Nurse Functional Assessor

• Location:
  Cardiff
• Salary: £39,500 per annum
• Monday to Friday | 9 am–5 pm
• Hybrid Working Opportunities (2 days remote working)

Are you a Registered Adult Nurse or Mental Health Nurse looking for a new career direction without stepping away from healthcare?

Pperhaps you're ready for a break from long shifts, nights and weekend working
, but still want to use your clinical knowledge, nursing experience and assessment skills to make a genuine difference to people's lives.

A career as a Nurse Functional Assessor could be the opportunity you've been looking for

We have exciting opportunities available in Cardiff
, offering full-time, part-time, and hybrid.

As a Nurse Functional Assessor, you'll use your existing clinical skills in a completely different way.

You'll carry out holistic assessments to understand how an individual's health condition or disability affects their day-to-day life and functional ability
.

Following each assessment, you'll produce a clear, factual and evidence-based report to support the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) with benefit eligibility decisions.

You will not diagnose, prescribe medication or provide treatment.

Instead, you'll use your clinical judgement, communication and assessment skills to listen, gather information and build a clear picture of how someone's condition impacts their daily life.

• Carrying out comprehensive functional assessments.
• Speaking with individuals about their health conditions and daily lives.
• Assessing a wide range of physical and mental health conditions.
• Using your clinical knowledge and professional judgement.
• Reviewing relevant medical and supporting evidence.
• Producing clear, detailed and factual assessment reports.
• Working within professional, clinical and quality standards.

We'd love to hear from you if you are:

• An NMC-registered Adult Nurse or Mental Health Nurse
  .
• Experienced with at least 1 year of broad post-registration experience in the UK
  .
• A confident and experienced clinician.
• Comfortable assessing a diverse range of health conditions, including complex and mental health presentations.
• Comfortable using computer systems and typing detailed clinical reports.
• Organised and able to manage your own workload.
• Proactive, curious and keen to develop new skills.

Full training and ongoing clinical support will be provided to help you transition into the Functional Assessor role.

We believe your career should work alongside your life.

You'll receive:

• Opportunities to increase your earnings through overtime and incentives
  .
• Hybrid working opportunities.
• Full-time and part-time options.
• Monday to Friday, 9 am–5 pm working.
• No routine night shifts.
• Dedicated support with NMC revalidation and ongoing CPD
  .
• Protected CPD and clinical development time that counts towards revalidation.
• Maternity pay
  , including adoption and surrogacy support.
• Full paternity pay
  .
• Pension Plan.
• 25 days' annual leave PLUS all Bank Holidays off

You've already developed valuable skills throughout your nursing career.

This role allows you to use your clinical knowledge, communication, assessment and critical-thinking skills in a new environment while developing a completely different area of your career.

If you're ready to move away from traditional shift work and explore a new nursing opportunity, we'd love to speak with you

Apply today with your CV or call Fel on for a friendly, confidential chat about the role.