Local Counter Fraud Specialist / Compliance Officer

Local Counter Fraud Specialist / Compliance Officer

Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust

Due to the retirement of the existing postholder, an exciting opportunity has arisen to join a small but dedicated in-house NHS counter fraud collaborative team, responsible for investigating suspicions of NHS fraud and corruption to a criminal standard and promoting an anti-fraud culture. Counter Fraud Plus (CFP) provides a quality counter fraud service to Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (the host organisation), Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust and Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust.

The successful candidate will be the nominated Local Counter Fraud Specialist (LCFS) for Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, who operate in a Group model called NHS Humber Health Partnership. The postholder will also actively support the wider counter fraud collaborative team as necessary.

If you are an accredited NHS counter fraud specialist and believe that you meet the criteria of the person specification and would like to join our NHS counter fraud collaborative team, we would be interested in receiving your application.

Main duties of the job

Candidates must be formally accredited NHS counter-fraud specialists, with proven NHS counter fraud work experience of the full range of LCFS duties. The successful candidate must be a highly motivated, enthusiastic individual who is able to work on their own initiative but also has the ability to be a committed team player in order to continue the success of the counter fraud collaborative. They will possess strong analytical skills, the ability to work under pressure to tight timescales and the ability to communicate with confidence across all levels of the organisation both verbally and in writing. The role encompasses an expanded compliance function which will complement the LCFS function, so experience of internal audit or an understanding of finance department functions would be advantageous.

Job responsibilities

For more detailed information, please read the job description linked below.

Person Specification

Education and Qualifications

• Accredited Counter Fraud Specialist (Degree level qualification accredited by the University of Portsmouth or other provider)
• Educated to degree level, or in possession of relevant equivalent professional experience.
• GCSE English Language and Mathematics plus 3 other subjects, at grade C and above or equivalent.
• Further formal qualifications (degree level or above) in relevant subject.
• Evidence of continuing professional development (CPD), education, training.

Occupational Experience

• Significant post qualification experience in a counter fraud role.
• Practical experience of undertaking fraud investigations.
• Experience of presenting findings from investigations at Director level.
• Experience of taking witness statements.
• Experience of conducting formal interviews under caution.
• NHS, or other public sector experience, with an operational awareness across a wide range of NHS functions, procedures and practices (both financial and non-financial).
• Experience of giving evidence in court.
• Experience of giving evidence in disciplinary hearings or professional body hearings.

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.