Occupational Therapist Functional Assessor

Aspect Healthcare; Bolton; Hybrid; GBP 37,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent healthcare recruitment firm seeks a qualified Occupational Therapist Functional Assessor in Bolton, UK. This role offers a mixture of remote and office work, providing an excellent work-life balance. Responsibilities include assessing claimants for the Personal Independence Payment, while an extensive training program is provided. Candidates must have HCPC registration and at least one year of post-registration experience. The position offers competitive benefits including generous annual leave and hybrid working options.

Benefits

Generous annual leave package

Flexible working patterns

Fully paid training program

Opportunities for development and progression

Qualifications

• At least 1 year of broad post-registration experience.
• UK experience is essential.
• Proactive, keen to learn and receptive to feedback.

Responsibilities

• Assess cases of claimants applying for Personal Independence Payment.
• Conduct assessments over the telephone, video or face-to-face.
• Interpret medical evidence and prepare comprehensive reports.

Skills

Clinical experience

Excellent oral and written communication skills

IT competency

Education

HCPC registration

Job description

Occupational Therapist Functional Assessor

Occupational Therapist Functional Assessor

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

Are you a qualified Occupational Therapist 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?

As a Functional Assessor you will work autonomously to assess the cases of claimants who are applying for the Personal Independence Payment (PIP) benefit, as part of the DWPs Health Assessment and Advisory Services (HAAS). The funding helps support individuals to live as much of an independent life as possible. You will be completing assessments with individuals who have an extremely broad range of health conditions, and you even have the opportunity to conduct some of these assessments remotely.

An in-depth training programme is provided which is also fully paid for, so you will feel fully equipped for your new role - plus this role counts towards your clinical hours, so you will maintain and uphold your registration!

An excellent benefits package as a Functional Assessor includes (but not limited to):

• 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

Job responsibilities as a Functional Assessor:

• 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 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 as a Functional Assessor:

• We can only accept applications from Occupational Therapists for this particular vacancy
• HCPC 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

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

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