Disability Assessor - 5% bonus when completed training

Disability Assessor - 5% bonus when completed training - Weymouth

Job title:
Disability Assessor 5% bonus when completed training

–WCA

Location:
Weymouth

Employment type:
Full-time/Part-time

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

Salary: £42,000-£43,000

(Up to £4,000 salary increase in the first year based on performance)

£42,000 – £43,000 starting salary

• Monday to Friday (no weekends, bank holidays or nights)
• Hybrid working
• 25 days annual leave + bank holidays (buy up to 5 extra days)
• Additional incentives (pension scheme, 24/7 Employee Assistance Programmer retail discounts (1,000 + brands), plus many more)
• Clear internal progression pathways
• 5% bonus when completed training

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. Following 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 claimants 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(WCA- 5 per day) within required time scales
• Maintain objectivity and impartially 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