Lawyer

• You will advise on a range of issues including the identification of regulatory concerns, the identification and assessment of both case-specific and organisational risk, the scoping of investigations, evidence collation and providing disclosable summaries for media briefings. 
• You will also be responsible for advising colleagues in respect of many of our wider legal obligations and the relevance and impact of case law. 
• You will be expected to collaborate and work with internal teams across the NMC on complex matters including information sharing, public inquiries and inquests. 
• You will be a key point of contact for both internal and external stakeholders, often at a senior level, and you will be able to provide updates at short notice in relation to the cases you are overseeing. 
• As well as overseeing your own Fitness to Practise workload you will, from time to time and as appropriate, instruct external firms to conduct investigations and you will confidently provide instructions on all aspects of the investigation from the scope of enquiries to the proposed disposal, ensuring the investigations are progressed in a cost-effective, timely and proportionate manner.  
• A key part of your role will be in the supervision and development of more junior colleagues as well as taking an active role in identifying and implementing improvements to the way we work. 
• You’ll be a confident self-starter who is able to work autonomously, with relevant casework experience, knowledge and skills. 

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

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.