Head of Audit and Regulation

Exemplar Health Care; Sheffield; Hybrid; GBP 150,000 - GBP 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading nursing care provider is looking for a Head of Audit and Regulation to shape quality and compliance initiatives across the United Kingdom. In this national role, with regular travel, you will lead a team conducting inspections and audits, providing expert advice on regulatory risks. Candidates should have significant experience in health and social care regulation, demonstrate strong analytical skills, and exhibit a proven commitment to maintaining safety and quality standards. Competitive salary and excellent perks offered.

Benefits

Excellent supervision and peer support

Retail and lifestyle discounts

Free DBS check

Electric car salary sacrifice scheme

BUPA Health Care

Life Assurance

Paid access to RCNi Learning platform

24/7 counselling and support

Blue Light Card eligibility

Qualifications

• Ambitious and forward-thinking with the drive to influence strategy nationally.
• Tenacious and resilient, maintaining quality under pressure.
• Credible and engaging, able to challenge and support senior leaders.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team to deliver regulatory style inspections and audits.
• Provide authoritative advice on regulatory risk and inspection preparation.
• Represent the company in external regulatory and quality forums.

Skills

Expertise in health and social care regulation

Analytical skills

Leadership and influence

Ability to work under pressure

Strong communication skills

Education

Master's degree or equivalent experience

Job description

Position: Head of Audit and Regulation

Location: National role, with regular travel

Contract type: Full time, 40 hours per week

Rate: Competitive

Are you an experienced regulatory professional driven to make a real impact?

This is an amazing opportunity for an ambitious and determined senior leader, who wants to shape quality and compliance at national scale.

Reporting to the Clinical Director, this role carries significant professional autonomy, influence and responsibility.

It’s designed for a leader who is confident operating at the highest level, respected for their regulatory judgement and motivated by building assurance systems that anticipate risk, drive improvement and ensure safety.

As Head of Audit and Regulation, you’ll lead the continued evolution of our quality assurance approach from inspection preparation to a continuous, intelligence-led model.

About Exemplar Health Care

Exemplar Health Care is one of the country’s leading nursing care providers for adults living with complex needs.

We have 60 care homes across England that support adults living with complex mental health needs, dementia, neuro-disabilities and physical disabilities.

As well as stable and secure employment opportunities, we offer great benefits and perks, and plenty of opportunities to learn, develop and progress.

About the role

As Head of Audit and Regulation with Exemplar Health Care, you’ll lead a team delivering regulatory style inspections, audits and deep dive reviews, ensuring assurance activity is proportionate, outcome focused and improvement driven.

You’ll provide authoritative advice on regulatory risk, inspection preparation and enforcement activity, and deliver intelligence that informs executive decision making and improves clinical practice.

No two days will ever be the same, but your day‑to‑day responsibilities will include:

• working collaboratively across clinical, quality and operational teams
• ensuring learning from regulatory intelligence shapes training, policy development and service improvement
• representing Exemplar Health Care with confidence and authority in external regulatory and quality forums.

Download the job description for a full list of responsibilities.

About you

Above all, you’re someone who identifies with our values of fun, integrity, responsiveness, success and teamwork.

You’ll also be:

• recognised as an expert in health and social care regulation and inspection
• ambitious and forward thinking, with the drive to influence strategy and standards nationally
• tenacious and resilient, able to hold quality under pressure
• analytically strong, using intelligence and data to identify risk, variation and opportunity
• credible and engaging, able to challenge and support senior leaders constructively
• values led, with an unwavering commitment to safety, dignity and quality of life
• a senior leader with a Master’s degree or equivalent experience.

What we offer

We offer great rewards and perks including:

• excellent supervision, peer support, learning opportunities and career prospects
• retail and lifestyle discounts
• free DBS check
• electric car salary sacrifice scheme
• BUPA Health Care
• Life Assurance
• paid access to the RCNi Learning platform
• 24/7 counselling and support
• Blue Light Card eligibility.

How to apply

Sound good? We’d love to hear from you. Click the button to ‘APPLY NOW’.

For an informal chat about joining us, please contact [e-mail] or call 07506991913