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We are currently recruiting for a Vetting Officer, on either full-time or part-time hours, to work on a long-term contract with a Police Force in Winsford, Cheshire.
The role is initially until the end of the Financial Year, with a view to be extended.
The role is paying £12.92p per hour.
Role overview:
To provide an effective and efficient service which supports the requirements of the Vetting Code of Practice and APP for the Police Community by:
- administering/inputting vetting data
- investigating and researching cases
- assessing results within the Force Vetting Unit.
Main Responsibilities:
- Leading, managing and developing a comprehensive Occupational Health and Wellbeing Service, ensuring the delivery of high-quality standards, aligned to operational need and demand
- Provide coaching and mentoring to the Occupational Health and Wellbeing team, creating a professional and supportive environment ensuring that your team have the correct skills, competencies and resource to deliver an effective and efficient service
- Have oversight of the clinical caseload of management referrals with the OH clinicians, providing support and guidance as appropriate. Contribute to the development of the Force Wellbeing Strategy in line with the Force Vision and Values ensuring that it is effectively integrated within the People Strategy
- Write, manage and update policies and procedures and standard operating procedures, ensuring the adoption of best practice methodology and thresholds, disseminating to staff across the organisation. To provide strategic and specialist advice and guidance within People Services and to the Force Executive Team and senior stakeholders, to support Force objectives.
- To develop clinical protocols, policies and guidance, to ensure that delivery is in line with the relevant clinical standards and relevant legislation. To act as the senior professional Force lead to work with relevant external stakeholders e.g. the College of Policing, on the development of Occupational Health and Wellbeing solutions.
- Data Manage all data, confidential records and management information, to ensure compliance with medical confidentiality and data protection legislation.
- To be responsible for the management and development of all Occupational Health systems to ensure OH information is properly stored, managed and capable of effective reporting. To undertake relevant benchmarking information to assess June 2024 Version:1.00 and evaluate performance. Design and Delivery
- Be responsible for the delivery of all Occupational Health and Wellbeing activity ensuring that it complies with all relevant legislation. Develop and coordinate standards of Occupational Health practice.
- Implement new clinical and operational processes that are consistent with best practice. To be responsible for delivery and compliance of quality management and audit processes.
- To deliver a philosophy of excellent customer service Contract Management. To manage all Occupational Health and Wellbeing contracts, including management of KPIs, performance, cost effectiveness etc. To lead on the procurement and provision of all Occupational Health and Wellbeing external business contracts, leading on tenders and contract negotiation.
- Be responsible for and have oversight of the Occupational Health and Wellbeing budget. Receive and validate requests for vetting by quality assuring applications, identifying anomalies which indicate that information provided may be incorrect or incomplete, rejecting these applications and any which are unauthorised, to ensure compliance with the Vetting APP.
- Manage, interrogate and update Vetting Management systems containing sensitive information in order to ensure said systems are accurately maintained in line with Force requirements.
This post is subject to an enhanced level of vetting and the job holder must be able to attain and retain the appropriate level of security clearance. The post holder must also be able to travel round the county.
Experience, Qualifications & Skills:
Educated to Level 3 of the Regulated Qualifications Framework (RQF) or with equivalent relevant experience.
Some experience in an administrative role (preferably customer-facing).
Some experience of working in an investigative, analytical or research environment.
Would need to be or become competent in Niche/PNC/PND.
Essential
- Manage own workflow to ensure that work is prioritised and completed in a timely manner to meet departmental needs.
- Attention to detail and ability to record information accurately.
- Understanding of the importance of dealing with employee-related information appropriately within a sensitive and confidential environment.
- Computer literacy including working knowledge of Microsoft applications.
- Ability to problem solve and work independently.
- Effective communication skills at all levels - both verbally and in writing.
- Have or be able to acquire and maintain knowledge of the Vetting Code of Practice and Vetting APP.
Due to the high volume of applications we receive, if you do not hear from us within 7 working days, your application has been unsuccessful.
If this role is not for you but you do know somebody who would be interested, please feel free to refer them to us! We have a "Refer A Friend" bonus scheme and we will reward you retail vouchers for any referrals who are not already known to us and are successfully placed!
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