Job Title: Nurse Functional Assessor
Location: St Helens
Salary: £37,800 per annum
Job Type: Hybrid Permanent/ Mon-Fri, 9-5 hours (Remote 2 days)
Part-time available. Contact us for more information.
Job Overview
Great opportunities: full-time, part-time, hybrid working 2 days remote. We’re looking for registered adult or mental health nurses who enjoy making a difference in people's lives every day. If you are looking for a break from shift work or are seeking a new exciting career opportunity to develop and enhance your nursing skills and still be able to utilise your nursing skills but differently helping people, apply and become a Functional Assessor.
You will carry out assessments to understand how a person’s disability or health condition affects their daily life and produce factual reports to help the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) determine their eligibility for benefits.
Duties and responsibilities
* Conduct telephone, video, or face-to-face assessments to understand how a person's disability or health condition affects their daily life
* Produce Work Capability Assessment (WCA) reports to help the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) determine a person’s eligibility for benefits
* Develop your clinical knowledge and assessment skills with the support of regular feedback and supervision
What we look for:
* An NMC-registered adult or mental health nurse with at least 1 year’s broad post-registration experience in the UK
* A proactive and keen learner with excellent oral and written communication skills
* Someone comfortable using computer software to type and produce detailed reports
* An expert clinician comfortable working with a diverse range of conditions, including complex cases and mental health conditions
This role is a great opportunity for registered nurses to develop their clinical knowledge and hone their assessment skills further, all while helping people move forward with their lives.
Great Benefits Package
* Competitive Salary: £37,800pa
* Opportunities to increase Income (Overtime & Incentives)
* Annual Bonus scheme
* Various company-wide benefits that promote financial well-being
* We offer Nurses full-time, part-time, and hybrid working opportunities
* Dedicated team to support with Revalidation and ongoing CPD
* Protected time for CPD and clinical development, which counts towards revalidation
* Maternity and Paternity packages for nurses (18 weeks of full maternity Pay) including (adoption & surrogacy) and 6 weeks of full paternity pay
* Other support includes neonatal/premature paid leave, pregnancy loss paid leave, and child bereavement leave
* We offer a Healthcare Cash Plan
* Pension Plan
* We offer 25 days annual leave, increasing to 27 days after five years with the company
Contact Tamara on 020 959 2000