Disability Assessor

Disability Assessor – PIP/WCA

Location: Watford

Employment type: Full-time/Part-time

Hours: Monday-Friday 9am-5pm, no weekends or bank holidays

Salary: £47,000-£50,000

• Registered Nurses – RNLD, RMN & RGN
• Paramedics
• Physiotherapists
• Occupational Therapists (OTs)
• Pharmacists

We are looking for qualified health care professionals to join as a disability assessor, carrying out assessments for PIP or WCA on behalf of the DWP. You will move away from frontline treatment into a position that combines your clinical expertise with analytic report writing. This is a hybrid role. After an initial training period (fully home based for 6‑12 weeks), you will move to a 50/50 split spending approximately half your working week in the office and the other half at home.

• Conduct thorough assessments with claimants via face‑to‑face, telephone, or video appointments.
• Explore how a claimant’s physical, mental, intellectual, or sensory impairments affect their functional ability in daily living or work‑related environments.
• Use clinical reasoning to probe and clarify inconsistencies in medical evidence, ensuring all relevant information is captured.
• Adapt different communication styles to support claimants with anxiety, hearing loss, language barriers, etc.
• Produce clear, concise, and evidence‑based reports to support the DWP in their decision making.
• Complete quality reports (PIP‑3 per day) (WCA‑5 per day) within required time scales.
• Maintain objectivity and impartiality throughout.

• We do not offer or provide sponsorship.
• Qualified health care professional with current, unrestricted registration with the NMC or HCPC.
• Minimum 12 months of post‑registration clinical experience.
• Competent IT skills and the ability to learn new systems quickly.
• Excellent communication skills.