Functional Nurse Assessor

Overview

Are you a Registered Nurse looking for a change? A Functional Nurse Assessor role with Exam Works offers a new direction in your healthcare career. We provide thorough and impartial assessments to assist claimants in being awarded the Personal Independence Payment benefit. You will join an established team of health professionals who conduct daily assessments to help the DWP (Department for Work and Pensions) review and make important decisions.

This role moves you away from hands-on patient care while enabling you to use your clinical knowledge to explore conditions and their impact on day-to-day life.

Extensive training is provided to support your transition into this new career. You will begin with a 6-week training period (Mon – Fri, 08:30 – 16:30) conducted both remotely and onsite at our training centres, including eLearning, classroom-based learning, practical work, and mentorship. After the initial period, you will continue to develop your skills with ongoing guidance and support.

• Carry out assessments via telephone from home and face-to-face from your closest assessment centre.
• Use your clinical knowledge to analyse information and supporting evidence.
• Collate findings into a comprehensive 3,000–4,000 word report, including justification and evidence, to support the DWP in decision-making.
• Develop gaps in your clinical knowledge by learning about other health conditions.
• Attend additional training and CPD sessions.

• One year minimum post-qualification experience as a Nurse, Paramedic, Physiotherapist, or Occupational Therapist.
• Valid PIN and full registration with your regulatory body (NMC or HCPC) with no conditions or restrictions.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to listen, explore, and be empathetic.
• Good time management with the ability to work to targets while producing quality reports.
• A good level of computer literacy and comfortable with typing.

We offer both full-time and part-time contracts after the initial full-time 5-week training period. You can choose 3 days (22.5 hours), 4 days (30 hours), or 5 days (37.5 hours), Monday – Friday, 08:30 – 16:30.

• A competitive basic salary
• A hybrid working model with some days working from home
• 23 days’ holiday
• Annual professional registration fee reimbursed and support for revalidation with CPD
• A paid day out of the office for volunteering or a chosen cause
• Company pension, bi-annual health screening, private health care
• Discounts on retail, health and wellbeing, travel, and technology
• Refer a friend reward scheme
• Access to Employee Assistance programmes including wills, mortgages, counselling and mental health support

Exam Works UK supports the DWP on the delivery of PIP assessments and has done so for over a decade. We pride ourselves on offering an excellent service as part of our wide and varied business. We are focused on health across services including PIP, Med Co Legal, Accident Management, Occupational Health, and Rehabilitation Services.

Exam Works UK will continue to provide Functional Assessments through 2029. We have various training dates throughout the year and welcome candidates with clinical experience in mental health, physical health, and learning disabilities. We will coach and support you in adapting your skills to a non-clinical environment.

Our internal recruitment team is available to answer questions and support you through the recruitment and onboarding process. We are proud to share that Exam Works UK has achieved Level 3 Disability Confident Leader status, reaffirming our commitment to inclusion and accessibility. As a Disability Confident Leader, we promote accessibility and inclusion, ensure inclusive recruitment and development, share best practice, and continue to lead in supporting disabled people at work.