Current Opportunities and Vacancies

We’re growing – come and join us

Would you like to work for an organisation that provides opportunities to develop and to collaborate with like-minded colleagues across the NHS in Wales? We are an agile organisation that keeps the customer at the heart of everything we do, and we work in partnership with others by focusing on the NHS’s priorities, listening and owning our actions.

NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership’s Audit & Assurance Services is an ambitious team providing a range of assurance, internal audit and advisory services to all NHS Wales organisations. We want to strengthen our teams by recruiting passionate and determined people who want to work for the NHS and make a difference.

We currently have opportunities across our complete range of services, from Internal Audit through to Digital Services and Capital & Estates. These roles cover:

Managers
Experienced Auditors
Auditor development programmes

What you will be doing

You will support the senior team in delivering both the Strategic and Annual Audit Plans for a range of organisations across NHS Wales.

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For more information about what we do please visit:

https://nwssp.nhs.wales/ourservices/audit-assurance-services/about-audit-assurance/

Who we’re looking for?

You will be ambitious, eager for development and ready for a new challenge. You will want to make a real difference to helping improve governance and performance across NHS Wales.

You will need to meet the essential requirements in our person specifications, but we are equally as keen to hear from you if you believe you have the right level of experience or qualifications in complimentary disciplines.

Our teams come from a variety of backgrounds and bring a range of professional and personal experience, but we all share the same values. We listen and learn from one another while working together to get the job done. We stand by our decisions and are not afraid to challenge the status quo.

How we work

Audit and Assurance operates a flexible approach to work. Currently, we are working in line with the Welsh Government’s COVID-19 legislation and guidelines and have implemented home-working and safe onsite working regulations.

As we move on from the effects of the pandemic, we are looking at alternative ways of working while still providing an effective and client facing service to our NHS organisations. This is likely to be a blend of home and on-site working.

You will need to be able to commit to some travel throughout Wales and to making best use of our excellent technological solutions to develop, lead and support our service delivery.

As long as the customer remains at the centre, we put getting the job done above traditional working patterns. This is because we appreciate that traditional working patterns may mean we are not reaching the best candidates. Therefore, we are open to conversations about how many hours you would like to work and how you might want to work to ensure that working for us enhances your life-work balance.

Do we sound like your perfect fit?

Do you have the drive and passion to help the NHS in Wales as it recovers from COVID-19 and plans for the future of healthcare in Wales? If so, could this be the next stage of your professional journey? Can we give you a breadth of responsibility, experience and development that you won’t find with other teams?

To find out more and how you can contribute to the NHS in Wales at a truly remarkable time please contact us for an informal conversation about what we have on offer. Our contact details can be found at https://nwssp.nhs.wales/ourservices/audit-assurance-services/contact-audit-assurance/

We are part of the NHS in Wales and now is the time to join us!

FAQs

What are the Public Sector Internal Audit Standards for NHS Wales?

The Public Sector Internal Audit Standards (PSIAS) are mandatory for all NHS Wales organisations and are issued by the Welsh Government who are the standard setter for NHS Wales.

The standards are based on the mandatory elements of the International Professional Practices Framework (IPPF) of the Global Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA). The PSIAS define the nature of internal auditing across the UK public sector setting basic principles and a framework that provides value to all NHS Wales organisations.

Further details can be found here: http://www.wales.nhs.uk/governance-emanual/internal-audit/

What is an Internal Audit plan?

In providing independent assurance that all NHS Wales organisations’ risk management, governance and internal control processes are operating effectively, we carry this out by developing a risk based annual internal audit plan for each organisation.

The plan details all the audit reviews to be undertaken in the coming financial year. In compiling the plan, the Head of Internal Audit meets with Executive Directors and Senior Managers in the organisation along with Independent Members of the Audit Committee, which is a Sub-Committee of the Board that oversees Internal Audit.

The purpose of these meetings is to identify areas where the organisation faces the most risk.

The Head of Internal Audit will review the outcome of each meeting along with the corporate risk register, Board and Sub-Committee meetings to gain further awareness of new developments/strategies which may expose the organisation to risk.

The draft plan is then shared with the Board Secretary and then submitted to the Audit Committee for approval.

Where do our audit reports go?

For each review in the audit plan, unless otherwise agreed with management, we will issue an audit report which includes an assurance opinion on how effective the internal controls are in the process/service/function.

We issue a draft report to our main key contact(s) to discuss and review for factual accuracy. We then obtain management responses to recommendations, if any, that we have made. Once the management responses have been accepted as addressing the risks and the timescales are acceptable, we seek Executive Director Approval to issue the report as final.

A copy or summary of each report is then presented at the next Audit Committee meeting.

Get in Touch

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