Registration Inspector – National Learning Disability and Autism Teams

Job summary

Make a difference
Every role at CQC contributes to our mission. If you’re looking for a new role in Operations that gives a true sense of meaning and purpose, then you’ve found it!
As a Registration Inspector, you’ll help make sure only providers who meet the required standards can deliver health and social care services, helping to keep people safe and well cared for.

Picture this
You’ll play an important role in assessing whether organisations and individuals are ready to provide regulated health and social care services. Your work will directly support safe, high-quality care for people across the region.

As a Registration Inspector in Operations, you might get the chance to:

Lead the assessment of a complex registration application for a large provider, reviewing evidence from multiple sources to determine whether services meet regulatory requirements.

Work with specialist colleagues to support decisions that protect people using services.

Job description

The role
You’ll be key in helping us deliver our work. In this role, you’ll:

Assess registration applications: Review applications from providers and managers, analyse evidence, and make recommendations on registration decisions, variations, and related regulatory actions.

Manage information and records: Maintain accurate records, update systems, and ensure clear audit trails that support decisions and meet CQC requirements.
Work with partners and colleagues: Collaborate with inspection teams, legal advisers, specialists, and external stakeholders to share information, identify risks, and support informed decision-making

Person specification

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We will be looking for specific skills, knowledge and experience in your application form:

Experience working in a health and/or social care setting where you have used professional judgement to make decisions that affect service quality, safety, or compliance.

Experience analysing information from different sources, assessing evidence, and using this to make well-reasoned decisions in a risk-based environment.

Experience managing a busy workload, meeting deadlines or performance targets, and working with a range of stakeholders to achieve positive outcomes.

Experience of working with autistic people and people with a learning disability.

Join us and help CQC shape the future of health and care.

Benefits

The Benefits
We offer a wide range of benefits, including:

• Annual leave starting at 27 days per year, rising to 32.5 days with service, plus bank holidays (usually 8 days per year).
• Training and development opportunities.
• Wellbeing initiatives, such as gym discounts and meditation.
• NHS pension scheme, with around 14% employer contribution.
• Discount schemes (including eligibility for a Blue Light card, at a cost of £4.99 and valid for 2 years), reward vouchers, car leasing and more!

Please see our benefits page for the full list.

Things you need to know

Artificial intelligence

Artificial intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action. Please see our candidate guidance (opens in a new window) for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.

Selection process details

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Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security

Successful candidates must undergo an enhanced (or equivalent) criminal record check.People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Nationality requirements

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

• UK nationals
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

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Working for the Civil Service

Please note this Post is NOT regulated by the Civil Service Commission.The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

Diversity and Inclusion

The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see theCivil Service People Plan (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window).

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Contact point for applicants

Job contact :

• Name : Recruitment Team
• Email : recruitment@cqc.org.uk

Recruitment team

• Email : recruitment@cqc.org.uk

Further information

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