Senior Investigator
Permanent - Full Time £40,982 - £48,961 / yearJob Overview
About the team and what we do
The Registration Investigations Team (RIT) was formed by merging the Incorrect and Fraudulent Entry Team (IE/FE) and the Registrar and Appeals Support Team (RAST) into one. RIT is responsible for managing and investigating all registration related concerns involving applications to join or rejoin the register, registration renewals, and the misuse of protected titles
Your role and impact
You’ll have responsibility for investigating, and reporting on, regulatory concerns raised about nurses and midwives. In your role you will gather and analyse information in order to assess whether a nurse or midwife is safe to practise and if they pose any risk to patients in their care.
Your investigation case holding will consist of complex and high profile investigations. You will provide mentoring and coaching to Investigators. You will also provide managerial support and cover when necessary.
This is an important role in helping the NMC ensure it fulfils its statutory obligation to protect the public and in maintaining the integrity of our register of nurses, midwives and nursing associates.
The Registration Investigations Team (RIT) was formed by merging the Incorrect and Fraudulent Entry Team (IE/FE) and the Registrar and Appeals Support Team (RAST) into one. RIT is responsible for managing and investigating all registration related concerns involving applications to join or rejoin the register, registration renewals, and the misuse of protected titles
Your role and impact
You’ll have responsibility for investigating, and reporting on, regulatory concerns raised about nurses and midwives. In your role you will gather and analyse information in order to assess whether a nurse or midwife is safe to practise and if they pose any risk to patients in their care.
Your investigation case holding will consist of complex and high profile investigations. You will provide mentoring and coaching to Investigators. You will also provide managerial support and cover when necessary.
This is an important role in helping the NMC ensure it fulfils its statutory obligation to protect the public and in maintaining the integrity of our register of nurses, midwives and nursing associates.
What you’ll bring
- Experience of conducting, leading and managing a complex case holding and competing priorities.
- Demonstrable investigative experience, ideally but not necessarily in a regulatory setting.
- Well-developed analytical skills, the ability to identify and understand complex concepts quickly. The ability to understand the relevance and importance of key documents.
- Excellent drafting and written communications skills, with the ability to accurately reflect and summarise accounts.
- Experience in a regulatory body or similar organisation.
- Experience of supervising a team to deliver investigations to defined procedures, challenging targets and high quality standards
- To be able to demonstrate empathy and have good active listening skills.
Salary Details
London - £44,065 - £48,961
Edinburgh - £40,982 - £46,446
How to Apply
In the Personal Summary box on the application form, please provide a written statement addressing the following:
London - £44,065 - £48,961
Edinburgh - £40,982 - £46,446
How to Apply
In the Personal Summary box on the application form, please provide a written statement addressing the following:
- Please provide examples of conducting and managing complex investigative caseloads, ideally within a regulatory, compliance or similar environment.
- Describe your experience of guiding others to deliver high‑quality investigations to defined procedures, demanding targets, and consistently high standards.
- Please provide examples of working in a regulatory body or comparable organisation, or relevant vocational experience involving structured processes, evidence handling, and decision‑making frameworks.
Please note that this role requires you to review and work with sensitive and distressing material relating to fitness to practice cases and you will be given the appropriate support to deal with this material.
Benefits
- 30 days annual leave
- Enhanced Pension Contributions via our attractive Pension Scheme – with a basic 8% employer contribution as standard which increases up to 14% with optional added Employee Contributions
- Life Insurance – 4 x current salary
- Hybrid working
- Enhanced Maternity and Paternity Leave
- 24 Hours Employee Assistance Programme
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- Perkbox membership
- Subsidised restaurant in our Portland Place office
- Season ticket loans