The Role
Ensures quality assurance of nursing, midwifery, and nursing associate education programmes delivered by approved institutions. Leads approval and monitoring activities, investigates education and training concerns, assesses risks and urgency, makes regulatory decisions, and builds collaborative relationships with education providers, quality assurance partners, and health and care stakeholders across the UK. The role is hybrid, with office attendance twice weekly, and may involve occasional overnight travel.
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About the Team and what we do
The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) Education and Standards team sets and maintains the requirements for education, training, conduct, and performance for nurses, midwives, and nursing associates across the UK
Your role and Impact
This role will ensure the safe and effective quality assurance of programmes delivered by approved education institutions (AEIs), including approval and monitoring, in line with the NMC’s Quality Assurance Framework.
This role holder will focus on establishing professional, supportive and developmental relationships with AEIs across the UK, as well as relationships with our QA service provider and wider health and care organisations involved in the education and training of nurses, midwives and nursing associates.
What you'll bring
As the Education Quality Manager, you’ll be able to:
The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) Education and Standards team sets and maintains the requirements for education, training, conduct, and performance for nurses, midwives, and nursing associates across the UK
Your role and Impact
This role will ensure the safe and effective quality assurance of programmes delivered by approved education institutions (AEIs), including approval and monitoring, in line with the NMC’s Quality Assurance Framework.
This role holder will focus on establishing professional, supportive and developmental relationships with AEIs across the UK, as well as relationships with our QA service provider and wider health and care organisations involved in the education and training of nurses, midwives and nursing associates.
What you'll bring
As the Education Quality Manager, you’ll be able to:
- lead a team of officers in the delivery of a country/regionally specific education support and continuous improvement service, that is responsive to the needs of our stakeholders.
- Lead on the coordination and oversight of our approval and major modifications process, taking decision making responsibility for the appropriate modification of NMC approved programmes, ensuring programme compliance against the required standards
- Ensure that the NMC approved programmes list is maintained in accordance with the Council’s statutory duties.
**Please note that this role may involve travel, including occasional overnight stays where required**.
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.
Hybrid Working Policy
We are currently working to a policy of office attendance for two days per week with the rest of the time working from home. Before submitting your application, please ensure you are able to commit to working in one of our office locations twice per week. If you are applying for a part-time role, please pro-rata office attendance based on the number of days you would be working.
Hybrid Working Policy
We are currently working to a policy of office attendance for two days per week with the rest of the time working from home. Before submitting your application, please ensure you are able to commit to working in one of our office locations twice per week. If you are applying for a part-time role, please pro-rata office attendance based on the number of days you would be working.
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 adjustments
We 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 vetting
All 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.
About
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.
Skills Required
- Lead identification and investigation of concerns related to education and training within the organisation’s regulatory remit.
- Assess risks to education and training independently, including urgency and potential impact, and make appropriate decisions.
- Build and maintain influential, collaborative relationships with stakeholders.
- Commit to hybrid working with attendance at an office location twice per week.
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What We Do
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