Allied Health Professional/ Clinical Advisor

Location: Remote / Flexible (within the UK)
Contract: Fixed term until August 2027 (rolling contract)
Commitment: 1–3 days per month (flexible)
Rate: £350–£450 per day (dependent on experience and qualifications)

About the Role

We are looking for a registered health or social care professional to provide expert advice and strategic input to strengthen quality, safety, and professional practice across Mencap.

Working within the Quality Directorate and reporting to a member of the Senior Leadership Team, you will use your professional expertise to help shape frameworks, policies, and governance systems that ensure our services remain safe, person-centred, and evidence based.

This is a flexible consultancy role, ideal for an experienced Allied Health Professional or clinician who wants to contribute to national improvement and system-wide learning.

Main Responsibilities

• Provide expert advice to strengthen organisational systems, frameworks, and governance processes.
• Support the development of policies, training, and quality assurance mechanisms reflecting best practice within your discipline.
• Contribute to the design of risk management and audit frameworks to improve safety and quality of care.
• Offer professional insight through high-level reviews of systems and processes.
• Support the embedding of research, innovation, and evidence-based practice.
• Promote a positive learning culture and support organisational learning from incidents and complaints.

About You

You will have:

• Current professional registration (e.g. HCPC, NMC, GDC).
• Recognised degree or equivalent qualification in your discipline.
• At least 5 years’ post-registration experience.
• Experience working with people with a learning disability.
• Strong knowledge of national policy, guidance, and best practice relevant to your profession.
• Analytical and data interpretation skills to support learning and improvement.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
• A passion for improving quality of life and outcomes for people with a learning disability.

About Mencap

At Mencap, we are passionate, inclusive, brave, positive, and kind.
Join us and help build safer, more inclusive, and higher-quality services for people with a learning disability across the UK.

Safeguarding

Mencap is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people, and adults at risk. All successful applicants will undergo the relevant pre-employment checks, including references and (where applicable) an enhanced DBS check.

• Our vision is for the UK to be the best place in the world for people with a learning disability to live happy and healthy lives.

  We're here to support people with a learning disability, their families and their carers. We fight for a kinder, fairer and more inclusive society for people with a learning disability to live in.

  At Mencap, everyone works with people with a learning disability either providing support or advice, or alongside one another as colleagues.

  Belonging at Mencap is for everyone, every day, everywhere.

  · Everyone is expected to treat people well and make Mencap an inclusive organisation.

  · Every day we grow and learn. It’s okay to make mistakes but we learn from them and make changes

  · Everywhere people will feel respected, valued, and safe to be themselves.

  We have Belonging network groups that meet online and are open to all colleagues. The groups include people who identify as Black and Asian, LGBTQIA+, disabled or with a long- term health condition, women, parents and carers, and their allies.

  We want to encourage everyone to apply to work at Mencap and we offer a variety of different contract types and working patterns. We’re not looking for specific experience. It is your personality and values that will make you a great colleague. We will train and develop you to succeed in the role you’re applying for.