Compliance Officer

North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare Trust; Hempstalls; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 47,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in the UK is seeking a Compliance Officer to ensure that all Estates activities meet statutory obligations and health standards. The role involves creating compliance systems and providing advice to clinical leads. A degree and experience in compliance or audit are essential. Join a dedicated team committed to sustainability and health improvement initiatives.

Benefits

Flexible working opportunities

Wellness programs

Commitment to sustainability

Qualifications

• Proven experience in compliance, audit, or risk management.
• Experience designing and implementing compliance systems.
• Strong organizational and time management skills.

Responsibilities

• Ensure compliance with statutory and regulatory obligations.
• Provide compliance advice to clinical leads and project teams.

Skills

Compliance expertise

Organizational skills

IT skills

Verbal communication

Written communication

Education

Degree level education or equivalent

Tools

KPI frameworks

Job description

Job summary

Compliance Officer

Band 6, £38,682 - £46,580 per annum.

Full time, 37.5 hours per week.

The Compliance Officer contributes to the delivery of an outstanding Estates service by taking the lead on ensuring that all Estates activity is compliant with the Trust's statutory and regulatory obligations. As a compliance specialist, you will develop and implement systems and processes to ensure that all works are carried out in accordance with relevant regulations and meet statutory and health and safety requirements across the full range of Estates activity.

This vacancy is only open at this stage to internal employees of the following organisations within the Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Integrated Care System:

• North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust
• Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
• University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust, inclusive of Black Country Procurement Group and North Midlands and Cheshire Pathology Service.
• Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Integrated Care Board

Main duties of the job

Operational Planning

1. In conjunction with the Associate Director and Head of Estates, use specialist professional knowledge to detail how compliance will be delivered through the Estates strategy and operational plans.
2. Work closely with the Estates Managers to ensure all compliance maintenance works and checks are delivered in a joined‑up plan including EMT and contractor delivery, to make best use of resources, meet targets and deliver to the possible standards.

Leadership

1. Specialist for all aspects of Estates compliance. Through a proactive approach, be responsible for ensuring that the Trust meets all Estates Compliance requirements effectively.
2. Provide complex compliance advice and information to clinical leads, project teams, and other operational staff. Ensure that information on compliance legislation is cascaded to team members and they understand their compliance responsibilities.Represent the Trust at events and meetings involving Estates compliance related issues.

About us

As a Trust we remain bold and ambitious with plans for both service and system collaborative transformation over the coming years to improve the health and wellbeing of our local people through high quality care.

We pride ourselves on ensuring our team has their wellbeing put first and, as such, provide a range of wellness opportunities including flexible working.

We are committed to the Greener NHS national ambition to become the world's first 'carbon net zero' national health system by 2045. Sustainability is embedded in our strategy as one of our four key enablers. In order to deliver on this commitment, we recognise that we need a workforce that is as passionate as we are about achieving these goals, for the benefit of our service users, workforce, local communities and the planet alike. For 2024/2025, we have launched our "Proud to be Green" engagement campaign which is aligned to the targets set out in our Green Plan. As a Trust, you can be assured that we will support you in working towards our net zero ambitions through our sustainability programme.

The Trust is committed to ensuring that a diverse workforce is representative and inclusive at all levels. We would very much welcome applications from all under‑represented groups including women, people with disabilities, people from global majority backgrounds, and those from the lesbian, gay, bi and trans communities.

Person Specification

Essential

• Proven experience in a compliance, audit, or risk management role
• Educated to degree level (or equivalent experience)
• Designing and implementing compliance systems and plans
• Excellent organisational and time management skills
• Strong IT, written, and verbal communication skills

Desirable

• Professional compliance or risk certification
• Understanding of health and safety policies, procedures and systems in an Estates setting
• Experience of utilising KPI frameworks to drive service improvement
• Understanding of UK data protection legislation

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the (link not provided).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement.

Employer details

Employer name: North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare Trust

Address: Lawton House, Ashtenne Units, Bellringer Road, Stoke on Trent, ST4 8HH

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