Local Counter Fraud Specialist

Job description

Job responsibilities

For a more detailed job description and main responsibilities, please refer to the job description document attached to this vacancy.

As the main counter fraud service provider to the NHS in the South West, ASW Assurance provides an excellent, value added service, which meets and exceeds the delivery of both national and local NHS counter fraud requirements.

ASW Assurance work is focused to ensure that fraud risks that may prevent the achievement of NHS organisations strategic objectives are kept to a minimum. The counter fraud work is pivotal in ensuring that the organisations specific fraud risks are identified and managed to prevent financial loss and protect the organisations reputation. We also deliver specialised security management consultancy services, and can provide a comprehensive, joined up, resilient anti-crime service.

The Local Counter Fraud Specialist (LCFS) focus is to:

• Implement and encourage an anti-fraud culture throughout specified organisations
• Provide operational support in delivering the counter fraud message to specified organisations
• Take positive action against fraud, including sanctions against perpetrators and recovery of any monies defrauded
• Participate in local and national proactive exercises
• Although the LCFS will primarily deliver work to a selection of ASW Assurance clients, there may be requirement for them to work across the wider ASW Assurance client group at times
• Meet and exceed the NHSCFA requirements
• Achieve successful outcomes from both criminal and civil proceedings

Person Specification

Knowledge and Experience

Essential

• Must have experience of criminal investigation with a current and specialist knowledge of police and criminal investigation procedures and legislation, and may be required to fulfil the role of "Officer in Charge" of investigations with the freedom to act and make decisions about how investigations are progressed
• Must be able to understand systems and processes used in healthcare settings, using that knowledge, deliver programs of proactive work to increase fraud resilience at specified organisations
• Experience of successfully operating in a politically sensitive environment
• Ability to prepare and produce concise and insightful communications for dissemination to stakeholders at a variety of levels within an organisation as required

Desirable

• Experience in using data analysis software and able to evidence its effective use

Skills and Abilities

Essential

• Well-developed interpersonal skills with excellent verbal and written comms skills
• Well-developed negotiation skills and able to influence others across a wide range of seniority
• Act with discretion and highly aware of and able to maintain confidentiality across all aspects of counter fraud work
• Able to use highly developed presentation skills to create and giving presentations to a varied group of internal and external stakeholders
• Able to produce clear and factual written reports covering detailed and complex subject matters for stakeholders and influential groups
• Ability to apply highly developed analytical and evaluation skills to complex issues where material is conflicting and drawn from multiple sources
• Demonstrate capability to act upon incomplete information, using experience to make inferences and decision making
• Knowledge of Financial Systems e.g. monitoring budget management, processing invoices and procurement
• Demonstrates well developed organisational skills and capability to plan own work load over short, medium and long-term timeframes
• Proficient IT skills and in-depth knowledge of Microsoft Office programs with intermediate keyboard skills
• Demonstrates capability to manage own workload and make informed decisions in the absence of required information, working to tight and often changing timescales
• Needs to have a thorough understanding of and commitment to equality of opportunity and good working relationships in terms of day-to-day working practices, which support and promote this agenda
• Awareness of information governance procedures
• Ability to travel independently within the ASW Assurance client area and further afield sometimes at short notice

Desirable

• Demonstrated experience of delivering projects in complex and challenging environments

Qualifications and Training

Essential

• Possess an "Accredited Counter Fraud Specialist" certificate
• Degree educated and/or significant relevant specialist experience
• Minimum of 5 GCSE to include English Language at Grade C or above.

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Employer details

Employer name

University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW)

Address

Trust Headquarters

Marlborough Street

Bristol

BS1 3NU

Employer's website

https://www.uhbw.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)