Disability Assessor - Gateshead, United Kingdom - Medacs Healthcare

Medacs Healthcare

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Gateshead, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Salary
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£35,000 - £37,000 (Plus OTE £3,500)

Shifts
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Full/part time available

Location
:
Gateshead
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Disability Assessor_

Calling all Registered Nurses (RGN, RMN or RNLD), Paramedics, Physiotherapists or Occupational Therapists with over 1 years' experience.

Are you looking for a new challenge with an improved work life balance?

The Clinical Assessor role is a hybrid position with no shifts, weekends, or unsociable hours. You will also get bank holidays off plus additional leave for your birthday

As a hybrid position, your time will be split between working from home and your nearest assessment centre.

What we offer:

Starting salary of £35,000 with uplifts of £1000 at 6 and 12 months* + optional overtime following probation
Flexible working solutions

- £2500 refer a friend scheme

Reimbursement of NMC/HCPC fee following probation.
Regular training to support CPD and revalidation.
25 days annual leave plus an extra 5 days dependant on service
Holiday buy back/sell scheme + additional birthday leave
Fantastic opportunities for promotion and professional growth
Employee Assistance Programme and access to the wellbeing Calm app
Company pension scheme + life assurance cover and more
Employee recognition award schemes
Discounts for 100s of stores and memberships with our Lifestyle platform

About the role

As a Clinical Assessor, you'll carry out a mixture of telephone, video and face-to-face assessments with claimants covering a wide range of disabilities and health conditions.

Working independently, you will be using your clinical skills to assess, examine, talk, listen, and submit detailed reports of health conditions affecting their daily life.

Our assessors combine the highest levels of integrity with extensive clinical knowledge to offer the best service possible to our customers.

What we look for

Registered Nurse (RGN, RMN, RNLD), Paramedic, Physiotherapist or Occupational Therapist
1year postregistration experience
Current NMC/HCPC registration with no restrictions
Strong interest in report writing and attention to detail.
Excellent communication, organisation, and time management skills
Fully competent in Microsoft Office with the ability to navigate various IT systems.
A minimum typing speed of 40 words per minute
Ability to work under pressure in a busy environment and experience working in various clinical settings.
Following the recent announcement of the successful bidders to deliver the Functional Assessment Services contract, I am pleased to share that Medacs Healthcare will remain a supplier at our existing sites across the North East & Yorkshire, and will continue to deliver PIP assessments on behalf of Maximus._

*Terms and conditions apply

Job Types:
Full-time, Part-time, Permanent

Part-time hours: 37.5 per week

Salary:
From £35,000.00 per year

Benefits:

Company pension
Flexitime
Health & wellbeing programme
Onsite parking
Referral programme
Work from home

Schedule:

Day shift
Flexitime
Monday to Friday
No weekends
Overtime

Supplemental pay types:

Bonus scheme
Performance bonus

Ability to commute/relocate:

Gateshead, NE11 0HW: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Application question(s):

Are you a qualified Adult Nurse, Physiotherapist, Paramedic or Occupational Therapist?
Are you able to commute to our office in Gateshead within 1 hour?

Experience:

- clinical: 1 year (required)

Licence/Certification: