Job Description:
Job Title Risk & Governance Inspector
Contract: Hybrid - Onsite 2-3 days per week & WFH
Type: 12 Month FTC (Maternity Cover). Full Time 37.5 hours per week. Monday - Friday
Location: South
Salary range: Competitive
Role specific benefits: Eligibility for 10% Management Bonus Scheme
We make health happen
Working in our UK support functions you'll play a key part in helping our customer facing colleagues deliver exceptional standards of customer service and patient care. No matter your role, you'll have an opportunity to do work that matters. Making a difference to the lives of our customers each and every day.
At Bupa Care Services, we're committed to delivering outstanding care, quality and safety across our care homes and villages. As a Risk and Governance Inspector, you'll play a pivotal role in helping us maintain and continuously improve regulatory compliance and quality standards across our UK-wide services.
This is an exciting opportunity to combine your regulatory expertise, operational insight and passion for quality care. You'll work closely with senior leaders and operational teams, influencing positive change, driving improvements, and helping services achieve the highest standards of care for our residents.
How you'll help us make health happen:
- Conduct comprehensive inspections and governance reviews across Bupa care services, ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements and internal standards.
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Provide expert guidance on regulatory frameworks including CQC, CIW and other key regulatory bodies, supporting services through inspections and compliance challenges.
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Analyse trends, risks and quality data, producing detailed reports and actionable recommendations to support continuous improvement.
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Support services requiring additional quality and governance intervention, helping operational teams manage risk and improve outcomes.
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Contribute to strategic quality improvement initiatives, investigations and organisational learning across the business.
Key Skills / Qualifications needed for this role:
- Professional qualification in Health and Social Care, such as Registered Nurse qualification or NVQ Level 4/5 (or equivalent).
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Strong understanding of the UK health and social care regulatory environment and quality governance frameworks.
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Experience assessing, auditing, inspecting or reviewing care services against quality and compliance standards.
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Excellent communication, influencing and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to challenge constructively and build positive working relationships.
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Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret data, identify trends and deliver clear, evidence-based recommendations.
Benefits
Our benefits are designed to make health happen for our people. Viva is our global wellbeing programme and includes all aspects of our health - from mental and physical, to financial, social and environmental wellbeing. We support flexible working and have a range of family friendly benefits.
Joining Bupa in this role you will receive the following benefits and more:
- 25 days holiday per year, pro rata to your contract.
- Access to a range of services to support your physical and mental wellbeing
- Fixed term benefits allowance
- Access to our confidential employee assistance programme
- Workplace pension
- Online discounts covering your everyday shopping, entertainment, eating out and more.
Why Bupa?
We're a health insurer and provider. With no shareholders, our customers are our focus. Our people are all driven by the same purpose - helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world. We make health happen by being brave, caring and responsible in everything we do.
We encourage all of our people to ”Be you at Bupa”, we champion diversity, and we understand the importance of our people representing the communities and customers we serve. That's why we especially encourage applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences.
Bupa is a Level 2 Disability Confident Employer. This means we aim to offer an interview/assessment to every disabled applicant who meets the minimum criteria for the role. We'll make sure you are treated fairly and offer reasonable adjustments as part of our recruitment process to anyone that needs them.
Time Type:
Full time
Job Area:
Delivery and Operations
Locations:
Home Based South c/o Willow House
Health & wellbeing programme, Canteen, Private dental insurance, Free flu jabs, Referral programme, Gym membership, Cycle to work scheme, Additional leave, Employee mentoring programme, Financial planning services, Paid volunteer time, Discounted or free food, Company pension
