Care Quality Commission

Ambulatory Care Specialist Advisor – Air Ambulance & Emergency Capability Paramedics

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Location
London, England, United Kingdom
Posted At
6/24/2025
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East Midlands (England), East of England, London (region), North East England, North West England, South East England, South West England, West Midlands (England), Yorkshire and the Humber

Job Summary

Are you an experienced Air Ambulance & Capability Paramedic currently working at a Trust or Air Ambulance provider? If so, we want to hear from you.

We are seeking skilled professionals to support the Care Quality Commission’s (CQC) inspection programme. In this role, you will provide specialist advice and insight - helping ensure our judgements reflect the most current, credible professional standards and practice.

We are currently recruiting experts with the following specialism and/or clinical skills:

Air Ambulance

Emergency Capability Paramedics (e.g. HART and Specialist Response teams)

Why this could be a great role for you…

You will have an opportunity to contribute to ensuring that services and care provided to millions of people are safe, compassionate and effective. You will also collaborate with senior leaders to gain valuable insight into how organisations are assessed and be exposed to varying degrees of best practice.

The role of Specialist Advisor offers the opportunity for peer-to-peer learning in healthcare settings nationwide, as well as the chance to elevate transferable skills and expertise within clinical practice.

Job Description

What you will bring…

The Ideal Candidate For This Role Will:

Currently work as a Critical Care Paramedic or Paramedic with advanced emergency training.

Be experienced in leading and managing teams.

Have a proven track record in clinical governance, quality improvements, and change management.

Have an up-to-date appraisal in their local organisation and have completed mandatory training, including equality, diversity, and inclusion training.

Demonstrate strong communication skills and the ability to work collaboratively in multi-disciplinary teams.

Have a solid understanding of equality, diversity, and inclusion legislation and guidance relevant to health and social care providers.

The Ideal Candidate For This Role Will:

Currently work as a Critical Care Paramedic or Paramedic with advanced emergency training.

Be experienced in leading and managing teams.

Have a proven track record in clinical governance, quality improvements, and change management.

Have an up-to-date appraisal in their local organisation and have completed mandatory training, including equality, diversity, and inclusion training.

Demonstrate strong communication skills and the ability to work collaboratively in multi-disciplinary teams.

Have a solid understanding of equality, diversity, and inclusion legislation and guidance relevant to health and social care providers.

Person specification

Being a Specialist Advisor

Please note that all CQC Specialist Advisors are required to be substantively employed in active Professional Practice at a trust or provider, in a role aligned to the scope and specialisms of their work with CQC. If this role is within a clinical setting, it needs to include regular, clinical interactions with patients or service users monthly. For non-clinical professions, this should include direct work or direct line management of work with service users. Professional Practice does not include supportive areas, such as teaching, training or an advisory position.

This Role Can Be Undertaken In Two Ways:

Casual Worker: Paid directly by the CQC for attending inspections in your own time (non-working days, annual leave).

Seconded Position: If your service is registered with the CQC and agrees to the secondment. Your organization agrees in principle, and you seek your line manager's permission to take leave for inspections (lasting 1-3 days). Your organization then invoices the CQC for your time away.

Post-offer:

Pre-Engagement Checks: If successful at the interview, we aim to complete pre-engagement checks within 12 weeks, with your cooperation. You'll have a dedicated onboarding peer for support.

Requirements: A current Enhanced DBS certificate (under 3 years old) and references covering the last three years. If you've been with the same employer for three years, only one reference is needed.

Inspection Opportunities: You'll be offered inspection opportunities with 6 weeks' notice whenever possible, but sometimes on short notice. You are not obligated to accept if it's inconvenient. The number of opportunities can vary widely.

Eligibility to work

If you are successful at interview, CQC will need to verify your right to work in the UK using digital identity verification. Details of how to complete the right to work check will be provided as part of the conditional offer of employment. If we are unable to verify your right to work digitally, we are required to complete this face to face at one of our CQC Offices. Please be aware that we are unable to progress any offer of employment until right to work in the UK is confirmed.

  • Learning and development tailored to your role
  • An environment with flexible working options
  • A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity

Selection process details

Successful candidates will be invited to participate in an interview.

Within your supporting statement you should tell us about your current substantial knowledge and experience which is relevant for this role, and why you think you may be able to play a critical part within our inspection teams.

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

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.

People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Successful candidates must undergo a 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

Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)

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.

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 the Civil 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 :

Recruitment team

Further information

https://cqc.csod.com/ux/ats/careersite/2/home/requisition/2652?c=cqc&sq=req2652
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