Nursing and Midwifery Council Panel Members and Panel Chairs
Thank you for your interest in the panel member and/or panel chair roles at the Nursing and Midwifery Council. Our panel members, who sit on our practice committees, are independent decision makers and play a huge part in our role to protect the public and uphold public confidence in the nursing and midwifery professions.
To register for the upcoming Nursing and Midwifery Council Panel Member and Chair Recruitment webinar on Wednesday 3rd July click the link below
The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) is the independent regulator of more than 808,000 nursing and midwifery professionals,
We are a statutory public body accountable to Parliament through the Privy Council.
The Professional Standards Authority for Health and Social Care (PSA) oversees our work and reviews our performance each year. We are also a Charity registered with the Charity Commission in England and Wales (1091434) and in Scotland with the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator (OSCR) (SC038362).
To sign up for the upcoming Nursing and Midwifery Council webinar on Wednesday 3rd July, please register here.
For a Welsh translation of the below video, please click here.
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The opportunities
Inclusive Boards is proud to be working in partnership with the NMC in a national recruitment campaign to recruit up to 140 NMC panel member positions from across the four nations of Wales, Northern Ireland, Scotland, and England.
These 140 positions include 80 roles open to lay people and 60 roles open to registered nurses, midwives, and nursing associates. Registrants play a vital role in representing their profession and bringing their knowledge of practice into our proceedings.
About the role
We’re looking for at least 55 panel chairs to join us. As a Panel Chair, you are responsible for proactively managing and leading hearing proceedings. You are accountable for concluding hearings fairly and effectively and for producing a well-reasoned decision, which you may be required to draft.
About the role
We’re looking for at least 85 panel members to join us. Independent panel members are key to making fair, kind and consistent decisions about professionals’ fitness to practise.
Candidate Information Packs
Download the packs here
Use these links to download the full candidate information
pack for the role in either word or PDF format.
Please note the Welsh language version is
available to download by clicking here .
Competencies
Your strengths and experience will be assessed against the roles’ competencies at every stage of the selection process. This criteria includes:
- Leadership and Management (Panel Chairs only)
- Professionalism and integrity
- Collaboration
- Communication
- High quality decision making
- Equality, diversity and inclusion
Your response can be based on any aspect of your life, experiences and activities, not just your professional work.
Values and Behaviours
The NMC’s Values and Behaviours include:
- We’re Fair
- We’re Kind
- We’re ambitious
- We’re Collaborative
Evidence of these competencies, values and behaviours will be assessed at both application and interview stages. For full details, please download the relevant candidate information pack using the links above.
Eligibility
We want to hear from people who meet the NMC’s eligibility criteria and who can demonstrate the values and competencies above. If you’re unsure about your Eligibility an FAQ document is available here. A Welsh translation of the FAQ document is available here.
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NMC's commitment to Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion
There is no room for any kind of discrimination in the healthcare sector, and we’re committed to working with partners to do everything in our power to tackle inequality and promote diversity and inclusion.
We encourage applications from all candidates regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation.
We are committed to selection processes that are accessible, fair, transparent, based on merit, and free from bias and unlawful discrimination. This selection process is led by the Appointments Board which provides independent advice to the NMC. You can find out more about the Appointments Board and it’s independent members here: Appointments Board – The Nursing and Midwifery Council
Commitment
Be available for a minimum of 15 days per year, noting that depending on availability and hearing capacity we may be able to offer considerably more e.g. 50 days per year.
Remuneration
Panel Chairs: £367.00 per day
Panel Members: £320.00 per day
You will also be reimbursed for reasonable travel and out-of-pocket expenses incurred on NMC business, in accordance with the Council’s travel and expenses policy.
Closing date for applications
12.00pm midday, Wednesday 17 July 2024. We encourage you to apply as soon as possible.
Application process
This is a two stage process, the first stage is the application form and if successful the second stage is a panel interview.
To apply, please fill out our application form. You will be asked to answer set questions relating to the competencies described above. You will also be asked to provide a CV and information on:
- Conflicts of interest and previous conduct.
- Significant political activity.
- Your referees (this does not apply to existing NMC panel members).
- That you will adhere to the Principles of Public Life
If invited to interview we will undertake due diligence including social media checks.
