Case Examiner (Professional)

Our vision is for safe and effective nursing and midwifery practice across the four countries of the UK – regulated and supported by the NMC – a fit for the future organisation, with fairness and equity at the heart of everything we do.
 

Our role is to protect the public and maintain confidence in the nursing and midwifery professions. As the largest independent regulator in Europe of more than 860,000 nursing and midwifery professionals, we have a crucial role in making this a reality.
 

We do this by setting and promoting high education and professional standards for all future and registered nurses and midwives in the UK and nursing associates in England.
 

We also ensure every nurse, midwife and nursing associate on our Register meets clear standards of conduct and practice which protects the public and the reputation of our professions. 
 

We have a duty to investigate concerns and to take steps to protect the public in the relatively rare instances where we need to limit or restrict a nurse, midwife or nursing associate’s right to practise.  
 

We are building a new NMC with integrity, fairness, respect, equity and effectiveness at its core.  
 

We are determined to improve and modernise our culture and ways of working. This will ensure that the public and professionals feel confident in our work.

A Professional Case Examiner is a registered nurse, midwife or nursing associate. To be eligible to apply, you must be a registered nurse, midwife, or nursing associate who is currently practising.

The NMC is committed to creating an inclusive culture and building a diverse team. We welcome applications from all, especially those from under-represented groups.

About the team and what we do

The Case Examiner team sits within the NMC’s Professional Regulation directorate and plays a critical role in safeguarding and protecting the public, enabling the organisation to deliver its regulatory responsibilities effectively.  Case examiners use a range of guidance to help them reach decisions on whether there is a case to answer about a nurse, midwife or nursing associate’s fitness to practise.

Case examiners also work in collaboration with our investigators to identify gaps in evidence and support timely and proportionate investigations. 

Your role and impact

In this role, you’ll review evidence gathered during our investigation and decide whether a case requires adjudication by a panel of our Fitness to Practise Committee. In making that decision you will also consider alternative outcomes that sufficiently address risk and protect the public. This may mean taking restrictive action by way of agreeing undertakings with the professional under investigation to help improve their practice or issuing advice or a warning in relation to past conduct. 

You will make decisions in pairs; one of the pair is always a registered professional with the NMC, and the other is a lay person (not a registered professional with the NMC).

What you’ll bring

You’ll enjoy working collaboratively with colleagues and will act with a clear sense of direction and professionalism, treating everyone respectfully and equitably.

You’ll be confident analysing large volumes of information and applying sound judgement to make timely evidence based decisions. 

You will operate with equity, placing EDI at the centre of your work, making decisions impartially without discrimination or bias. You will use information and evidence objectively to get the best, most ethical, and fairest outcomes.

You can find more detail on the tasks you will undertake, and the essential skills required for the role in the job description.

Recruitment Process/Timeline

**If you are successfully shortlisted, you will be required to undertake an online assessment. This assessment will be sent to you on 6 March. Further details about the assessment will be provided nearer the time.

Your assessment will be graded, and if you pass, you will be invited to the next stage of the process, which will be an in-person interview/assessment day at our office in Stratford, London E20. This is scheduled to take place during the week commencing 23 March.**

Salary Details
London - £72,135 - £80,150

Edinburgh - £67,087 - £74,541

This is a fixed‑term contract for 24 months.

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

Additional Information

The role you are applying for is a flexible role, and whilst you will be posted initially to a team, this may require movement between teams as the flow of work dictates. You will of course understand that this flexible approach enables us to provide the best possible service to our registrants and reach the outcomes to our cases quickly and within a reasonable timeframe. This will not change your terms and conditions and will be discussed with you prior to you taking up the post.