Hearings Manager

The Nursing and Midwifery Council

Hearings Manager overseeing Fitness to Practise adjudication hearings for the UK nursing regulator NMC. Leading teams, caseloads, negotiations, and high-volume physical and virtual hearings.

Posted 8/13/2026full-timeEdinburgh • 🇬🇧 United KingdomMid-LevelSenior💰 £40,982 - £45,535 per yearWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in managing Fitness to Practise hearings, ensuring adherence to NMC values and quality standards while delivering operational excellence. Skilled in negotiation, relationship building, and applying analytical frameworks to enhance adjudication processes.

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Fitness To Practise Hearing ManagementEvent Management SkillsNegotiation And Influencing SkillsNumerical Analysis SkillsPolicy-Led Management

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Hard Skills

Threshold Framework ApplicationHearing Readiness AssessmentOperational Scale DeliveryAttention To Detail

Soft Skills

Team MotivationRelationship Building

Industry Keywords

NMC ValuesAdjudication Event QualityOperational ExcellenceStaff Empowerment

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead the hearings team, ensuring adjudication events follow NMC values, policies, and quality standards
Deliver up to 15 physical hearings and 20 virtual hearings per day
Manage a caseload of Fitness to Practise substantive hearings
Apply a threshold framework to ensure hearing readiness and resource efficiencies
Address escalations and practical issues through negotiation and influencing
Use attention to detail and numerical analysis to identify practical solutions
Build relationships within and outside the department
Collaborate on long-term projects to improve adjudication event quality
Motivate and engage the team through support, guidance, and policy-led management
Ensure operational excellence, staff empowerment, and fair, independent, efficient Fitness to Practise hearings and meetings

Requirements

What you’ll need

Event and people management skills
Experience managing Fitness to Practise substantive hearings
Ability to apply a robust threshold framework
Negotiation and influencing skills
Attention to detail
Numerical analysis skills
Ability to manage high-profile and varied challenges
Ability to build strong internal and external relationships
Ability to provide policy-led management and staff support
Ability to deliver physical and virtual hearings at operational scale

Benefits

Comp & perks

30 days annual leave
Enhanced Pension Contributions via our attractive Pension Scheme – with a basic 8% employer contribution as standard which increases up to 14% with optional added Employee Contributions
Life Insurance – 4 x current salary
Hybrid working
Enhanced Maternity and Paternity Leave
24 Hours Employee Assistance Programme
Cycle to Work Scheme
Perkbox membership
Subsidised restaurant in our Portland Place office
Season ticket loans
Annual review of salaries
Generous progressive pay approach
Reasonable adjustments to support disabled candidates throughout the recruitment process