Nurse Functional Assessor - Hybrid Working

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• Functional Assessor Location: Bishop Aukland Salary: £39,500 Full & Part time offers available. Home Working opportunities available. Everpool Recruitment are currently recruiting Registered Nurses for an exciting and challenging opportunity to become a qualified Functional Assessor. This role will require you to use your broad-based medical experience and nursing skills to carry out health assessments and examinations with individuals who are living with longer-term disabilities and illnesses who are applying for a government-funded benefit. This benefit is awarded to people who have a limited or no capability for employment as a result of living with a health condition or disability. As a Functional Assessor, you will not be required to treat, advise, refer, diagnose, or rehabilitate but assess how disabilities and illnesses may impact on a persons functionality in performing work-related activity. As part of the consultation process, you will be required to compile clear and concise evidence-based reports using your findings from each assessment, which will then be submitted to assist with the decision-making process. This is a permanent position with full-time and part-time working hours available. Standard working hours are 9:00am5:00pm and you will not be required to work weekends, nights, or bank holidays . Duties & Responsibilities To undertake a combination of file-work and face-to-face/telephone assessments of customers in relation to a variety of benefits and provide a report to the DWP. File-work involves reviewing medical evidence in a written or electronic format to determine the suitability of a face-to-face/telephone assessment. To use IT software programmes to support clinical decision making when undertaking file-work and examinations. Work well as part of a multidisciplinary team and build positive working relationships with both clinical colleagues and administrative support staff. BenefitsPackage Hybrid working pattern available (work up to 50% from home) NMC registration fee reimbursement Pension scheme Holiday trading (buy/sell annual leave) 25 days annual leave ( bank holidays) Life insurance Critical illness cover Dental insurance Healthcare cash plan Employee assistance programme If you are interested in this opportunity and would like to have a confidential discussion, please contactOlivia Forsyth on 074
• 256
• 75166 or via email at Oforsyth Everpoolrecruitment . com for more information. Alternatively, please apply to this advert and a consultant from the team will be in touch.