Investigations Lawyer

About the team and what we do
The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) investigation team gathers factual evidence to evaluate fitness to practise concerns after a referral passes initial screening. They act as neutral fact-finders rather than judges

Your role and impact
As an Investigations Lawyer within the Professional Regulation directorate you’ll play an important role in ensuring cases are investigated in a proportionate and timely way that best protects the public in accordance with the NMC’s statutory obligations. 

The role involves providing advice to case holders on a range of matters including case direction, scoping, evidential considerations, management of risk and procedural issues. The role involves providing advice at various stages from investigation planning to reviewing completed investigation reports and evidence. 

As we’re working across the directorate to reduce our caseload, we’re testing some new ways of working so there may be some cases in your team that you’ll provide more direction over and there may be some cases in your team that you don’t advise on at all. There will be some cases on which you’ll need to conduct witness interviews, and engage with other external parties, such as our registrants and their representatives. Our investigations lawyers also provides oversight and support for applications to the High Court to extend interim orders, as well as applications to the High Court and Family Court seeking orders for disclosure. 

What you’ll bring
- You’ll have a current UK practising certificate.
- Evidence of providing legal advice in a high pressured environment.
- You will have built up a considerable amount of experience post qualification in dealing with complex cases
- An ability to think about the ‘big picture’ as well as the detail – we’re looking for someone who can make sensible, pragmatic decisions.
- Evidence of commitment to motivating and coaching more junior members of staff. .
- Excellent written, oral and presentations skills.
- Focused approach to delivering results by working to tight deadlines.
- Self-motivated – we need someone with initiative who takes pride in the quality of their work and always strives to improve.
- Experience of collaborative working with other teams.
- Experience of working in a politically sensitive environment and dealing with high profile sensitive issues.
- Evidence of being willing to help get cases investigated. We’re looking for someone who is willing to work on cases as well as advise on them.