Position:Head of Audit and Regulation
Location:National role, with regular travel
Contract type:Full time, 40 hours per week
Rate:Competitive

Are you an experienced regulatory professional driven to make a real impact?

This is an amazing opportunity for an ambitious and determined senior leader, who wants to shape quality and compliance at national scale.

Reporting to the Clinical Director, this role carries significant professional autonomy, influence and responsibility.

It’s designed for a leader who is confident operating at the highest level, respected for their regulatory judgement and motivated by building assurance systems that anticipate risk, drive improvement and ensure safety.

As Head of Audit and Regulation, you’ll lead the continued evolution of our quality assurance approach from inspection preparation to a continuous, intelligence led model.

About Exemplar Health Care

Exemplar Health Care is one of the country’s leading nursing care providers for adults living with complex needs.

We have 60 care homes across England that support adults living with complex mental health needs, dementia, neuro‑disabilities and physical disabilities.

As well as stable and secure employment opportunities, we offer great benefits and perks, and plenty of opportunities to learn, develop and progress.

About the role

As Head of Audit and Regulation with Exemplar Health Care, you’ll lead a team delivering regulatory style inspections, audits and deep dive reviews, ensuring assurance activity is proportionate, outcome focused and improvement driven.

You’ll provide authoritative advice on regulatory risk, inspection preparation and enforcement activity, and deliver intelligence that informs executive decision making and improves clinical practice.

No two days will ever be the same, but your day‑to‑day responsibilities will include:

• working collaboratively across clinical, quality and operational teams
• ensuring learning from regulatory intelligence shapes training, policy development and service improvement
• representing Exemplar Health Care with confidence and authority in external regulatory and quality forums

Download the job description for a full list of responsibilities.

About you

Above all, you’re someone who identifies with our values of fun, integrity, responsiveness, success and teamwork.

You’ll also be:

• recognised as an expert in health and social care regulation and inspection
• ambitious and forward thinking, with the drive to influence strategy and standards nationally
• tenacious and resilient, able to hold quality under pressure
• analytically strong, using intelligence and data to identify risk, variation and opportunity
• credible and engaging, able to challenge and support senior leaders constructively
• values led, with an unwavering commitment to safety, dignity and quality of life
• a senior leader with a Master’s degree or equivalent experience

What we offer

We offer great rewards and perks including:

• excellent supervision, peer support, learning opportunities and career prospects
• retail and lifestyle discounts
• free DBS check
• electric car salary sacrifice scheme
• BUPA Health Care
• Life Assurance
• paid access to the RCNi Learning platform
• 24/7 counselling and support
• Blue Light Card eligibility

How to apply

Sound good? We’d love to hear from you. Click the button to ‘APPLY NOW’.

For an informal chat about joining us, please contact Cruck@exemplarhc.com or call 07506991913

About Exemplar Health Care

Exemplar Health Care began as a healthcare consultancy and training firm. But we soon saw a gap in the sector: a lack of care homes for younger adults living with complex needs.

That insight shaped the mission we still live by today - to transform complex care and provide fulfilling opportunities for the people who need it most.

We’re now proud to have more than 60 care homes across England, providing nursing care for adults living with dementia, neuro‑disabilities, mental health conditions, and physical disabilities.

Whoever you are, and whatever experience you bring, there are lots of ways you can help us make every day better for the people we support.

What’s happening at Exemplar Health Care

The people we support have unique needs and stories, but one thing stays the same across all our homes - we empower individuals to achieve personal goals in a safe and supportive environment.

Every new colleague attends an induction to learn about our company and complete mandatory and role‑specific training, equipping you with the skills and knowledge to deliver exceptional care.

Whether your goals are in care, nursing, management, quality or support, we provide the confidence, skills and knowledge to help you excel in your role and advance your career, if you wish.

Happy, healthy colleagues mean better care for those we support. We offer a range of initiatives to ensure our colleagues thrive in safe and supportive environments.

From paid RCNi Learning access and NMC PIN payments for nurses to lifestyle and retail discounts for everyone, our rewards ensure your career is as fulfilling as it is rewarding.

From care homes to central support services, everyone plays a vital role. Hear from colleagues across various roles about what it’s like to work with us.