Nurse Functional Assessor

Position: Nurse Functional Assessor (Permanent)
Job Title:

Nurse Functional Assessor

Location:

Durham

Salary: £37,800 per annum

Job Type: Hybrid Permanent/ Mon-Friday 37.5hrs per week

Job Overview

Great opportunities: full-time, part-time, hybrid/Remote 2 days from home (full/Part-time choose 3,4 or 5 days)

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.

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 of annual leave, increasing to 27 days after five years with the company