Functional Specialist – Part Time - Wales

Functional Specialist – Part Time
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Discover a new kind of career in healthcare as a functional specialist.  
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* Job title:

** Functional Specialist – Part Time - Wales
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* Job Description:

**** What you’ll be doing:
*** conducting initial reviews, paper-based, face-to-face, video or telephone assessments to evaluate how a claimant’s health condition or disability affects their day-to-day life
* observing and reporting on an individual’s ability to carry out activities
* analysing and interpreting clinical information and supporting evidence
* creating one comprehensive 3,000-4,000-word report of the evidence gathered for each claimant, up to a maximum of 3 per day
* ensuring enough detail, evidence and justification are given to support the DWP in making decisions
* developing your clinical knowledge and learning about the health conditions which are less familiar to you.
* This is hybrid role with expectation that you will be based at home and assigned to work from your nearest assessment centre on a rota basis to deliver face-to-face assessments.
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* What we’re looking for:

*** one year's post-registration experience as a nurse (RMN, RNLD, RGN), occupational therapist, physiotherapist or paramedic
* fully registered with a relevant UK regulatory body (NMC, HCPC or other), without restriction or conditions and with a valid PIN
* excellent observational and communication skills, giving you the ability to listen, empathise and dig deeper
* the ability to work quickly, producing reports in a timely manner and hitting targets
* solid experience with using IT and Microsoft Office, as well as remotely accessing systems
* a current valid driving licence or access to a form of transport to attend your nearest assessment centre

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** Successful candidates will be required to successfully complete government baseline personnel security standard vetting. This is the recognised standard for the pre-employment screening of individuals with access to government asset.
**** This role is defined as regulated activity relating to children or vulnerable adults within the meaning of the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 it is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. At vetting, you will undergo an enhanced criminality check which will show both spent and unspent convictions.
**** Your working hours:
***** During your initial training period (the first 8 weeks), you’ll need to be available to work full time due to operational need.
*** After training, you can move onto a part‐time contract of either 22.5 or 30 hours per week, worked over 3-4 days.

You’ll be able to agree your actual working hours with your line manager after training. Working patterns will be between the hours of 8am and 8pm.
** About Capita HAAS
** Capita was awarded two contracts to deliver the Health Assessment Advisory Service (HAAS) assessments in the Midlands and Wales for the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), and in Northern Ireland for the Department for Communities (DfC).HAAS is a new service that will bring together existing assessment services, for disabled people and people with health conditions, under a single provider in each geographical region.

This will make accessing support simpler and easier for some of society’s most vulnerable people.

Capita will deliver assessments for Personal Independence Payment (PIP), Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) and Universal Credit (UC), as well as a number of specialist benefits including Child Disability Living Allowance (DLA) and Veterans UK assessments.

Capita has been delivering PIP assessments in the Midlands and Wales since 2013, and in Northern Ireland since 2016.
* A competitive basic starting salary of £39,500 (Pro rata) increasing to £40,500 (Pro rata) on achieving DWP approval
* Once approved you will be eligible for our bonus scheme subject to quality and performance
* 25 days’ holiday (rising to 27 after 5 years) (Pro rata) with the…