Location
Wood Green, London

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

Salary
Starting salary £49,934.40, increasing to £50,934.40 after 12 months, plus benefits including quarterly bonus, private pension and medical insurance. Further salary uplifts available as you learn new specialist skills. Up to 10% annual bonus paid quarterly.

About the Role
Are you an experienced, motivated, high-performing clinician looking to develop, learn and grow? This role offers the opportunity to use your clinical skills in a different way without stepping away from your profession. As a Functional Assessor with Ingeus, you will carry out functional assessments with claimants face to face, via video and telephone to assess their ability to undertake activities of daily living. You will ask focused questions, use active listening and critical reasoning to gather accurate information, and produce high-quality, structured clinical reports for submission to the DWP. You will review and evaluate evidence, request additional information when needed, and clinically triage cases to determine the correct assessment pathway. Working alongside experienced clinical colleagues, you will contribute to delivering high-quality and fair assessments for all claimants. The role includes a structured training programme to achieve formal DWP accreditation, paid CPD, reimbursed registration fees, 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays with the option to buy more, and clear career progression routes within Ingeus and the wider APM Group. You will be part of a high-performing, supportive, clinically led culture.

Experience
Minimum of 12 months post-qualification and registration experience as a practising clinician in the UK within the last 12 months.

About you
- NMC-registered Adult Nurses (RGN, RMN, RNLD), HCPC-registered Physiotherapists or Occupational Therapists.
- Excellent communication and critical-thinking skills.
- Confidence and ability to use computers and learn different software packages.
- Open to a formalised training programme to become a DWP approved Functional Assessor.
- Receptive to ongoing constructive feedback to ensure the best claimant experience.
- Thrives in a structured working environment and enjoys using clinical skills in a new way.

Qualifications
Registered clinician status as above. Formal DWP accreditation will be achieved through the structured training programme provided.

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 enjoy working with targets, or are unable to work on site for at least 3 days a week.