Audit and Assurance Manager - Clinical Services
At a glance
- Band
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time, Flexible working
- Posted
- 13/08/2026
- Closes
- 06/09/2026
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Role summary
This role involves managing, controlling, and delivering complex audit, assurance, and consultancy reviews, specifically requiring a clinically qualified professional. The manager will apply risk management principles to audit planning and delivery, advise senior staff on complex issues, and ensure assignments align with Global Internal Audit Standards. They will prepare reports for Boards and Audit Committees, identifying and escalating high-risk issues to relevant stakeholders.
Essential criteria
- Possess a relevant clinical professional qualification
- Degree educated and/or significant relevant specialist experience.
Desirable criteria
- Institute of Internal Audit qualification or equivalent
- Knowledge, skills and abilities
- Detailed, demonstrable and expert knowledge of a relevant clinical discipline
- Expertise in governance, risk management and assurance matters, ideally in relation to the NHS.
- Knowledge and strategic understanding of the NHS organisational structure and client organisations
- Knowledge of national healthcare standards, regulatory frameworks and best practice guidance
- An understanding of relevant professional audit standards e.g. Global Internal Audit Standards
- Experience of working in a large organisation
- Specific experience of highly complex and highly visible audit and or consultancy work
- Specific experience of managing and or supervising staff
- Significant experience of preparing complex reports for Board and Audit Committees to a high standard
- Significant experience of dealing with Senior Management, and or Board members and Audit Committees
- Significant experience of dealing with sensitive internal audit issues.
- Well-developed verbal and written communication skills including report writing, negotiating, questioning and presentational skills
- Ability to supervise and coach staff
- Ability to prioritise work and work to tight deadlines
- Education and qualifications
- Possess a relevant clinical professional qualification
- Degree educated and/or significant relevant specialist experience.
- Institute of Internal Audit qualification or equivalent
- Knowledge, skills and abilities
- Detailed, demonstrable and expert knowledge of a relevant clinical discipline
- Expertise in governance, risk management and assurance matters, ideally in relation to the NHS.
- Knowledge and strategic understanding of the NHS organisational structure and client organisations
- Knowledge of national healthcare standards, regulatory frameworks and best practice guidance
- An understanding of relevant professional audit standards e.g. Global Internal Audit Standards
- Experience of working in a large organisation
- Specific experience of highly complex and highly visible audit and or consultancy work
- Specific experience of managing and or supervising staff
- Significant experience of preparing complex reports for Board and Audit Committees to a high standard
- Significant experience of dealing with Senior Management, and or Board members and Audit Committees
- Significant experience of dealing with sensitive internal audit issues.
- Well-developed verbal and written communication skills including report writing, negotiating, questioning and presentational skills
- Ability to supervise and coach staff
- Ability to prioritise work and work to tight deadlines
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 7 at £46,148 – £52,809 a year, across England.
Posted 17d ago · Closes in 8d
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Bristol NHS Foundation Trust
Audit and Assurance Manager - [contact details removed]
The closing date is 06 September 2026
Job summary
ASW Assurance has offices in Bristol, Exeter, Torquay and Truro and this post can be based in any of these office locations. However, there will be regular requirements to travel between offices.
As organisations look for audit and assurance services to provide added value through the use of audit and assurance specialists, the purpose of this role is primarily to manage, control and deliver highly complex and high visibility audit, assurance and consultancy reviews. The role specifically requires a clinically qualified professional who brings clinical insight and practical audit experience to the planning, delivery and reporting of audits across clinical and corporate services.
Main duties of the job
Strategic lead for the delivery and development of highly complex and high visibility audit, assurance and consultancy reviews within audit specialisms and for developing specialist audit and assurance services for current and future clients.
Applying risk management and assurance principles to the planning and delivery of audit and assurance work, at both an operational and strategic client level, advising Directors, senior managers and other client staff on a range of complex issues.
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