Care Quality Commission

The Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, James Murray MP, has named Rabbi Baroness Julia Neuberger as his preferred candidate for next Chair of CQC. Subject to approval by the Health and Social Care Select Committee, Baroness Neuberger will take over from the current Interim Chair, Kay Boycott, once appointed. The Committee hearing is currently expected to take place in September. Kay Boycott, a serving CQC non-executive director, will continue as Interim chair until the new chair is appointed. https://lnkd.in/e3tZ_HjG

We’re hiring at CQC! We’re looking for a Deputy Director for Hospitals, Secondary and Specialist Care to lead how we regulate services across the North region. This is a senior leadership role where you’ll help ensure people receive safe, effective and compassionate care when it matters most. 📍 Homebased with travel (covering North East & Yorkshire) 💼 Permanent | 37 hours per week 💷 £75,183 per annum 📅 Closing date: 28 June 2026 This is a great opportunity for someone with experience leading complex services, driving improvement, and working across systems to deliver real impact. You’ll lead teams, manage risk, build strong partnerships, and use insight to shape high-quality care across the region. If you’re passionate about making a difference and ready to take on a meaningful leadership role, we’d love to hear from you. 👉 Apply now and help shape the future of health and care. For further information please use the link below: https://buff.ly/iCuaFpz

Tackling racism is central to improving care quality and outcomes. As the independent regulator of health and social care in England, we have a responsibility to take that seriously. Today we've published our anti-racism position statement alongside research on how we can become an anti-racist organisation. Everyone deserves safe, effective and compassionate care, regardless of who they are, where they come from, or what challenges they face. This work sets out how we are strengthening our approach to anti-racism in how we regulate, listen, and work as an organisation. It supports a more consistent approach to identifying and addressing inequalities in care. You can read more here: https://lnkd.in/eMbiGsQB #AntiRacism #HealthEquity

Remember to stay hydrated (and anybody you're caring for) during the #RedWeatherWarning You can see where you can refill your water bottles for free when out and about using maps & apps such as https://www.refill.org.uk

We're looking for new Customer Contact Advisors to join our NCSC teams. If you’re looking for a new role in NCSC that gives a true sense of meaning and purpose, then you’ve found it! As a Customer Contact Advisor, you’ll be responsible for providing an exceptional customer experience to those that contact CQC.  Imagine being part of a team that contributes to a high-performance culture, where your role contributes to the wider goals of your team, directorate and your organisation. We are looking for individuals with excellent customer service skills, evidence of working collaboratively and exceptional communication skills. For more information on the available roles, please see below: 💼 Job title: NCSC Customer Contact Advisors 💷 Salary: £25,949 (National) - There is also an additional homeworking allowance of £600 per annum for those working from home. 📅 Closing date: Thursday 7 July 2026 📍 Location: North East England 🖱️ Link to apply: https://buff.ly/oCIlwXz

This guidance advises social care managers on how to reduce the risks of hot weather to the health and wellbeing of people they provide care for. Social care managers have an essential role in implementing this guidance and sharing it with staff before and during hot weather. https://lnkd.in/eTibvASM

We have a new opportunity available for a Lead System Accountant. At the CQC, our work has a direct impact on ensuring people receive safe, effective, and high-quality care. As our Lead System Accountant, you’ll play a key role in making that happen—by ensuring our financial systems and data are trusted and enable better decision-making across the organisation. This is a fantastic opportunity to combine technical expertise with meaningful impact—helping shape how finance supports CQC’s mission every day. 💷 Salary: £55,172-£68,348 (National) or £61,028-£74,204 (London) 📝 Contract type: Permanent 📅 Closing date: Thursday 2 July 2026 at 11.59pm 🖱️ Link to apply: https://buff.ly/fwfq1F5

Looking ahead to the next phase of our local authority assessments. We recently started the next phase of our local authority assessments, marking a huge milestone for what is still a relatively new duty for CQC and a new requirement for local authorities. https://lnkd.in/esg4qRqc

💼 Job title: Senior Government Engagement Advisor (FTC – 01/10/2027) 💷 Salary: £42,044 (national) - £47,900 (London Framework) per annum 📅 Closing date: Thursday 2 July 2026 Link to apply - https://buff.ly/Gb91EQF As a Senior Government Engagement Advisor, you will play a key role in shaping how CQC works with government departments, leading high-profile engagement with civil servants and Ministers, particularly in relation to CQC’s work assessing local authorities, helping ensure CQC is open, clear and trusted, while building strong partnerships and confidently presenting our independent regulatory voice. You will also play a key role in ensuring insight from government stakeholders is captured and used to inform CQC’s approach, helping us continuously improve how we regulate and support better care. Bring your experience to a role in CQC that really makes a difference.

💼 Job title: Experts by Experience Lead 💷 Salary: £42,044 (national) - £47,900 (London Framework) per annum 📅 Closing date: Monday 29 June 2026 As an Experts by Experience Lead, you’ll be part of the Engagement, Insight and Evaluation team. You’ll help shape and deliver a national programme that brings people who use services – and their carers – into the heart of how we work. You’ll also support the supervision of supplier contracts that make this possible and ensure we work in a way that is fair, inclusive and effective. To apply - https://buff.ly/xUa6hF2