Overview
Use your clinical experience to work with people who have a diverse range of health conditions, to gain a clear understanding of how their challenges and the ways their disability affects them impacts their daily life. Working within an office style environment and at home, to complete approximately detailed, meaningful and respectful assessments over the telephone, video or face-to-face. Interpret medical evidence and gather your findings into a comprehensive report, to support the decision-making process by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP).
You will work autonomously to assess the cases of claimants who are applying for Work Capability (WCA), as part of the DWP Health Assessment and Advisory Services (HAAS). The funding helps support individuals financially who are unable to work, or to live as much of an independent life as possible. You will be completing assessments with individuals who have an extremely broad range of health conditions, and you may have the opportunity to conduct some of these assessments remotely.
Responsibilities
* Conduct assessments over the telephone, video or face-to-face in a hybrid working environment.
* Interpret medical evidence and compile findings into a comprehensive report to support DWP decision-making.
* Perform assessments autonomously with a diverse caseload of claimants applying for Work Capability (WCA).
* Engage with claimants who have a broad range of health conditions and understand how their disabilities affect daily life.
* Participate in a fully paid training programme; this role counts towards clinical hours and supports maintaining registration.
* Utilise and develop clinical skills in a brand-new healthcare environment while balancing remote and assessment centre work.
Qualifications and Skills
* At least 1 year of broad post-registration experience; UK experience is essential.
* Proactive, keen to learn and receptive to feedback.
* Excellent oral and written communication skills.
* Ability to work autonomously and IT competency is a must-have.
* Qualified Physiotherapist seeking a genuine work-life balance and opportunities to thrive in a new healthcare environment.
* Flexibility for a mixture of remote and assessment centre work.
Benefits
* A generous annual-leave package, plus all bank holidays off.
* Hybrid working with flexible patterns to champion healthy work/life balance.
* A collaborative and dynamic working environment.
* A robust fully-paid training programme.
* Great opportunities for development and progression.
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