Functional Assessor

ExamWorksUK; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare assessment company in the UK seeks a Functional Assessor to conduct assessments for the DWP. The ideal candidate is a Nurse, Paramedic, Occupational Therapist, or Physiotherapist with at least one year of experience. This role involves both remote and face-to-face assessments, producing detailed reports, and requires excellent communication and empathy skills. Employees enjoy a competitive salary, hybrid working options, and a range of benefits including 23 days of holiday and professional fee reimbursement.

Benefits

Competitive basic salary

Hybrid working model

23 days’ holiday

Annual professional registration fee reimbursement

Company pension

Health screening

Private health care

Discounts on retail and travel

Employee Assistance programmes

Qualifications

• Minimum one year post-qualification experience as a Nurse, Paramedic, Physiotherapist, or Occupational Therapist.
• Valid PIN and fully registered member of your regulatory body with no conditions.
• Ability to analyze information and produce comprehensive reports.

Responsibilities

• Conduct assessments via telephone and face-to-face.
• Analyze supporting evidence and collate findings into reports.
• Participate in training and CPD sessions.

Skills

Communication skills

Empathy

Time management

Computer literacy

Education

Nursing, Paramedic, Occupational Therapy or Physiotherapy qualification

Job description

Are you a Nurse, Paramedic, Occupational Therapist or Physiotherapist, and looking for a change? A Functional Assessor role with ExamWorks could provide that new direction in your Healthcare career. We provide thorough and impartial assessments to assist claimants in being awarded the Personal Independent Payment benefit.

As a Functional Assessor, you will join an established team of health professionals who conduct daily assessments to help the DWP (Department for Work and Pensions) to review and make important decisions. This role will allow you to move away from the hands‑on patient care and the toll this can take on you physically. You will be utilising all your clinical knowledge and experience, exploring conditions and how they can impact on day‑to‑day life. It will enable you to improve your assessment skills, evaluate various situations and make important clinical recommendations. An ideal person for this challenging yet rewarding role will be compassionate and empathetic, have a wealth of knowledge in various medical conditions, possess great computer skills and good time management.

Extensive training will be provided to help you to transition into your new career. At ExamWorks we understand that this is a big change and put our full investment into teaching and supporting you. You’ll begin with a 5‑week period (Mon – Friday 08:30 – 16:30) which will be conducted both remotely and onsite at our training centres. The training will consist of eLearning, classroom based, practical and mentorship. After the initial period, you will continue to work on your ongoing development whilst receiving full guidance and support.

We believe that progression is an important step in any career and the opportunities available once you are comfortable in the role can include Clinical Support Lead, Mentor, Trainer, Interviewer and more!

If you are looking for a better work/life balance, no evenings or weekends, a competitive salary, a range of benefits and a new way of working, this could be the perfect role for you.

What you can expect to be doing –

• Carrying out assessments – both via telephone from home and face to face from your closest assessment centre
• Using your clinical knowledge and experience to analyse information and supporting evidence
• Collating all findings into a comprehensive report of 3,000 – 4,000 words, including justification and evidence, which will support the DWP in their decision making. 3 per day
• Developing any gaps in your clinical knowledge by learning about various other health conditions
• Attending additional training and CPD sessions

What we need from you –

• One year minimum post qualification experience as a Nurse, Paramedic, Physiotherapist or Occupational Therapist
• Valid PIN and fully registered member of your regulatory body – NMC or HCPC, with no conditions or restrictions
• Excellent communications skills with the ability to listen, explore further and be empathetic
• Good time management with the ability to work to targets whilst producing quality reports
• A good level of computer literacy and comfortable with typing

Working hours –

We offer both full and part time contracts (after the initial fulltime 5‑week training period). You can choose 3 days (22.5 hours), 4 days (30 hours) or stick with 5 days (37.5 hours), Monday – Friday 08:30 – 16:30.

Who are ExamWorks?

We have supported the DWP on the delivery of PIP assessments for over a decade and pride ourselves on offering an excellent service as part of our wide and varied business. We are all about health here and whether that is PIP, MedCo Legal, Accident Management, Occupational Health or Rehabilitation Services we go the extra mile.

What’s in it for you?

• A competitive basic salary.
• A hybrid working model allowing for working from home a number of days pay week.
• 23 days’ holiday
• Annual professional registration fee reimbursed and supported revalidation with all the CPD you need
• The opportunity to take a paid day out of the office, volunteering for our charity partners or a cause of your choice
• Company pension, Health screening bi‑annually, private health care
• Discounts on retail and socialising, to health & wellbeing, travel and technology
• Refer a friend reward scheme
• Access to Employee Assistance programmes including wills, mortgages, counselling and Mental Health Support

We’re an equal opportunity employer and are proud to also be a disability confident leader. 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

ExamWorks UK will continue to provide Functional Assessments until 2029