Intelligence Researcher inCoventry inCoventry PUBLISHED WED 4 DEC 2024

The NHSCFA has an exciting opportunity for a Full Time Intelligence Researcher to support the activity to detect and deter fraud within the NHS in England. Whilst also putting money back into patient care. The NHSCFA assesses that the NHS in England is vulnerable to fraud bribery and corruption to an estimated £1.264 billion. As an Intelligence Researcher you will be crucial in identifying the current threats vulnerabilities and enablers to fraud as well as informing the wider counter fraud strategies within the health group.

The Counter Fraud Authority has offices in London, Coventry and Newcastle and there is the opportunity for office based, hybrid or home working based at any of these locations. In addition to the advertised salary working in the London area will attract High Cost Area supplement where appropriate

The NHS Counter Fraud Authority (NHSCFA) is the national body responsible for all matters relating to the prevention, detection and investigation of economic crime across the NHS. Further information about our work and annual plan for delivering this is available on our website.

A standard DBS and NPPV2 vetting level is required.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy before the advertised closing date should we receive a significant number of applications.

Interviews will be held w/c 6th January 2025

All enquiries about the role should be directed to

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.

About us

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 regularly analyse raw information received by the Intelligence Unit relating to actual and potential fraud, corruption and security incidents affecting the health service. To apply judgement, based on own knowledge and experience, to assess its quality, reliability, and relevance to departmental strategic aims, determining the most appropriate manner in which it should be graded, recorded, protectively marked, processed and disseminated, referring to senior management where necessary.

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 pro-actively contribute to developing processes for capturing and accurately recording information, following set procedures, to create database records and apply the evaluation process, establishing relevance, significance, and reliability, of all information processed.

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