National Professional Advisor - Mental Health Team

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., · To provide authoritative information and advice to shape the CQC regulatory model.
· To analyse the implications of emerging national professional policy, standards and guidance, and provide advice on the relevance and impact this may have.
· To support the development of the regulatory approach.
· To support the recruitment and training of specialist advisors.
· To provide clinical expertise to quality assurance panels.
· To lead working groups and chair committees to assist the development and implementation of CQC strategy and policy.
· To provide professional advice for work streams that are of central importance to CQC
· To advise on key indicators or metrics to use.
· To lead in developing relationships with professional external stakeholders.
· To represent CQC and act as an ambassador at external events.
· To provide advice on external engagements and communications.

Person specification
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.
Essential Criteria:

· To provide authoritative information and advice to shape the CQC regulatory model.
· To analyse the implications of emerging national professional policy, standards and guidance, and provide advice on the relevance and impact this may have.
· To support the development of the regulatory approach.
· To support the recruitment and training of specialist advisors.
· To provide clinical expertise to quality assurance panels.
· To lead working groups and chair committees to assist the development and implementation of CQC strategy and policy.
· To provide professional advice for work streams that are of central importance to CQC.
· To advise on key indicators or metrics to use.
· To lead in developing relationships with professional external stakeholders.
· To represent CQC and act as an ambassador at external events.
· To provide advice on external engagements and communications.
· To lead on responding to professional and clinical consultations.
· To contribute to development of staff across the organisation.
· To contribute to complaints investigations and appraisals of specialist advisor colleagues, where appropriate.

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.
People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

What we can offer you...
Your health and wellbeing are important to us and are supported through generous annual leave (starting at 27 days and rising with service to 32.5days, plus 8 Bank Holidays), a cycle to work scheme, discounted gym vouchers and access to a free employee assistance service 24 hours a day. We also understand the importance of financial health and offer membership of the NHS pension scheme, contributing about 14% of basic salary. You will also be able to access discounts to supermarkets, high street stores, electronics, fleet cars, plus we also have an internal reward scheme which could see you earn yourself a voucher or two! All of our Homeworkers are also kitted out with everything they need to comfortably work from home.
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