Registered Manager
Staffscanner is a growing, technology-led healthcare staffing business connecting qualified nurses and experienced care professionals with healthcare providers who need reliable, flexible staffing support. With an established presence across Scotland and a growing operation in England, we're now preparing to bring Staffscanner to Northern Ireland. We're looking for an experienced Registered Manager to help establish our Northern Ireland operation and ensure we maintain the highest standards of regulatory compliance, workforce quality and governance. The opportunity Lead and establish the ongoing regulatory management of Staffscanner’s service delivery across Northern Ireland. You will be supported by established recruitment, compliance, learning and development and operational teams, while adapting our approach to Northern Ireland requirements. You will be the regulatory leader for our Northern Ireland operation, helping translate RQIA expectations into practical, scalable processes. You will have authority to challenge unsafe placements and escalate risks, working in partnership with commercial colleagues without compromising standards. Your responsibilities * Lead preparation for RQIA nursing agency registration and act as Registered Manager, subject to approval. * Maintain the Statement of Purpose, NI-specific policies, records, audits and inspection readiness in line with regulations and minimum standards. * Oversee safer recruitment and worker suitability checks, including appropriate AccessNI disclosures, Right to Work, references, qualifications and professional registrations. * Ensure nurses and care staff are supplied only where suitably vetted, trained, competent and matched to client requirements; monitor NMC and other applicable registrations. * Lead safeguarding, complaints, incident review, professional concerns, regulatory notifications and continuous improvement. * Work with our central teams on training, competency assurance and worker file reviews. * Support the Regional Manager to deliver compliant client onboarding for new services, review any operational risks and report governance performance to senior leadership. * Develop a proportionate quality assurance programme, including sample worker-file audits, compliance exception reporting, corrective actions and documented management reviews. * Confirm that the proposed assignment, worker grade, competencies and client environment are suitable before supply; ensure appropriate processes for responding to concerns about worker performance or fitness to practise. * Maintain effective information-sharing arrangements with client services while protecting confidential worker and service-user information. * Review Northern Ireland-specific onboarding and platform controls, including registration expiries, training alerts, assignment restrictions and audit trails. * Support worker induction and training requirements, learning from client feedback, incidents and changes to local guidance. What you’ll bring * Experience managing an RQIA-regulated nursing agency, or closely related senior regulated healthcare staffing experience. * Ability to satisfy RQIA fitness and registration requirements for the proposed service. * Detailed knowledge of Northern Ireland nursing agency standards, inspections, safer recruitment and safeguarding. * Experience of workforce compliance, quality audits, complaints and regulatory engagement. * Confident judgement, clear communication and the ability to build practical governance processes. * Evidence of working constructively with RQIA including preparation for inspection and responding to findings. * Practical experience making defensible decisions on worker suitability, safeguarding escalations and compliance exceptions. * Nursing qualification / NMC registration where relevant; experience of digital staffing platforms and NI provider networks. Success in the first year * Support successful registration and launch; embed a robust, inspection-ready quality framework. * Maintain strong worker compliance and competency assurance as the client and workforce base grows. * Establish regular governance reporting, clear risk ownership and a documented cycle of audit, action and review. * Support the Regional Manager to build relationships with local clients and care groups while supporting safe, measured regional expansion. Help us build a safe, trusted and modern nursing agency in Northern Ireland.