Investigator

About This Role

Investigating complex fitness to practise cases concerning nurses and midwives is the core of this role, balancing fairness, compassion, and public protection. This challenging and rewarding position involves gathering, analysing, and assessing evidence to determine if a nurse or midwife is safe to practise. You will engage with a wide range of stakeholders, often in difficult and emotionally sensitive circumstances.

Responsibilities

• Manage and progress complex fitness to practise investigations concerning nurses and midwives
• Gather, analyse, and assess evidence to determine whether a nurse or midwife is safe to practise and whether there are risks that need to be addressed
• Engage with a wide range of stakeholders, including nurses, midwives, patients, families, witnesses, and representatives
• Work with complex, high-risk, and sometimes distressing information
• Make thoughtful, evidence-based decisions while ensuring people are treated with empathy and respect
• Work closely with colleagues and specialist professionals to ensure investigations are progressed effectively and risks are identified and managed appropriately
• Build trust and adapt communication style to a range of audiences, including people who may be vulnerable, distressed, or experiencing challenging circumstances
• Manage complexity, balance competing priorities, and make evidence-based decisions in a fast-paced environment

Requirements

• Experience managing complex, sensitive, or high-risk casework or investigations within a regulated, legal, or policy-driven environment
• Ability to plan, manage, and prioritise a varied caseload while meeting deadlines, quality standards, and key performance indicators
• Ability to analyse complex and high-volume information, identify key risks, and make evidence-based decisions
• Experience conducting interviews, gathering evidence, and producing high-quality written reports or statements
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to engage professionally and empathetically with a wide range of stakeholders

Benefits

• 30 days annual leave
• Enhanced Pension Contributions via an 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 the Portland Place office
• Season ticket loans

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