Senior Investigator

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 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. 

About the Team

The Investigations team plays a vital role in supporting the NMC’s regulatory responsibilities. The team manages investigations from initial casework through to progression, ensuring all activity is carried out in line with regulatory rules, operational standards, and performance measures. Their work is essential to meeting service standards and maintaining public confidence, with a strong focus on accuracy, consistency, and timely delivery.

About the role

As a Senior Investigator, you will lead and deliver robust, fair and proportionate investigations into regulatory concerns raised about nurses and midwives. You will gather and analyse evidence to assess whether a registrant is safe to practise and whether their fitness to practise may be impaired, ensuring risks to patients and the public are appropriately identified and managed.

You will hold a complex caseload, often involving sensitive issues, multiple parties and competing lines of enquiry. Your work will directly inform key regulatory decisions and contribute to timely, defensible outcomes that protect the public while upholding the rights of those involved.

In addition to your own casework, you will play a senior role within the team. You will mentor and coach Investigators, share expertise, and promote consistent, high-quality investigative practice. You will provide managerial support and deputise where required.

There are both permanent and fixed term positions available.

About You

You will bring substantial experience of conducting and leading complex investigations, with a proven ability to manage a demanding and sensitive caseload while balancing competing priorities. You are confident taking ownership of high-risk or high-profile matters, demonstrating strong analytical skills. You can quickly grasp complex issues, identify the relevance and weight of key evidence, and make clear, logical findings. You will have excellent drafting skills and be able to produce clear, accurate and balanced reports that reflect all evidential material.

Your written and verbal communication is professional, precise and accessible to a range of audiences and you are able to communicate sensitively and effectively in complex and emotive situations, including where individuals may be distressed or vulnerable.

You will have demonstrable investigative experience, ideally within a regulatory or similarly structured environment, and must hold accreditation under the Investigations Department scheme. You understand the importance of procedural fairness, proportionality and evidential integrity in reaching sound conclusions.

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/Flexible working policies
• 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

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Closing date: 25th October 2026

NB – if successful in the assessment process, you will be invited to an in-person Experience Day on 27th November at our office in 10 George Street, Edinburgh.