Job Description

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Description

About the team and we do

Hearing Coordinator are a part of the Adjudication team. The Adjudication team within the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) plays a crucial, independent role in the final stages of the fitness to practise process, responsible for organising, managing, and delivering hearings where decisions are made about a nurse, midwife, or nursing associate's right to practise.




This team ensures that hearings are run efficiently, fairly, and in compliance with statutory frameworks, with the ultimate goal of protecting the public and maintaining confidence in the profession.

Your role and Impact

Hearings Coordinators play a pivotal role in protecting the public and supporting trust in healthcare. In this role, you'll guide the smooth running of our Fitness to Practise hearings -- ensuring that proceedings are fair, well-managed, and respectful for everyone taking part.



You'll coordinate multiple participants (including Chairs, panel members, legal advocates, registrants, and witnesses), maintain the flow of the hearing, and draft the formal written outcome based on decisions made. The work is practical, public-facing and high-stakes; it demands clarity, composure and strong communication.



This role sits at the heart of our values: Integrity, Fairness, Respect, Equity and Effectiveness. These values guide how hearings are run, how decisions are communicated, and how we support those who appear before us.

What will you bring to the role

Previous experience in hearings, tribunals, regulation, governance or legal environments can be helpful, but it is not essential. If you can demonstrate the right behaviours which includes: communicating with impact, collaborating and including, achieving results and improving and adapting. Along with the other technical skills and experience listed in the person specification.




This is a dynamic public-facing role. Occasionally, hearings run beyond standard working hours to conclude safely and efficiently -- we plan ahead as much as possible and support colleagues to maintain healthy balance.



There are fixed-term and permanent opportunities available



Please note that this role requires you to review and work with sensitive and distressing material relating to fitness to practice cases and you will be given the appropriate support to deal with this material.

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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
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Additional Information

The role you are applying for is a flexible role, and whilst you will be posted initially to a team, this may require movement between teams as the flow of work dictates. You will of course understand that this flexible approach enables us to provide the best possible service to our registrants and reach the outcomes to our cases quickly and within a reasonable timeframe. This will not change your terms and conditions and will be discussed with you prior to you taking up the post.

Hybrid Working Policy

We are currently working to a policy of office attendance for two days per week with the rest of the time working from home. Before submitting your application, please ensure you are able to commit to working in one of our office locations twice per week. If you are applying for a part-time role, please pro-rata office attendance based on the number of days you would be working.

Our Pay Policy

It is expected that staff new to the NMC will ordinarily be appointed to the bottom of the relevant pay band. However in exceptional circumstances, it may be possible to offer a salary above the bottom of the relevant pay band but we may request proof of current earnings. Please note that we offer an annual review of salaries and adopt a generous progressive pay approach. Further details of which are available on request.



For our internal colleagues, you will be paid in accordance to our internal pay policy.

Reasonable adjustments

We will provide reasonable adjustments to support disabled candidates throughout the recruitment process. Please let us know if you need any additional support to enable you to make an application with us.

Screening and vetting

All of our roles are subject to pre-employment checks. We are in the process of introducing a vetting policy, and it is possible that this role may become subject to DBS and further vetting checks in future.###

About The Nursing and Midwifery Council

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.