Intelligence Researcher - London, United Kingdom - NHS Counter Fraud Authority

NHS Counter Fraud Authority
NHS Counter Fraud Authority
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London, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

Tom O´Connor

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The NHSCFA have an exciting opportunity for a part time (21.5 hours over 3 days per week) Intelligence Researcher to support the activity to stop fraud within the NHS in England.


The latest strategic intelligence assessment suggests that the NHS in England is vulnerable to over £1.198 billion of fraudulent activity.

As an Intelligence Researcher you will be crucial in identify current threats, vulnerabilities and enablers to fraud and informing the wider counter fraud strategies within the health group.

We have offices in London, Coventry & Newcastle and this role can be home, office or hybrid working


Providing programmes of research, development, progress and analysis of research, intelligence, and loss analysis projects, in order to identify the nature and scale of losses to the NHS associated with fraud, error, system weakness and security incident concerns.

Researching and acquiring and complex information to support a range of crime reduction activities, ensuring this is appropriately disseminated to assist in the prevention and detection of crime against the health service.


  • Responsible for identifying, gathering, and developing relevant criminal intelligence, conducting research, analysing information, and communicating findings clearly and concisely, in written or verbal form and using charts, tabular or graphical output as deemed appropriate by the post holder.
  • To develop, establish and disseminate accurate, relevant, and timely information and intelligence in accordance with all relevant guidance and legislation in relation to sharing information. To tactfully engage with stakeholders and the NHS with a view to collecting and disseminating complex or sensitive information and intelligence upon specific or thematic fraud and security matters.
  • Working without supervision to personally undertake tasked analysis upon often uncertain complex fraud and security problems to determine form the wide range of potentially conflicting information what is most likely to be occurring and why.
  • To identify new and innovative sources of information that will support the Information and Intelligence Unit function, complying with all relevant guidance and legislation in relation to sharing information.
  • To utilise existing and when appropriate suggest new liaison arrangements to effectively respond to enquiries from and to a range of external services and assist with the development of good relations with other Government departments, Non-Government Organisations, statutory agencies, and public and private sector organisations, who are involved directly or indirectly with countering fraud or corruption.
  • To maintain an uptodate knowledge of criminal and civil legislation that relates to countering fraud, as well as current issues in fraud detection and prevention, including the Fraud Act, the Police and Criminal Evidence Act, the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act, and the NHS Act (part 10).
  • Maintain the organisations Continuous Professionalisation Development (CPD) programme, ensuring individuals can work towards and keep the IPP CPD which in turn will aid in membership to the Government Counter Fraud Profession (GCFP).

Decision Making:


  • To ensure information is collected and held by the Information and Intelligence Unit within a legal and ethical framework, carrying out duties in accordance with the Data Protection Act and Human Rights legislation and comply with measures to protect the confidentiality of information, including the NHS Code of Practice.

People Management:


  • Supervision of the work conducted by one or more Intelligence Assistants, as and when required.
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