PIP Nurse Assessor – Hybrid

Avature; Liverpool; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking compassionate Registered Nurses or Nurse Practitioners to join their team as Nurse Functional Assessors. This role offers the chance to utilize your clinical expertise to assess how disabilities and health conditions affect individuals' lives. With a tailored training program and ongoing mentorship, you will be supported as you navigate complex cases involving both physical and mental health. Embrace the opportunity for professional growth while enjoying flexible working arrangements and a rewarding career that truly makes a difference in people's lives. If you are ready to take the next step in your nursing career, this is the role for you.

Benefits

Flexible working options

Leading maternity and paternity leave

25 days holiday plus bank holidays

Ongoing CPD and clinical development

£2,000 referral bonus

Life insurance

Medicash Healthcare Cash Plan

Annual clinical conferences

Qualifications

• Must have valid NMC registration and at least 1 year of relevant experience.
• Strong communication skills and ability to use software for reports.

Responsibilities

• Conduct assessments to understand health impacts on daily life.
• Produce reports for benefits eligibility determination.
• Develop clinical knowledge with ongoing support.

Skills

Excellent oral and written communication skills

Clinical knowledge

Assessment skills

Computer software usage

Education

Valid NMC registration

Post-registration experience

Job description

Are you a Registered Nurse, Nurse Practitioner or Registered Mental Health Nurse seeking professional growth, flexible working and a better work-life balance?

About the role

As a Nurse Functional Assessor at Maximus, you'll use your clinical expertise to understand how a person's disability or health condition affects their daily life. You’ll work on complex cases involving physical and mental health conditions and chronic pain disorders, while your compassion and experience helps customers move forward with their lives.

The role can be both challenging and rewarding, which is why we offer a tailored training programme to help you thrive. You'll begin with 6 weeks of training before assessing customers and have ongoing support and mentorship in your role with us.

Duties and responsibilities

• Conduct telephone, video or face-to-face assessments to understand how a person's disability or health condition affects their daily life.
• Produce Personal Independent Payment (PIP) reports to help the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) determine a person’s eligibility for benefits.
• Develop your clinical knowledge and assessment skills with the support of regular feedback and supervision.

Requirements

• Valid NMC registration number.
• At least 1 year of broad post-registration adult or mental health experience gained within or outside of the NHS.
• You MUST have the right to work in the UK – we cannot offer sponsorships.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Comfortable using computer software to type and produce detailed reports.

What we offer

• Flexible working – full time, part time and hybrid.
• Leading maternity and paternity paid leave.
• Bank holidays plus 25 days’ holiday with the option to buy or sell 5 days.
• Ongoing CPD, clinical development and reimbursed validation fees.
• £2,000 for referring a friend.
• Life insurance and Medicash Healthcare Cash Plan.
• In-person clinical conferences held annually.

Join us and become part of a team that's making a real difference to people’s lives.