General information
Job Posting Title WCA Doctor Functional Assessor – Hybrid Date Thursday, January 15, 2026 City Stoke-on-Trent Country United Kingdom Working time Full-time
Description & Requirements
WCA Doctor Functional Assessor - Hybrid
Monday to Friday - 09:00 – 17:00
£72,000
Do good. Be great as a doctor.
Are you a Registered Medical Doctor, General Practitioner or Junior Doctor seeking flexible hours, a convenient location and a friendly working environment?
About the role
As a Doctor Functional Assessor at Maximus, you'll use your clinical expertise to understand how a person's disability or health condition affects their daily life. You’ll work on complex cases involving veterans or neurological conditions, industrial injuries and respiratory diseases, while your compassion and experience helps customers move forward with their lives.
The role can be both challenging and rewarding, which is why we provide a tailored training programme to help you thrive. You'll begin with formal training before assessing customers and have ongoing support and mentorship in your role with us.
Duties and responsibilities
1. Conduct telephone, video or face-to-face assessments to understand how a person's disability or health condition affects their daily life
2. Produce Work Capability Assessment (WCA) reports to help the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) determine a person’s eligibility for benefits
3. Utilise your clinical knowledge in a new setting with the support of regular feedback and supervision
Requirements
4. Valid GMC registration number
5. At least 1 year of broad post-registration experience gained within or outside of the NHS
6. You MUST have the right to work in the UK – we cannot offer sponsorships
7. Excellent oral and written communication skills
8. Comfortable using computer software to type and produce detailed reports
What we offer
9. £72,000 salary
10. Flexible working – full time, part time and hybrid
11. No bank holidays, evenings or weekends
12. Leading maternity and paternity paid leave
13. Bank holidays plus 25 days’ holiday with the option to buy or sell 5 days
14. Ongoing CPD, clinical development and reimbursed validation fees
15. £2,000 for referring a friend
16. Life insurance and Private Bupa Healthcare
Join us and become part of a team that's making a real difference to people’s lives.