Clinical Adviser

Clinical Adviser

Application Deadline: 21 July 2025

Department: Casework Support Team

Employment Type: Permanent – Part Time

Location: London or Edinburgh

Reporting To: Jennifer OSullivan

Compensation: GBP 52,241 – GBP 62,416 / year

Description

We are looking for part time permanent and part time fixed term contract candidates.

About the Team – The clinical advice team is a small team of nurses and midwives working within Casework Support Services in Professional Regulation. Clinical advice can, in many cases, be very useful in helping us make fair, well-informed decisions. Clinical advice is aimed at assisting the decision-maker to understand the nature of the concern raised. The clinical advisor may suggest preliminary enquiries, either with the person raising the concern or others, for example employers.

About the Role – You don\’t have to have experience of fitness to practise to join our team, we welcome professionals with all types of backgrounds and experiences. We are looking for people on our register, who have senior leadership experience in clinical practice who will be an asset to the clinical advice team, and the service it provides.

We would welcome applications from Nurses with experience in acute adult settings, such as Critical Care or A&E.

We are looking to recruit clinical advisers to work in our Professional Regulation Directorate, supporting our assessment and consideration of fitness to practise cases. You will be responsible for:

• Providing comprehensive, best practice advice on clinical, management and leadership matters subject to fitness to practise consideration to aid understanding of the concern raised
• Informing assessment of the seriousness of the concern raised with reference to evidence-based practice, and suggest areas where the person raising the concern should be asked to provide further clarification
• Delivering education and training to colleagues to enhance understanding of the work of nursing and midwifery professionals; NHS structures; policies and procedures that govern practice for those on our register

Why choose this role?

These roles are vital to our work in the directorate, bringing necessary clinical and management/leadership insight to our assessment of fitness to practise cases. The role will give you the chance to use your valuable experience in a regulatory setting, where public protection and the maintenance of standards is central to the work that we do.

You may be thinking of other ways to use your skills and experience and this role is a great opportunity to do just that.

We are open to flexible working that enables the successful candidates to continue to meet their other working commitments. Perhaps you are a senior nurse looking to go part time? Or to develop and work in another area that makes great use of your skills and experience? The NMC has many opportunities for development and growth and this role can open the door to other work within the NMC and externally.

About You

You will be an experienced Adult RN, Mental Health RN, Paediatric RN or a registrant with significant experience in aesthetics with a commitment to clinical excellence and demonstrable experience within your professional setting. With substantial, recent post registration senior experience, you will have a proven record and passion for delivering safe, quality care to patients.

It will be a condition of employment that you maintain your NMC registration.

You will:

• Hold current NMC registration
• Hold a current RN/RMN qualification
• Experience of managing clinical and managerial investigations
• Be enthusiastic and motivated, with the flexibility to adapt to the challenges of a fast-paced environment
• Be an independent thinker, with excellent interpersonal skills, which inspire confidence in you
• Be a confident and clear communicator, able to influence colleagues
• Be able to understand and analyse complex and voluminous material to identify the key issues and present these clearly and concisely, with reference to the NMC Code

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/Flexible working policies
• 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

About Us

Our core role is to regulate. First, we promote high education and professional standards for nurses and midwives across the UK, and nursing associates in England. Second, we maintain the register of professionals eligible to practise. Third, we investigate concerns about nurses, midwives and nursing associates – something that affects a tiny minority of professionals each year. We believe in giving professionals the chance to address concerns, but we\’ll always take action when needed.

To regulate well, we support our professions and the public. We create resources and guidance that are useful throughout people\’s careers, helping them to deliver our standards in practice and address new challenges. We also support people involved in our investigations, and we\’re increasing our visibility so people feel engaged and empowered to shape our work.

Regulating and supporting our professions allows us to influence health and social care. We share intelligence from our regulatory activities and work with our partners to support workforce planning and sector-wide decision making. We use our voice to speak up for a healthy and inclusive working environment for our professions.

Check out our NMC LinkedIn page here for an insight into the NMC, our vacancies and the world of healthcare regulation.

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.

Up to Band 5:
Due to the nature of your role and the work undertaken by the NMC, on very rare occasions you may be required by the NMC or the Courts to assist in litigation proceedings or inquests. This may involve collating information, providing a witness statement, or giving oral evidence on behalf of the NMC.

Heads of:

Due to the nature of your role and the work undertaken by the NMC, you may be required by the NMC or the Courts to assist in litigation proceedings, inquests, or inquiries. This may involve collating information, providing a witness statement, and giving oral evidence on behalf of the NMC. Such evidence may be in relation to specific cases, policy decisions or operational, strategic issues taken by the NMC.

Our Pay Policy
It is expected that staff new to the NMC will ordinarily be appointed to the bottom of the relevant pay band. However in exceptional circumstances, it may be possible to offer a salary above the bottom of the relevant pay band but we may request proof of current earnings. Please note that we offer an annual review of salaries and adopt a generous progressive pay approach. Further details of which are available on request.

For our internal colleagues, you will be paid in accordance to our internal pay policy.

Reasonable adjustmentsWe will provide reasonable adjustments to support disabled candidates throughout the recruitment process. Please let us know if you need any additional support to enable you to make an application with us.

Screening and vettingAll of our roles are subject to pre-employment checks. We are in the process of introducing a vetting policy, and it is possible that this role may become subject to DBS and further vetting checks in future. #J-18808-Ljbffr