Senior Local Counter Fraud Specialist

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The closing date is 18 January 2026

ASW Assurance is a leading not for profit NHS consortium, delivering internal audit, counter fraud and consultancy services to healthcare organisations including acute, mental health and foundation trusts, Integrated Care Boards (ICBs) and social enterprises.

We do not simply deliver an internal audit and counter fraud service; we are dedicated to delivering quality and safe patient care, providing a cost‑effective service with the benefit of a locally highly skilled, flexible and responsive workforce.

As the main counter fraud service provider to the NHS in the South West, ASW Assurance provides an excellent, value added service, which meets and exceeds the delivery of both national and local NHS counter fraud requirements.

ASW Assurance work is focused to ensure that fraud risks that may prevent the achievement of NHS organisations strategic objectives are kept to a minimum. The counter fraud work is pivotal in ensuring that the organisations specific fraud risks are identified and managed to prevent financial loss and protect the organisations reputation. We also deliver specialised security management consultancy services, and can provide a comprehensive, joined up, resilient anti‑crime service.

For more detail about the main duties of this role, please see the job description section below. As a key member of the Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, you will be joining an exceptional team working together to help our patients to stay healthy, when they need it most.

Stretching across Northern, Eastern and Mid Devon, we have a workforce of over 15,000 staff, making us the largest employer in Devon. Our core services, which we provide to more than 615,000 people, cover more than 2,000 square miles across Devon, while some of our specialist services cover the whole of the peninsula, extending our reach as far as Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.

We deliver a wide range of emergency, specialist and general medical services through North Devon District Hospital and the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital (Wonford).

Alongside our two acute hospitals, we provide integrated health and social care services across a variety of settings, including community inpatient hospitals, outpatient clinics, and within peoples own homes. We also offer primary care services, a range of specialist community services, and Sexual Assault Referral Centres (SARC).

Our state‑of‑the‑art equipment, leading technologies and strong links to local universities put us at the forefront of research and innovations, enabling us to provide world‑class care to our local communities.

Its never been a more exciting time to join the Royal Devon, as you’ll help to shape our services as we continue along our integration journey.

For more information on the Job Description and Responsibilities please click the link below.

More detail about the role

As part of the NHS Contract organisations are required to have counter fraud arrangements in place to provide added value through the use of counter fraud specialists, the purpose of this role is primarily to manage, control and deliver highly complex counter fraud investigations and value‑added proactive work to a number of organisations simultaneously.

The Senior Local Counter Fraud Specialist (LCFS) focus is to:

• Implement and encourage an anti‑fraud culture throughout organisations.
• Provide operational leadership in delivering the counter fraud message to multiple organisations.
• Take positive action against fraud, including sanctions against perpetrators and recovery of any monies defrauded.
• Meet and exceed the NHSCFA requirements.
• Achieve successful outcomes from both criminal and civil proceedings.

Expectations of the post holder fall into distinct categories.

• Work with multiple organisations to ensure and assist in the development of appropriate governance frameworks in place to reduce the risk of fraud at those organisations to an absolute minimum; ensure that those frameworks provide significant…