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  • Public Appointment Competition for 2 Authority Members (1 x Nursing, 1 x Digital) of the Regulation and Quality Improvement Authority (RQIA 1/25)

    Date published: 12 February 2025

    Last updated: 5 March 2025

    The Department of Health is seeking to appoint 2 Authority Members (1 x Nursing, 1 x Digital) to the Regulation and Quality Improvement Authority (RQIA). This is an exceptional opportunity to share your talents and expertise to make a positive difference to the lives of people in Northern Ireland.

    About RQIA:

    RQIA works to ensure that everyone in Northern Ireland experiences a better quality of health and social care as a result of RQIA’s regulatory actions, inspections, reviews and audits.  RQIA strives to ensure care is safe, effective, compassionate and well-led, listening carefully to patients and service users, and working in partnership with providers of services so that they can deliver improved care.  RQIA has some 124 full-time and part-time staff in place and has a budget of approximately £10.2m (part from fee income from registered services; and part from Departmental funds)

    Applicants for these positions must on their application form, and if invited for interview, meet the following essential criteria: Relevant Knowledge and Experience, Strategic Thinking, Good Governance and Collaborative Working.

    The deadline for receipt of applications is 12:00 noon GMT Wednesday 12 March 2025. Late applications will not be accepted.

    For further information

    E-mail:  public.appointments@health-ni.gov.uk

    Telephone:  028 90528355 or 028 90522528 (Monday – Friday between 9.00am and 5.00pm)

    Write to:  DoH Public Appointments, Room 16, Annex 1, Castle Buildings, Stormont Estate, Belfast BT4 3SQ.

    *Note - when opening documents, please choose 'download' option.  Once downloaded, the forms can then be edited/completed.  

    Documents

    • RQIA 1/25 Application form Microsoft Word (192.81 KB)
    • RQIA 1/25 Information BookletAdobe PDF (455.63 KB)
    • RQIA 1/25 Equality Monitoring FormMicrosoft Word (91.63 KB)
    • RQIA 1/25 GIS FormMicrosoft Word (20.16 KB)

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