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If you’re a motivated health professional looking to broaden your skills, earn a competitive salary and achieve a better work-life balance, we have the job for you.

Current vacancies

We're currently recruiting for disability assessor roles across the UK and there's never been a better time to make a change and join our team.

 

Disability Assessor

In this role, you'll analyse and interpret clinical information and medical evidence to produce a high-quality assessment report on a claimant’s case.

Our disability assessors deliver face-to-face, telephone and video consultations or conduct initial reviews to establish the route a case should take and complete paper-based reviews which may include gathering information from claimants and medical professionals involved in their care.

Some disability assessors are primarily based from home and depending on location, also work from our assessment centres for six to eight days per month to deliver face-to-face consultations. You’ll spend additional time in our centres or office locations to catch up with your manager and wider team or attend in-person training sessions.

Job Type Full and part time Profession Health professional jobs Location Nationwide Salary Basic - £35,000 - £42,000 per annum

Responsibilities

In this varied role as a disability assessor you will:

  • Be the point of contact during the consultation stage for individuals with a wide range of health conditions and disabilities
  • Clinically evaluate all evidence from the claimant
  • Liaise with a range of clinical peers across the NHS and private healthcare sector, charities and support organisations to produce detailed reports and evaluate evidence from PIP claimants
  • Continually learn about a wide range of health conditions.
Skills

We're looking for qualified nurses, physiotherapists, occupational therapists and paramedics with clinical knowledge, experience and skills including:

  • Broad-ranging clinical experience working with adults
  • Strong communicator with experience of liaising with multi-disciplinary health care professionals 
  • An ability to draw on your experience as a clinical expert in your area
  • General IT skills and an ability to type notes accurately during the consultation (36 words per minute)
  • Ability to work independently but also as a team 
  • An eye for detail 
  • Driven and flexible.
Experience

Every case is different, and no two days are the same, so to thrive in this role as a disability assessor will need to:

  • Have a minimum of 12 months' experience as a physiotherapist, occupational therapist, paramedic or nurse
  • Be HCPC / NMC registered
  • Have a proven record of relevant Continual Professional Development (CPD).
Benefits

In return, you can expect excellent benefits, including:

  • 25 days annual leave, with the option to buy 10 and sell up to five days
  • Employer-matched pension scheme, up to 10%
  • Life assurance, private medical insurance, and medical indemnity insurance
  • Reimbursement of your annual professional registration fee
  • Health screening every two years (after one year's service)
  • Flexible benefits tailored to your needs including travel or dental insurance, cycle to work scheme and more
  • A robust induction programme and ongoing training and peer support, enabling revalidation of your professional clinical registration
  • Opportunities to progress into more senior positions across the business.

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