Location
Golders Green, London

Hours
Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm with hybrid working (3 days at your local assessment centre or more if preferred)

Salary
£46,813.50 per annum with performance-related salary uplifts - the opportunity to increase salary by £2,000 within the first year and further uplifts as you develop new specialist skills. Up to 10% annual bonus (paid quarterly) and up to £2,000 referral reward.

About the Role
Are you an experienced, motivated, high-performing clinician looking for a new way to use your clinical skills while achieving a better work-life balance? As a Functional Assessor with Ingeus, you will carry out functional assessments with claimants face to face, via video and telephone to evaluate their ability to undertake activities of daily living. You will ask focused questions, use active listening and critical reasoning skills to gather accurate information, and produce high-quality, structured clinical reports for submission to the DWP. Your role will also involve reviewing and requesting additional evidence when necessary, clinically triaging cases to determine the correct assessment pathway, and working alongside experienced clinical colleagues to ensure fair and high-quality assessments.

Benefits include a structured training programme to achieve formal DWP accreditation, paid CPD and reimbursed registration fees, 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays with the option to buy more, clear career progression routes within Ingeus and the wider APM Group, and a supportive, clinically led culture.

Experience
Minimum of 12 months post-qualification and registration experience, with at least 12 months practicing as a clinician in the UK.

About you
- Registered with NMC as an Adult Nurse (RGN, RMN, RNLD) or with HCPC as a Physiotherapist, Occupational Therapist, or Paramedic.
- Excellent communication and critical-thinking skills.
- Confident in typing and using computers.
- Open to a formalised training programme to become a DWP approved Functional Assessor.
- Receptive to ongoing constructive feedback to ensure the best claimant experience.
- Comfortable learning different software packages to complete detailed, high-quality reports.
- Thrives in a structured working environment and is looking to use clinical skills in a new way.

Qualifications
Current professional registration with NMC or HCPC as applicable.

Additional Information
This role may not be suitable if you are uncomfortable with technology, dislike writing detailed reports, prefer hands-on clinical care, are not seeking a new direction in your clinical career, do not want to work with targets, or are unable to work onsite for at least 3 days per week.

Inclusion
Ingeus is a Disability Confident Employer and welcomes neurodiverse colleagues. The recruitment process is clear and supportive, with adjustments available to ensure accessibility and inclusivity.