Job vacancy: Anti-Fraud Specialist, Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool

Job summary

Main area

Audit

Grade

Band 6

Contract

Permanent: The postholder will be required to travel across MIAA footprint and will be expected to work from client/office sites as and when required to meet the service needs of the organisation

Hours

Full time
Flexible working

37.5 hours per week

Job ref

287-MIAA-16-26

Employer: Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: MIAA
Town: Liverpool
Salary: £39,959 - £48,117 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 26/11/2026 23:59

Anti-Fraud Specialist

Band 6

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Communication is central to the job and is built upon the provision and receipt of routine, complex and sensitive information of a confidential nature. This will require analysis, tact and persuasion as well as an appreciation and understanding of complex client risks, NHS systems and existing guidance. Discussions with senior and non-finance staff forms a substantial element of the job often concerning contentious and complicated fraud and corruption issues at a corporate level. Communication will involve dealing with external agencies. The job involves significant involvement in persuading and negotiating the reasoning behind recommendations with senior staff, up to and including Board level, across a range of disciplines in order to arrive at an agreed position. Communication of investigation findings and fraud awareness will be delivered through the drafting of reports and making presentations.

Work is managed rather than supervised, with the jobholder working within procedures, broad policies and guidelines as defined by the NHSCFA policies and procedures and MIAA corporate policies but having the freedom to act with autonomy. The nature of the work necessitates a thorough and concentrated focus on the gathering, testing and evaluation of evidence ensuring continuity and integrity at all times.

The nature of the work necessitates a thorough and concentrated focus on processes to deliver consistent and robust outcomes whilst balancing competing priorities. The work pattern is occasionally unpredictable but there is routinely a need to conduct investigations requiring high levels of sustained concentration. Meeting competing deadlines is a routine element of the job.

Establish contact with interview and take statements from relevant witnesses including expert witnesses, displaying the knowledge and application of effective interviewing techniques to deal with hostile, uncooperative or reluctant witnesses. Taped interviews with suspects will be planned and conducted in accordance with the Police and Criminal Evidence Act (1984).

Provide occasional support, advice and guidance, and manage the expectations of, witnesses and victims including NHS staff, patients and healthcare professionals, from the time of initial contact until after the conclusion of an investigation, including any court process.

For further information, please refer to the attached job description and person specification

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

Graduate/equivalent Counter Fraud Specialist qualification

Experience

Essential criteria

Practical experience of successfully investigation fraud

Desirable criteria

Experience of liaising closely with outside agencies within regulatory frameworks to combat fraud and corruption
Experience of working in NHS or other public sector organisation resulting in a good understanding of systems and processes is desirable. Alternative experience in an equivalent organisation may be acceptable
Experience of using IT as an investigative tool to counter fraud and corruption

Knowledge

Essential criteria

An understanding of NHS structure, policy, functions and systems together with the aptitude to build on that knowledge
An understanding of the practical application of all relevant legislation in relation to the investigation and prosecution of suspected fraud and corruption cases

Skills

Essential criteria

Good oral and written communication skills to enable fraud issues to be explained to a range of NHS staff
Ability to negotiate and persuade, sometimes in a setting that is unresponsive or hostile
Good level of numeracy, keyboard skills and computer literacy
Must have good time management skills and the ability to work to tight deadlines whilst managing competing priorities

Desirable criteria

Ability to manage and analyse large amounts of data, draw sound conclusions and present findings in an easily understood format
Ability to make sound judgements

Please ensure you check the email account (including junk/spam boxes) from which you apply regularly as we will use this to contact you regarding your application.

Posts advertised to ‘internal staff’ are open to employees of hospitals within University Hospitals of Liverpool Group and you should confirm your employment within your application form.

Note: Under current Home Office Immigration Rules we are currently unable to offer right to work visa sponsorship for Band 2 and 3 roles with a salary of less than £25,000 pa as they do not meet the UK Visas & Immigration criteria.

Only those applicants who demonstrate clearly how they meet our person specification will be shortlisted for interview.

We reserve the right to close any vacancies from further applications when we have received a minimum number of applications from which to make a shortlist. Please ensure you apply without delay if you wish to be considered for this role.

Candidates applying for the role of Healthcare Assistant on the staff bank should note that due to the nature of the role, workers must be aged 18 or above when commencing in post. Applicants are therefore welcome from those aged over 18 or within 3 months’ of their 18^th birthday.

The Trust is committed to promoting a healthy work-life balance and achieve fair, equitable and consistent practice. We welcome flexible working requests and will consider a variety of flexible working arrangements from day one of your employment. Not all roles are suitable for every flexible working opportunity all of the time. Flexible working options may include reduced hours, compressed hours, fixed shifts, time back in lieu and home working.

The Trust is committed to promoting equality and diversity; we value the contribution of individual talent, skills, knowledge and experience and aim for a workforce demography representative of the local community. We encourage applicants from the following groups that are currently under-represented in our workforce black, Asian and minority ethnic, lesbian, gay, bisexual and Transgender (LGBTQ+), disabled, male and age 16-24.

Trust policy requires that the cost of submitting & processing the successful applicant/s DBS application be recovered via salary deduction following start in post. The amount of £25.70 (standard disclosure) or £46.70 (enhanced disclosure) will be deducted from salary, in manageable monthly instalments for up to 3 months following commencement of employment. Bank posts require upfront payment.

From April 2017, Skilled visa applicants and their adult dependant(s) will be required to provide a criminal record certificate from each country they have lived in consecutively for 12 months or more in the past ten years.

Applicants requiring sponsorship may wish to determine the likelihood of obtaining sponsorship for this position by assessing themselves against the criteria on the gov.uk website - https://www.gov.uk/check-uk-visa.

This organisation has a zero-tolerance approach to the abuse of children, young people and vulnerable adults. All staff must ensure they adhere to the organisations safeguarding children and adults’ policy and comply with the Local Safeguarding Children and Adult Board procedures.

Staff should be mindful of their responsibility to safeguard children and adults in any activity performed on behalf of the organisation in line with the requirements of statutory guidance and legislation.

All employees (and volunteers)are expected maintain their safeguarding knowledge and skills by completing mandatory safeguarding training which includes understanding and recognising the signs of abuse and neglect and taking appropriate action.

As an organisation, we have adopted the Merseyside Domestic abuse workplace scheme which supports our staff who are experiencing Domestic Abuse /any forms of sexual violence.

If you have any personal requirements that will enable you to participate in our recruitment process please contact a member of the Recruitment Services by phone on 0151 706 4666 at the earliest opportunity to ensure that measures can be put in place to enable your application for this post.

Our statement on modern slavery

We have zero tolerance of slavery and human trafficking and are committed to maintaining and improving systems, processes and policies to avoid complicity in human rights violation and to prevent slavery and human trafficking in our supply chain.

The Trust policies, procedures, governance and legal arrangements are robust, ensuring that proper checks and due diligence are applied in employment procedures to ensure compliance with this legislation. We also conform to the NHS employment check standards within our workforce recruitment and selection practices. This strategic approach incorporates analysis of the Trust’s supply chains and its partners to assess risk exposure and management on modern slavery.

Please note: new entrants to the NHS will commence on the first pay point of the relevant band.