Clinical Policy Educator

Clinical Policy Educator – Department for Work and Pensions (DWP)

Salary information is provided by DWP. Your pay will be based on your skills and experience—please discuss the details with your recruiter.

• Autonomously lead PIP clinical and decision‑maker education material, providing final sign‑off before release to assessment providers.
• Review education material to ensure alignment with current DWP policy, external quality assurance and national guidance, and that it is implementable by health assessment providers.
• Collaborate with policy and contracts management teams to keep the PIPAG up to date and aligned with best practice.
• Work with senior leadership in operations and decision‑making to ensure clinical education material used by decision makers is accurate, best practice‑aligned and fit for purpose.
• Rapidly identify when issues arise and implement measurable corrective actions.
• Draft and deliver high‑quality advice (including in‑person) to the clinical education lead and senior officials on policy and education material related to disability benefits.
• Provide timely and accurate advice on FOI, judicial review, PQ and UQs within specialist disability benefit areas.
• Lead ad hoc strategic work/projects to address improvement areas.

• Clinical or clinically related background, registered with the NMC, GMC or HCPC with significant postgraduate experience.
• Significant experience working as a PIP disability benefits assessor.
• Doctor applicants must hold a full licence to practice with a route to revalidation.

• Experience as a PIP assessor undertaking functional assessments.
• Experience in reviewing, writing or quality‑assuring education material.
• Ability to influence senior stakeholders, delivering high‑quality advice and building trust and credibility.
• Ability to reassess and prioritise workloads, manage competing demands and deliver outcomes at pace.

Occupational health or work‑health expertise would be beneficial.

The Civil Service is committed to attracting, retaining and investing in talent wherever it is found. For more information, see the Civil Service People Plan and the Civil Service D&I Strategy.

We particularly welcome people from ethnic minority backgrounds applying as they are under‑represented groups in DWP.

Seniority level:
Not Applicable

Employment type:

Full‑time
Job function:
Quality Assurance, Education and Management (Government Administration)

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