Medical Rehabilitation Consultant-Registered Nurse

Zurich; Swindon; Hybrid; GBP 37,000 - 44,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading insurance company is seeking a Rehabilitation Professional to join their Medical Rehabilitation Team. This home-based role involves working with claims teams to support the return of members to work after illness. Ideal candidates will have a background in nursing or physiotherapy, strong communication skills, and a desire to contribute positively to the wellbeing of others. Flexible benefits and competitive salary package available.

Benefits

12% defined non-contributory pension scheme

Annual company bonus

Private medical insurance

Option to buy/sell holiday

Qualifications

• Current experience in enabling care for working age people is essential.
• Broad medical knowledge related to musculoskeletal conditions and cancer.
• Willingness to engage in a comprehensive induction period.

Responsibilities

• Assist in managing income protection claims for rehabilitation.
• Work with claims case managers to develop rehabilitation plans.
• Encourage knowledge transfer into Zurich claims and rehab services.

Skills

Communication skills

Ability to prioritize workload

Knowledge of psychiatric illnesses

Understanding of NHS procedures

Team player attitude

Education

Registered Mental Health Nurse or Registered Adult Nurse

Physio or Occupational Therapist

Job description

You’ll be joining our experienced Medical Rehabilitation Team, this is a home-based role with occasional travel to our Swindon office, which is fully expensed. It doesn’t matter if you’ve had previous Insurance experience or not, We enable comprehensive training, induction and one-to-one support will be provided to help the transition into the Insurance world. We would also welcome interest from you if you possess rehabilitation experience from working income protection insurance.

Job description

Using your medical skills, your aim is to prevent absence through promotion of wellbeing services, signpost to aid recovery and support members and employers in returning to and sustaining work after illness absence.

After a comprehensive induction and training period, you’ll be working with our Claims Team, our Customers, and their Employees to prevent sickness absence through various initiatives and enable early intervention to achieve a sustainable return to work when absence occurs.

There will be opportunities for you to enable Rehabilitation, Health, and Wellbeing training directly with customers. We will ensure orientation and induction to our friendly team of Innovators and encourage significant ongoing training and revalidation support. We value our Rehabilitation team engaging with our customers at all levels.

Key responsibilities

• Assist in the rehabilitation management of income protection claims made through group risk products and provide propositional support as well as training and development for the team of claims case managers
• Managing around 25 cases when trained
• Work with the Zurich Corporate Risk (ZCR) Claims Case Manager, employers and employees and their medical advisors to draw up rehabilitation plans and graded return to work plans and support these through to successful outcomes and customer satisfaction
• Fully demonstrate medical skills, knowledge, best practice guidelines and research-based evidence in all rehabilitation activities
• When indicated, enable, support, and evaluate appropriate effective provision through the Zurich provider network
• Able to deal with the challenges the role can also bring in the face of changing workplace issues
• Actively encourage knowledge transfer into Zurich claims and rehabilitation service departments to progress and update all colleagues’ levels of medical competence and confidence
• Possess a desire to make a positive contribution to ZCR Income protection insurance and work in a holistic and friendly team

Person specification

• Ideally, we are looking for a Registered Mental Health Nurse or Registered Adult nurse, Physio or OT, with great communication skills and the ability to prioritise your own workload. Current experience of enabling care in working age people is essential.
• Experience of Insurance based Medical/Vocational Rehabilitation or Occupational Health working experience is advantageous but not essential.
• Desire to work with our customers to enable solutions in workplace issues.
• Broad medical knowledge and experience particularly in relation, psychiatric illness, to Musculo-skeletal conditions and cancer conditions.
• Good working knowledge of the NHS and understanding of how to circumnavigate potential treatment delays.
• Good understanding of the private medical sector and the services available.
• Ability to merge the care needs of the individual with the financial needs of Zurich Insurance Company.
• Willingness to fully engage in a period of induction support to enable a great standard of case management and report writing.
• Ability to form working relationships quickly and professionally and to use these relationships to positively impact upon the claims department’s function. To possess strong team player attitude.
• Ability to influence opinion and generate change within all levels of the business.
• Previous experience of group risk but not essential.
• Understanding of claims functions and processes is desirable.

Salary: up to 44k

Everyone’s different. That’s why at Zurich, we offer a wide range of employee benefits so our people can choose what fits them and their life. Our benefits provide real flexibility so our people can make considered choices and tailor their benefits throughout the year. Our benefits include 12% defined non-contributory pension scheme, annual company bonus, private medical insurance and the option to buy up to an additional 20 days or sell some of your holiday.

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