Functional Assessor

Functional Assessor

• Ilford, United Kingdom
• Employees work in a hybrid mode - 3 days onsite, 2 days from home Full-time
• Division: HAAS
• Employment Type:
  
  Full Time / Fixed Term Contract
• Compensation: up to GBP
  46,813- yearly

Ingeus is a leading human services provider helping people, business and communities thrive through employment, skills and health & wellbeing services. We are a trusted partner to government and industry delivering services that create positive social impact and transform lives.

Starting salary - £46,813 Salary at 12 months - £48,813and potential to earn an additional £2k local bonus for this site = first year earnings up to £50,813 and benefits that includes quarterly bonus, private pension & medical insurance.

Further salary uplifts as you learn new specialist skills.

• Are you an experienced, motivated, high performing individual, with the desire to develop, learn and grow?
• Are you looking for a different way to use your clinical skills, whilst gaining a better work-life balance?

If you have a minimum of 12 months post‑qualification and registration experience, have been practicing as a clinician for the last 12 months in the UK and looking for a role where you can use your clinical skills in a different way without stepping away from your profession — this may be the perfect next step for you. If you are a Pharmacist, we are looking for NHS band 6 and band 7 applicants with a minimum of 18 months experience.

• Carry out functional assessments with claimants face to face, via video & telephone to assess their ability to undertake activities of daily living.
• Through the assessment process you’ll ask focused questions and use active listening and critical reasoning skills to gather accurate information.
• Produce high quality, structured clinical reports on all claimants you assess, for submission to the DWP.
• Review evidence, request and evaluate additional evidence when required and clinically triage cases to determine the correct assessment pathway.
• Work alongside other highly experienced clinical colleagues to ensure high-quality & fair assessments for all claimants.

Many clinicians find the role of a Functional Assessor rewarding, but it’s also challenging at the same time and it’s not the right fit for everyone.

• Is open to a formalised programme of training to become a DWP approved Functional Assessor.
• Is receptive to ongoing constructive feedback, ensuring our claimants continually get the very best experience.
• Has confidence in their ability to use computers and in learning different software packages to complete detailed, high-quality reports for all claimants assessed.
• Thrives in a working environment that offers structure and the opportunity to use your clinical skills in a different way.

• You are not comfortable or are unfamiliar with technology.
• You dislike writing detailed reports.
• You prefer a more hands on approach to clinical care.
• You’re not looking for a new direction in your clinical career or to embark on period of retraining into a new role.
• You don’t enjoy working in an environment with targets.
• You're not looking for a role that requires you to work on site for 3 days a week.

• Predictable hours, Monday–Friday 9-5pm & hybrid working.
• Guaranteed 5% quarterly bonus.
  
  Up to 10%.
• 25 days holiday(+BH) with the option to buy more
• Private pension
• Private medical insurance
• Maternity and Parental Leave
• Paid training,CPD + reimbursed registration fees
• Structured training programme to achieve formal DWP accreditation
• Clear career routes within Ingeus and the wider APM Group
• A high performing, supportive clinically led culture
• £2000 refer a friend scheme
• Online shopping discounts
• Variety of other financial and lifestyle options

• NMC-registered Adult Nurses (RGN, RMN, RNLD) or HCPC-registered Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists and Paramedics or GPHC-registered Pharmacists.

With excellent communication & critical-thinking skills, the ability to type and confidence using…