Job Description

The Health and Care Professions Council is a UK-wide regulator, committed to delivering high quality, efficient regulation in order to protect the public. We regulate 15 professions, including paramedics, radiographers, occupational therapists, and biomedical scientists.

We regulate by:

• deciding what it takes to be a member of one of our professions;
• approving education programmes which will produce competent graduates who are safe to treat people;
• keeping an accurate register of people who are legally able to call themselves one of our 15 professions; and
• investigate when a professional isn\xc2\xbft meeting our expectations of safe practice and conduct.

Regulating and supporting our professions allows us to influence health and social care. We share intelligence from our regulatory activities and work with our partners to support workforce planning and sector-wide decision making. We use our voice to speak up for a healthy and inclusive working environment for our professions.

The HCPC is full of talented and committed people with a shared purpose of protecting the public. And while we\xc2\xbfre all unique, we share something in common. It\xc2\xbfs the values by which we live and work: Fair, Compassionate, Inclusive, Enterprising.

The Hearings Assistant role will involve coordinating and assisting with preparation and follow up tasks related to fitness to practise hearings. This will include the facilitation of Investigating Committee Panel (ICP) hearings, proofreading and quality control of Tribunal decisions, as well as providing administrative support to colleagues within the Tribunal Service, wider Fitness to Practise department and external stakeholders.

Candidate Requirements

We are looking for a candidate with strong interpersonal skills and adept at providing excellent customer service. The candidate will demonstrate the ability to handle and prioritise competing administrative tasks in a fast paced working environment. Proactiveness and attention to detail are very important in this role. The candidate will have experience in providing support to stakeholders from a diverse range of backgrounds, and demonstrate great problem-solving abilities.

What we offer

The people we work with are central to helping us achieve effective and efficient regulation and in return we offer our employees generous benefits. As a member of the team you will have access to wide range of employee schemes and benefits including:

• 30 days annual leave plus discretionary days at Christmas
• Interest free season ticket loan
• 24/7 Virtual GP
• Cycle to work scheme
• 7% employer contribution pension
• Employee discounts on gym membership and a broad range of retail outlets
• Flexible working and home working options
• Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
• Virtual Wellbeing Centre
• Covid-19 compliance/safe, managed, working environment
• Alongside our excellent employee benefits, we are committed to your ongoing learning and development to build your skills, experience, and career.
• You can find out more about our benefits on our website

Closing Date: Wednesday 16 August 2023 (All vacancies will close at 1pm)

Interview Date: commencing Monday 21 August 2023

Further information on this role is detailed in the job description and person specification.

HCPC\xc2\xbfs vision is to be recognised as an actively anti-discriminatory organisation that upholds and promotes best practice in equality, diversity and inclusion and an active ally for change. We aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and join the HCPC.

Our values underpin what we do and how we do it, to help us operate to high standards and effectively as a regulator and employer. In addition to the core competencies for this role, we will also assess you against our values during the selection process: Please refer to the HCPC Values and Behavioural Framework.

Health & Care Professions Council