicants" had applied for the position.
Andrew Hough @'The Telegraph'
Officials would not say if anyone had yet be identified but added the advert had been uploaded internally.
The advert did not disclose a salary, but the hospital it would have be “negotiable” to candidate awarded the “senior post”.
According to the advert, applicants would be required to work with 37 consultants, 21 registrars and almost a dozen “senior house officers”.
The successful candidate to the post, which had “education approval” from the Royal College of Anaesthetists, would also be expected to help establish a teaching programme and workshops for junior doctors.
Cllr Paula Keaveney, from Liverpool Council, said: “They need to look at the process because if something like this gets through without being checked properly, what else could get through?”
A hospital spokeswoman admitted the advert was unacceptable and “in no way reflects” the wider equal opportunities views of the trust.
“The Trust is conscious of its duty to promote equality and is a Stonewall Diversity Champion employer,” she said in reference to Britain's “good practice employers' forum”.
"The Trust will be conducting an investigation into this incident to ensure that this cannot happen again.” She said the trust was “fully committed” to equal opportunities.
She declined to say if anyone had been identified as the investigation was “still ongoing”. She said that a "small number of applicants" had applied for the position.
Andrew Hough @'The Telegraph'
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