Nurse Disability Assessor

Aspect Healthcare; Newcastle upon Tyne; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare recruitment agency is looking for a qualified Nurse to join their team as a Disability Assessor. This role involves completing assessments for people with diverse health conditions, either remotely or on-site. Candidates must have NMC registration and a minimum of one year of UK post-registration experience. The position promotes a healthy work-life balance with a hybrid working model and provides opportunities for development and progression.

Benefits

Generous annual-leave package

Flexible working patterns

Dynamic working environment

Fully-paid training programme

Opportunities for development and progression

Qualifications

• Must have NMC registration.
• At least 1 year of broad post-registration experience is required.
• UK experience is essential.

Responsibilities

• Work with individuals with diverse health conditions to understand their daily challenges.
• Complete detailed assessments via telephone, video, or face-to-face.
• Interpret medical evidence and create comprehensive reports for DWP.

Skills

Excellent oral communication skills

Excellent written communication skills

IT competency

Proactive learning

Ability to work autonomously

Education

NMC registration

1 year of post-registration experience

Job description

Overview

Newcastle Upon Tyne , Tyne and Wear , England
NE3

Mixture of remote and assessment centre working, offering an exceptional work-life balance

Are you a qualified Nurse seeking a genuine work-life balance and a chance to thrive in a brand new healthcare environment, whilst both utilising and developing your clinical skills?

Responsibilities

• Use your clinical experience to work with people who have a diverse range of health conditions, to gain a clear understanding of how their challenges and the ways their disability affects them impacts their daily life
• Working within an office style environment and at home, to complete approximately detailed, meaningful and respectful assessments over the telephone, video or face-to-face
• Interpret medical evidence and gather your findings into a comprehensive report, to support the decision-making process by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP)

Requirements

• We can only accept applications from Nurses for this particular vacancy
• NMC registration is required
• You must have at least 1 year of broad post-registration experience and UK experience is essential
• Proactive, keen to learn and receptive to feedback
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Ability to work autonomously and IT competency is a must-have

Benefits

• A generous annual-leave package, plus all bank holidays off
• Hybrid working with flexible patterns to champion healthy work/life balance
• A collaborative and dynamic working environment
• A robust fully-paid training programme
• Great opportunities for development and progression

If you are interested in discovering more about this Disability Assessor role, please apply now.

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