Clinical Assessor

Capita; Belfast City District; On-site; GBP 36,000 - 43,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Career progression

Pension scheme

25 days holiday

Bonus up to 10%

Job summary

Capita Belfast is seeking Clinical Assessors for full-time or part-time roles, offering a structured 7‑week training and ongoing development. The position focuses on reviewing medical evidence, drafting detailed reports, and supporting the Victims’ Payments Board decisions.

Initial salary starts at £39,500 per annum with potential to rise to £41,400 plus up to 10% bonus. Applicants should be fully registered medical practitioners (GMC/NMC/HCPC) with mental health experience, a valid PIN, a

Qualifications

• Fully registered medical practitioner with GMC/NMC/HCPC PIN.
• Minimum 2 years post‑registration experience in mental health.
• Strong time-management and report-writing skills.
• Proficient in MS Office (Excel/Word/PowerPoint).
• Driver's licence with access to a car.

Responsibilities

• Interview applicants and review medical evidence to assess disablement.
• Request additional medical evidence from GPs or specialists.
• Collect and analyse clinical info and supporting documents.
• Prepare comprehensive reports for VPB decisions.

Skills

Registered medical practitioner

Mental health experience

Time management

MS Office proficiency

Analytical skills

Report writing

Education

GMC/NMC/HCPC registration

Tools

MS Office

Job description

Clinical Assessor - Full-time 37.5 hrs per week - Part-time 30 hrs per week - Must reside in Northern Ireland

Discover a new kind of career in healthcare as a Clinical Assessor. Working in healthcare, and looking for a change? If you are a fully registered medical practitioner, a psychologist, a registered nurse, an occupational therapist or a physiotherapist you could use your skills in a different way as a clinical assessor. At Capita Troubles Permanent Disablement Payment Scheme (TPDPS) you will embark on a rewarding career, utilising your core skills as a healthcare professional in an entirely different way.

Job Description

We’re looking for people with the compassion and mental health experience to bring our applicants through the disablement assessment process. We need people with great computer skills, impartiality and strong functional assessment and time management skills. It’s a challenging role and can be quite different from other healthcare professions, and that’s why we take your training and development seriously. You’ll begin with a 7-week, training programme (Mon-Fri, 9am-5pm) with time set aside for self-development learning. We’ll be here to support you, with close mentorship provided as you work on your ongoing development. Everyone starts at £39,500 per annum (pro rata for part-time). We offer a career pathway programme which can increase your salary up to £41,400 plus up to 10% performance incentive. Overall, you’ll have the opportunity to grow your healthcare knowledge, and gain skills and experience which could open new doors for you in the future. Many of our clinical assessors go on to become Operations Managers, Clinical Trainers, Clinical Coaches and Quality Auditors. If you’re looking for a change, including more regular working hours, a competitive salary and a host of other benefits, and are ready to expand your skills and experience, this could be the role for you.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Meet face to face both physically and/or virtually and review available medical evidence from applicants to the scheme to determine the permanence of an applicants’ condition and their percentage disablement
• Play a pro-active role in seeking insight and further medical evidence as required from GPs, other healthcare professionals or services to support the applicant’s TPDPS application
• Gather relevant information, where applicable from the applicant and or representative, and analyse and interpret clinical information along with any other supporting evidence
• Compile a comprehensive report in a professional and concise manner, including a detailed history, a full justification and conclusion from evidence gathered to support the Victims’ Payments Board (VPB) in its decision‑making

What We’re Looking For

• A fully registered medical practitioner such as a psychologist, registered nurse, occupational therapist or physiotherapist with a minimum of 2 years post registration experience
• Fully registered without sanction or conditions of practice with the GMC/NMC/HCPC with a valid PIN
• A valid full driving licence and access to a car
• A demonstratable background in a Mental Health / Psychiatric speciality
• Ability to work at pace, set boundaries, manage conversations and keep to timescales
• Ability to relate to people from a range of socio-economic backgrounds, races, religions and cultures
• Report writing skills with an ability to deal with a high percentage of work using a laptop and IT systems
• Strong analytical skills – familiar with MS Office, particularly Excel/Word and PowerPoint

Successful candidates will be required to successfully complete government baseline personnel security standard vetting and a Counter Terrorist Check (CTC). This is the recognised standard for the pre‑employment screening of individuals with access to information related to the TPDPS. This role is defined as regulated activity relating to children or vulnerable adults within the meaning of the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act2006 it is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act1974. At vetting, you will undergo an enhanced criminality check which will show both spent and unspent convictions.

Minimum contracted hours for this role is 30 hours per week and a maximum of 37.5 per week (full time). We’ll consider your work‑life balance, as well as the needs of the business, to try and create a working pattern that benefits both of us. Working patterns can be between the hours of 8am and 8pm, Monday to Friday and include an hour for lunch, unpaid. For example, 8am – 4:30pm or 9am – 5:30pm. We’ll also try to give you a minimum of 4 weeks’ notice of any changes to your rota if they are needed.

Benefits

• A competitive basic salary of £39,500
• We offer a career pathway programme which can increase your salary up to £41,400 plus up to 10% bonus
• 25 days’ holiday (rising to 27 after 5 years) with the opportunity to buy extra leave
• Annual professional registration fee reimbursed and supported revalidation
• The opportunity to take a paid day out of the office, volunteering for our charity partners or a cause of your choice
• Company matched pension, life assurance, a cycle2work scheme, 15 weeks’ fully paid maternity, adoption and shared parental leave, paternity pay of two weeks… and plenty more
• Opportunity to purchase discounted benefits designed to suit your lifestyle – from discounts on retail and socialising, to health & wellbeing, travel and technology
• Refer a friend reward scheme
• Access to the Headspace app for you and up to 5 family or friends
• Access to our Employee Network Groups, which represent every strand of diversity and allow colleagues to connect and learn from each other on an open, inclusive platform.
• Access to our Employee Assistance Programme.

You’ll get the chance to follow your chosen career path anywhere in Capita.

There are countless opportunities to learn new skills and develop in your career, and we’ll provide the support you need to do just that. Our purpose is to create a better outcome for you.

We’re an equal opportunity employer, which means we’ll consider all suitably qualified applicants regardless of gender identity or expression, ethnic origin, nationality, religion or beliefs, age, sexual orientation, disability status or any other protected characteristic. We recruit and develop our people based on merit and their passion for creating better outcomes, and we’re committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

We’re an equal opportunity employer, which means we’ll consider all suitably qualified applicants regardless of gender identity or expression, ethnic origin, nationality, religion or beliefs, age, sexual orientation, disability status or any other protected characteristic. We recruit and develop our people based on merit and their passion for creating better outcomes, and we’re committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

As a Disability Confident Leader, we will ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this position will be offered an interview.

Location: Belfast, United Kingdom | Time type: Full time | Contract type: Permanent

Capita is an AI‑enabled business services partner. We work with organisations across the public and private sectors, helping them deliver better, more efficient services. Every day, millions of people rely on services we support across central and local government and regulated industries. We combine technology, data and AI with the expertise and judgement of our people to help clients solve complex challenges and deliver better outcomes for the people and communities they serve.