Pip Clinical Assessor - Hamilton, United Kingdom - NHS Scotland
Description
_ Please note:
Although this post will be exclusively working from home, you may on occasions be required to attend base at Beckford Street, Hamilton in line with demands of the service.
_There are currently vacancies available within the following health board region;
- Lanarkshire
Adult/Mental Health & Learning Disabilities), Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists and Paramedics. Our aim is deliver a respectful and dignified approach to disability assessment.
Ensuring high quality, consistent and continuous service delivery of Personal Independence Payment assessments on behalf of the Department of working pensions (DWP).
The role involves carrying out consultations with claimants making a claim for Personal Independence Payment (PIP) in relation to a physical, mental, cognitive and sensory impairment or disability.
With remote training being provided over 8 weeks and on-going support via our in-house training team, you will journey through a learning curve that provides professional and personal development, enhances existing skills and encourages peer support and mentoring.
- Clinical knowledge of a wide range of conditions/disabilities
- Effective listening, communication and interpersonal skills
- Excellent time management skills
- Competent IT and typing skills
- Exclusive working from home
- Formal DWP disability analyst accreditation
- Full and part time hours available (minimum 22.5 hours/3 days)
- Comprehensive training
- Ongoing in house trainer/mentor support
- A dedicated mentor
- 48 weekly rolling coaching programme
- Your professional revalidation requirements
- 27 days annual leave in your first year rising to 33 after ten years
- 8 days public holiday
You must have valid NMC/HCPC registration.
You will have relevant post graduate training with relevant post registration experience within an NHS or similar healthcare environment working with clients with complex health conditions.
Informal enquiries regarding the post will be welcomed by Lynn Crockett, Deputy PIP Service Manager on
- 'In NHS Lanarkshire we are committed to recruiting a workforce that fully reflects the diverse make-up of our society. A place where every individual can thrive, develop and succeed based on skill, knowledge and talent, regardless of race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, care experienced* or any other dimension that can be used to differentiate people from one another._
- _Care experienced applicants are people who live/have lived with foster parents/kinship carers or who live/have lived in a residential children's setting/secure unit.'
- Whilst this advertisement may be for a specific post(s) in a particular location, applicants who are shortlisted for interview may be considered for similar vacancies in alternative locations._
- NHS Lanarkshire has a legal obligation to ensure that it does not employ any worker who has not been granted the relevant permission to work in the UK. This permission is without exception granted by the UK Border Agency. We are required to check the entitlement to work in the UK of all prospective employees, regardless of nationality or job category._
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