Head of Compliance | South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 18 July 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £64,455 - £74,896 per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 17 August 2025 |
| Location: | CRAWLEY, RH10 9BG |
| Company: | South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7219585/278-HOC-0725-AS |
Summary
The Head of Compliance is responsible for overseeing compliance within the Trust, ensuring compliance with all legislation, regulatory requirements, policies, procedures and Fundamentals of Care.
As the Compliance leader and subject matter expert, the postholder is responsible for interpreting national guidance, establishing standards and implementing policies and procedures to ensure that the compliance framework and programmes throughout the Trust are effective and efficient in identifying, preventing, detecting and correcting non-compliance with applicable laws and regulations, to assure the Board that quality, safety and risk are proactively managed.
The postholder will be the relationship manager with all regulators, responsible for the Trust response pre-inspections, at times of inspections and throughout the follow up period.
• To provide expert advice around all external quality and assurance frameworks.
• To lead on the development and on-going improvement of the compliance system across the trust, ensuring that all divisions and directorate have systems and processes in place to evidence they are providing safe, effective, caring, responsive and well led services. Constantly review relevant standards and ensure the Trust is compliant with national directives and statutory obligations.
• Develop an annual compliance work plan that reflects the complex nature of the Trust’s activities and prioritises high risk areas.
• To ensure there are adequate controls in place to manage compliance risks and recommend actions needed to address gaps in control.
• To ensure that available performance data / information is incorporated within the overall assurance systems for the prevention, containment and control of compliance risks.
• To support planning for external reviews and visits by regulatory bodies, including providing briefings for Trust Board and other committees, Directors and other Senior Managers as required.
• Option to join NHS pension scheme
• A minimum 27 days' holiday each year, increasing after 5 years’ service.
• Personal and professional development and training opportunities.
• Salary Sacrifice schemes for cars or push bikes.
• Access to occupational health and counselling services.
• Award winning wellbeing hub
• Back up buddy App
• Access to NHS discounts, offering NHS employees a range of money-saving deals.
Other than in exceptional circumstances, the starting salary for staff new to the NHS will be the bottom point of the band to which they have been appointed.
Please see attached JD and Person Specification. For an informal discussion regarding this position please contact Margaret Dalziel, Chief Nurse at: Margaret.dalziel@secamb.nhs.uk
This advert closes on Sunday 3 Aug 2025
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