Senior Lawyer

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Senior Lawyer

Application Deadline: 12 January 2025

Department: Case Investigations

Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time

Location: London, Westfield Avenue

Reporting To: Joyce Adu

Compensation: GBP 64,492 - GBP 71,658 / year

Description

About the Team
We are looking to welcome a senior lawyer into the NMC's Investigations team
The Investigations team provides legal advice and support to the NMC to enable us to investigate cases and fulfil our regulatory purpose, live our values and manage legal risk. It is part of a large, talented legal community, which delivers legal services across multiple teams and specialisms.

You will be jointly responsible for leading and managing the investigations legal team who advise on and progress of complex fitness to practise cases. The team is made up of a variety of colleagues in legal and non-legal roles.

About the Role
You'll be a confident, engaging and knowledgeable lawyer with significant casework experience, preferably at senior lawyer level; and you'll have experience of senior stakeholder engagement and influence that will support you to ensure timely case progression. You will have proven leadership skills to help deliver our business strategy and support the development of our positive culture.

You will be responsible for ensuring that a high-quality service is delivered that supports us to meet our statutory objectives of protecting the public and upholding confidence in the nursing and midwifery professions. This will involve oversight and supervision to ensure the quality of advice and support provided by the team.

You'll directly provide legal advice to senior and executive level colleagues on some of our most complex and challenging cases.

This responsibility will also extend to supervising junior colleagues on the delivery of high quality, timely legal advice on complex regulatory and corporate matters.

About You
This is an exciting opportunity to work in a high performing team at a time of change for the NMC. You will be a highly motivated and enthusiastic individual who can demonstrate a high level of integrity, confidence, resilience and professionalism.

This opportunity will suit someone who thrives on working collaboratively with legal professionals and in-house clients to deliver advice on complex high risk matters and is keen to make a difference though their work.

Please note for this role all applicants/individuals are required to hold a current UK practising certificate

Benefits

• 30 days annual leave - plus bank holidays
• 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

Please note, if we receive a high level of applications, we may choose to close this advert early. We encourage you to complete your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.

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.

Successful candidates will be appointed to a particular NMC Office, but you may be required to travel to other NMC locations, that are reasonable daily commute from your home office.

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.