The Nursing and Midwifery Council
The Nursing and Midwifery Council
The Nursing and Midwifery Council is an independent healthcare regulator and non-profit organisation responsible for setting professional standards for nurses, midwives, and nursing associates. Its work supports safe, effective, and compassionate care by overseeing the professional practice of more than 808,000 registered healthcare professionals. As an employer, the Council brings together teams working across regulation, professional standards, policy, education, and organisational support to strengthen public confidence in nursing and midwifery.

Maternity Regulation Liaison Officer (Hybrid)

Advise The Nursing and Midwifery Council on midwifery regulation, public protection and maternity intelligence. Use evidence from regulation and professional practice to strengthen standards, policy and guidance.

Description

  • Advise NMC operational teams, senior leaders and decision-makers with current midwifery and regulatory expertise
  • Lead the development of regulatory intelligence and learning across maternity services
  • Combine insights from fitness to practise, adjudications, education quality assurance, revalidation, research, stakeholder feedback and the wider maternity and neonatal context
  • Assess information, identify risks and turn learning into improvements in education, practice, guidance and regulatory activity
  • Provide specialist midwifery input to regulatory policy, standards, guidance, communications and engagement
  • Deliver balanced, clear and evidence-based advice on midwifery practice, professional standards, risk and public protection
  • Identify themes, emerging risks and safeguarding or public-protection concerns, recommending appropriate action
  • Apply regulatory intelligence and case learning to improve education, professional practice, guidance and policy
  • Contribute specialist knowledge to regulatory tools, standards and communications
  • Support consultation and engagement with registrants, women, families, carers, employers, educators and system partners
  • Develop effective working relationships with colleagues and stakeholders across all four UK countries
  • Collaborate with research and professional colleagues to strengthen the evidence base for midwifery and perinatal regulation
  • Review and handle sensitive, distressing fitness to practise cases

Requirements

  • Registration as a midwife is required
  • Current knowledge of midwifery practice, professional standards and the UK health and care environment
  • Master’s-level qualification or equivalent relevant experience
  • Strong knowledge of professional regulation, public protection, safeguarding and risk assessment
  • Ability to analyse large volumes of complex information, identify patterns and draw out risks and learning
  • Excellent writing skills, including the ability to produce clear, structured, concise reports supported by legislation, policy and guidance
  • Ability to communicate complex professional and regulatory matters clearly, sensitively and credibly
  • Experience delivering professional advice, analysis or evaluation in a complex organisation or regulatory setting
  • Demonstrated success building relationships and partnering with internal and external stakeholders
  • Ability to collaborate, promote open discussion, constructively challenge assumptions and achieve shared outcomes
  • Knowledge of UK regulatory legislation and the NMC’s legislation, rules and standards would be beneficial
  • Experience creating or assessing policy, guidance, standards or regulatory tools would be beneficial
  • Experience engaging UK government bodies, providers, education institutions, professional bodies or networks would be beneficial
  • Expert-witness experience would be welcomed
  • Willingness and ability to review and handle sensitive, distressing fitness to practise material

Benefits

  • Flexible working arrangements with the possibility of moving between teams according to operational needs
  • Hybrid schedule with two office days per week and the remaining days worked from home
  • Annual salary review
  • Progressive pay approach
  • Reasonable adjustments available throughout recruitment
  • 30 days of annual leave
  • Enhanced pension contributions, including an 8% standard employer contribution rising to 14% with optional employee contributions
  • Life insurance worth four times current salary
  • Enhanced maternity and paternity leave
  • 24-hour employee assistance programme
  • Cycle to Work Scheme
  • Perkbox membership
  • Subsidised restaurant at the Portland Place office
  • Season ticket loans
  • Support provided when working with sensitive and distressing material

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