- Assessment Nurse Pontefract
- Maximus in Pontefract, , United Kingdom
- jobs
- 1 month ago
jobs description
PIP - Nurse Functional Assessor
Monday to Friday - 09:00 – 17:00
Are you a Registered Nurse, Nurse Practitioner or Registered Mental Health Nurse seeking professional growth, flexible working and a better work-life balance?
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 provide a tailored training programme* to help you thrive. You’ll begin with formal training before assessing customers and have ongoing support and mentorship in your role with us.
Duties/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 Independence 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:
• £37,800 salary
• Flexible working – full time, part time and hybrid
• No bank holidays, evenings or weekends
• A recognised accreditation with the University of Salford upon completion of training*
• 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.
Maximus has delivered health assessments on behalf of the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) since 2015. From September, we will deliver the Health Assessment Advisory Service (HAAS), including PIP assessments and Work Capability Assessments, for people who live in Northern England and Scotland.
As a Disability Confident Leader, Maximus will interview any individual who advises that they have a disability, would like to be considered under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme at application and meets the essential criteria of the role.
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Job Types: Full-time, Part-time, Permanent
Pay: From £37,800.00 per year
Additional pay:
• Bonus scheme
Benefits:
• Additional leave
• Bereavement leave
• Company events
• Company pension
• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee mentoring programme
• Enhanced maternity leave
• Enhanced paternity leave
• Financial planning services
• Health & wellbeing programme
• Life insurance
• Referral programme
• Sick pay
• Work from home
Schedule:
• 8 hour shift
• Holidays
• Monday to Friday
• No weekends
• Overtime
Application question(s):
• Do you require sponsorship to work in the UK?
• Are you a Registered Adult Nurse or Mental Health Nurse?
Experience:
• UK-based broad post registration: 1 year (required)
Licence/Certification:
• NMC Registration (required)
Work authorisation:
• United Kingdom (required)
Work Location: Hybrid remote in Pontefract WF8 1DR
Reference ID: 22214
Pontefract United Kingdom