National Professional Advisor - Mental Health Team

National Professional Advisor - Mental Health Team

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- Full-time

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Remote

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- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme

Full job description

Specialist Advisor Rate - Aligned to Professional Experience

Contracted Hours: 3 roles x 0.2 (1 day) FTE Equivalent

1 x 0.2 Forensic MH
1 x 0.2 Substance Misuse
1 x 0.2 Adult Community Mental Health/Crisis

Contract Type: Fixed Term Contract for 12 months

Closing date: Friday 8th November 2024 at 11.59pm

This role is NOT open to applications from those who will require sponsorship under the points-based system. Should you apply for this role and be found to require sponsorship, your application will be rejected,





and any provisional offer of employment withdrawn.

For an informal discussion or further information on the role, please contact Jenny Wilkes, Director of Mental Health at [email protected]

Are you committed to helping us regulate health and social care within England?

When thinking about what drives you every day in your job, what keeps you motivated and passionate about your work what comes to mind? For 3000+ people at the CQC we end each day knowing that we have made a difference to the lives of those most in need in our communities. We make sure health and social care services provide people with safe, effective, compassionate, high-quality care and encourage care services to improve. We are looking for people who are caring, demonstrate integrity and work well as part of a team to join with us and share in this sense of achievement. If you would like to help us make a positive impact to health and social care within England, then read on.

Why this could be a great role for you….







We have an opportunity for three exceptional clinicians and professionals to join our team of National Professional Advisors working in our Regulatory Leadership function. You will provide clinical and professional expertise to colleagues working across CQC, this will be across both operational and strategic aspects of our work. Reporting to one of our Directors within Regulatory Leadership, you will drive improvements through regulation and play a key role in making a difference for people who use services.

The areas of expertise we are looking for are as follows within our Mental Health (MH) teams:

- 1 x 0.2 Forensic MH (MH)
- 1 x 0.2 Substance Misuse (MH)
- 1 x 0.2 Adult Community Mental Health/Crisis







We are particularly interested to hear from senior health and care professionals working at consultant level (medical / nursing / allied health professional) and / or director level professionals.

As well as scope to shape policy and contribute to CQC's strategy you will play a key role in providing clinical and professional expertise for inspection teams. You will develop strong relationships with stakeholders internally and externally and work in collaboration to deliver a safe regulatory service.

You’ll support stakeholder involvement with external organisations such as, but not limited to, The Department of Health and Social Care, Public Health England, NHS England/Improvement, Royal Colleges and specialist societies, other national regulators and local stakeholders, providers,





integrated care systems and local authorities.

You’ll work with other National Professional Advisors (NPAs) across the CQC and will provide support and advise on our impending model of regulation.

What we can offer you...

- 27 days’ annual leave, rising with service to 32.5 days, plus 8 Bank Holidays
- NHS pension scheme, with around a 14% employer contribution
- Free employee assistance service 24 hours a day
- Discounts to supermarkets, high street stores, electronics and fleet cars
- Discounted gym vouchers
- Cycle to work scheme
- Internal reward scheme where you could win a voucher or two!
- Equipment for homeworking

We want to support you to succeed and be your very best,





with opportunities for training and development along with the support of experienced managers and mentors.

We want to make working for CQC a great experience for everyone, and to role model a diverse and representative culture. To support an inclusive environment where colleagues feel empowered to bring their whole self to work, we support a variety of staff networks, including the Race Equality Network, LGBT+ Equality Network, Carers Equality Network, Disability Equality Network and Gender Equality network.

What you will bring…

You’ll be expected to have in depth experience of operating at a very senior level in the health and care sector with specialist expertise and credibility in your relevant professional field of mental health.







You will be a highly experienced clinician or professional with an understanding of health and care and a passion to make improvements for people through regulation. The ability to communicate and collaborate with stakeholders internally and externally is essential along with excellent interpersonal skills. You should be personally resilient and good at working under pressure.

You will work flexibly to accommodate the competing and exciting demands of the role, with the need to prioritise depending on the risk and impact of regulation.

Please refer to the job description for a full list of essential skills and experience - click on link below:

National Professional Advisor - JD.doc

Individual adjustments...







We are committed to being open and transparent around our processes and we endeavour to offer every candidate the opportunity to perform at their best throughout the recruitment process. We seek to support candidates to identify potential challenges and work with them to identify and facilitate reasonable adjustments as appropriate. Should you require assistance and/or would like to request a reasonable adjustment at any stage of the recruitment process, please contact a member of the team via email: [email protected]

Note for internal candidates:

As this is a secondment / fixed term opportunity it is important that you read our recruitment and selection policy relating to secondments and you must discuss your application with your line manager before applying. Your line manager will need to consider the implications of the release,





agree whether you can be released for a specific time and that the secondment represents a development opportunity/meets business needs.

Note for external candidates:

CQC are currently working through an organisational transformation programme which includes the creation of a new target operating model. This role is offered as a fixed term contract as part of the transition process to that new model. For further information on this please visit https://www.cqc.org.uk/about-us/jobs/information-applicants

CQC is committed to promoting a fair and inclusive workplace where all our people can flourish and reach their full potential. We know diverse teams allow for a more creative and productive environment and therefore encourage applications from everyone regardless of: age, gender/sex, gender identity or expression, religion or belief, disability, ethnicity or sexual orientation

For this role, we are particularly encouraging people from ethnically diverse communities and people with a disability to apply, who are currently under-represented at this level in the organisation.

Our Values

Excellence – Meeting our challenge to be a high-performing organisation
Caring – Treating everyone with dignity and respect
Integrity – Demonstrating our passion for ‘doing the right thing’
Teamwork – Enabling us to be the best we can

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