Paramedic Disability Assessor

Aspect Healthcare; Halifax; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in the UK is seeking a qualified Paramedic to serve as a Disability Assessor. This role involves interpreting medical evidence and conducting assessments to support the Department for Work and Pensions. Candidates must have at least one year of post-registration experience and excellent communication skills. The position offers a generous benefits package, including hybrid working options, training, and progression opportunities.

Benefits

Generous annual-leave package

Fully-paid training programme

Flexible working patterns

Qualifications

• At least 1 year of post-registration experience required.
• UK experience is essential.
• Genuine interest in learning and developing clinical skills.

Responsibilities

• Interpret medical evidence and gather findings into comprehensive reports.
• Conduct assessments via telephone, video, and face-to-face.
• Provide meaningful assessments of health conditions.

Skills

Excellent oral and written communication skills

Ability to work autonomously

Proactive and receptive to feedback

IT competency

Education

Qualified Paramedic

Job description

Overview

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).

Responsibilities

• Interpret medical evidence and gather findings into comprehensive reports to support DWP decision-making processes.
• Conduct assessments across telephone, video, or face-to-face formats in office and home settings.
• Provide respectful and meaningful assessments that consider a diverse range of health conditions and disability impacts on daily life.

Qualifications

• Are you a qualified Paramedic 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?
• 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.
• 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!

Benefits

• An excellent benefits package as a Disability 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.