Quality Assurance Nurse / Practitioner

Company Description

At Octopus, we’re investors and entrepreneurs on a mission to back the people, ideas and industries that will change the world. We believe there’s a brighter way to do business, which is why we’re an accredited B Corp, and why we changed our Articles of Association so that employees, customers, communities, the environment and shareholders all count in every decision we make. Our healthcare fund invests in care homes and retirement villages across the UK.

Job Description

The role

You’ll visit our care homes and retirement villages, see for yourself how they’re run, and turn what you find into clear insight that helps keep clinical, operational and quality standards high across the portfolio. If you’re an experienced social care nurse or practitioner looking for a new challenge, this role builds on what you know and helps you develop specialist skills in risk management, quality assurance and portfolio oversight within a health and social care investment fund.

This role can be based from anywhere in the UK as it's a work from home setup. However, you will need to travel to our London office on a monthly basis. 

The team

You’ll join the Quality Assurance team, a small, established function supporting an extensive healthcare investment fund. As our investment in care grows, so does the team’s role in overseeing quality, risk and operational standards. You’ll report to the Clinical Assurance Director and work with colleagues across Octopus Capital, who’ll turn to you for healthcare and regulatory expertise.

What you’ll do

Site visits and oversight

• Visit our facilities across the UK and write detailed visit reports
• Give operational insight from each visit, covering regulatory compliance and service quality
• Produce clear written reports for the Quality Assurance team

Regulatory insight

• Track CQC reports, or equivalent regulator inspection outcomes, for operators in the fund
• Review and analyse regulatory reports, and feed back to the relevant teams

Sharing knowledge

• Support our educational days and networking events
• Attend sector conferences to keep up with best practice

Qualifications

Essential
✔️ Experience as a social care nurse or practitioner
✔️ Confidence carrying out site visits on your own and reporting back on what you find
✔️ Excellent written and verbal communication, and comfort presenting findings to internal and external stakeholders
✔️ Skill in building and managing working relationships
✔️ Ease with technology, digital applications and media platforms
✔️ A full UK driving licence, and willingness to travel nationally, including overnight stays

Desirable
✔️ Experience at clinical lead, deputy manager level or equivalent
✔️ Experience delivering sessions or workshops at educational and networking events
✔️ Experience advising colleagues on regulatory or healthcare sector matters

Don’t tick every box? Apply anyway. If you meet most of the requirements, we’d like to hear from you.

Additional Information

What we offer

💰 A competitive salary, bonus, pension and share incentive plan
✈️ Untracked holiday
🏡 Hybrid working – three days in the office, two days from home
⚓ Anchor (our wellness hub) which includes Headspace, one to one coaching through Wellness Cloud, Digital GP, employee assistance program & more
👪 Up to 6 months paid parental leave regardless of gender
❤️ Life insurance, critical illness cover and income protection
🏥 Private medical insurance for you and your family
🚗 Electric vehicle leasing
🌍 The option to work overseas up to a month per year

Our Values 
At our core, we believe that how a company behaves is just as important as what it does. That’s why we chose to become an accredited B Corp (the equivalent of a Fairtrade coffee stamp but for companies) and to change our Articles of Association so that the interests all our stakeholders – employees, customers, communities, environment and shareholders – are considered in every decision we make.   

We are committed to building a workplace where diversity is valued, and inclusion is a priority. By providing equal opportunities for growth and development, we embrace and celebrate all races, genders, religions, sexual orientations, ages, disabilities, and socio-economic backgrounds. We believe teams achieve their best when every member feels safe, respected and empowered to be their authentic selves.

We're proud to be disability confident and are committed to supporting candidates with a disability, including neurodiversity and mental health conditions, throughout the recruitment process. Applicants are welcome to opt-in to the disability confident scheme as part of our application process. If you require any adjustments to the interview process, we’ll be happy to accommodate where possible.