Job Ref: 212940828

Date: 2020-12-23 15:59:35

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Disability Assessor – Homebased – Milton Keynes

Are you an experienced Healthcare Professional looking for a fresh career challenge and an opportunity to develop your clinical skills?

SJB Medical are recruiting Nurses, Paramedics, Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists to become Disability Assessors.

The key duties of this role are carrying out assessments, and writing factual reports based on those assessments.

Ordinarily these assessments were conducted face to face, either in a local clinic or in the community however due to the pandemic these assessments are now being conducted over the telephone and therefore we are offering permanent homebased roles to complete this type of functional assessment.

This role comes with a starting salary of £38,000 per annum, and flexible working hours are available once you have successfully completed your training.

Your training will be a mixture of virtual and assessment centre based to ensure the right level of support and learning is offered.

In this varied role as a Disability Assessor you will:

Speak to people with a wide range of conditions and disabilities via telephone consultations
Conduct consultations with people seeking PIP (Personal Independence Payment)
Draw on your experience as a clinical expert in your area. It is not essential but you may currently hold a membership to CSP, CoP, RCOT, NMC or RCN as a Physiotherapist, Occupational Therapist, Nurse or Paramedic
Use your expert clinical knowledge and guidelines set out by the DwP to make accurate evaluations
Expand your medical knowledge as you handle a diverse case load to produce detailed reviews

Every case is different, and no two days are ever the same, so to thrive in this role as a Disability Assessor you will need to:

Demonstrate a minimum of 2 years experience as a Physiotherapist, Occupational Therapist, Paramedic or Nurse
Be HCPC / NMC registered
Have a good homeworking environment
Enjoy working with claimants (patients) on a one to one basis
Have good communication and strong interpersonal skills
Be able to write 30 words per minute on a keyboard and have the ability to type notes during a conversation

We will provide all the training you will need to transition into this new role as a Disability Assessor through a 25-week induction programme and ongoing peer support from a range of health professionals. You'll find our thorough in-house development is well over the required CPD hours to revalidate and maintain your professional clinical registration.

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)
Thorough in-house and professional training and development
Flexible benefits tailored to your needs including travel or dental insurance, cycle to work scheme and more

We know you want to use your medical skills to support the nation at this difficult time, so we can offer various start dates for when you are ready to move.

Click apply now to enjoy expert training, skills development, generous benefits and a great work/life balance.

Rest assured, during the recruitment and onboarding process we will be adhering to the social distancing guidance from the government – there will be no face to face interviews and successful candidates will be working from home with travel to assessment centres for team meetings, training and as required.

Independent Assessment Services are a Disability Confident Employer and in The Times Top 50 employers for women. They also have award-winning Employee Support Networks – To encourage a diverse team and make sure everyone feels welcome and included, there are seven Employee Support Networks for various groups: Members of the Armed Forces (Armed Forces Network, which received the Golden Award 2016), Generational Diversity (Aeon Network), Ability (Adapt Network), Gender (Aspire Network), LGBT + and friends (Pride Network), Cultural (Together Network), and Returners to Work

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