Ingeus
Functional Assessor
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Job Description
Starting Salary: £51,582
Schedule: Full time, Monday - Friday, 9:00am - 5:00pm
Opportunities for Salary Growth:
- Potential to achieve a £2,000 salary uplift over the first 12 months, based on achievement of development milestones.
- Further salary uplifts as you learn new specialist skills from year 2.
- Up to 10% quarterly discretionary bonus.
Benefits:
- 25 days holiday (+ Bank Holidays) with the option to buy more
- Private pension
- Private medical insurance
- Maternity and Parental Leave
- Paid training, CPD, and reimbursed registration fees
- Paid, structured training to achieve formal DWP accreditation
- A high-performing, supportive clinically led culture
- Clear career routes within Ingeus and the wider APM Group
- Online shopping discounts
- Variety of other financial and lifestyle options
- £2,000 refer a friend scheme
What You’ll Be Doing as a Functional Assessor
- Carrying out functional assessments with claimants face-to-face, via video, and telephone to assess their ability to undertake activities of daily living.
- Asking focused questions and using active listening and critical reasoning skills to gather accurate information throughout the claimant assessment.
- Producing high-quality, structured clinical reports on all claimants you assess for submission to the DWP.
- Working alongside other highly experienced clinical colleagues to ensure high-quality and clinically fair assessments for all claimants.
What We’re Looking For
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- Qualifications:
- NMC-registered Adult Nurses (RGN, RMN, RNLD) or HCPC-registered Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists.
- Skills:
- Excellent communication and critical-thinking skills.
- Ability to type and confidence using computers.
About the Role
As a Functional Assessor, you'll continue to utilize your clinical expertise, maintain your registration, and enjoy a better work-life balance. If you have a minimum of 12 months' post-registration experience and have been practicing as a clinician throughout the last year, we'd love to hear from you.
Flexibility and Remote Working
We offer a number of flexible working arrangements that suit those who prefer to work in an Assessment Centre full-time or in a hybrid role. Working hours throughout your training are 9:00am - 5:00pm, Monday to Friday. Once training has been completed (typically around six months), other working patterns are available.
Is This Role Right for You?
Suitable Candidates:
- Thrives on service excellence in a high-performing working environment that offers structure and the opportunity to use clinical skills in a different way.
- Open to a formalized program of training to become a DWP-approved Functional Assessor.
- Receptive to ongoing constructive feedback, ensuring claimants continually get the very best experience.
- Has confidence in their ability to use computers and in learning different software packages to complete detailed, high-quality reports for all claimants assessed.
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This Role May Not Be the Best Match for You If:
- You are not comfortable using or are unfamiliar with technology.
- You dislike writing detailed reports.
- You prefer a more hands-on approach to clinical care.
- You’re not looking for a new direction nor a period of retraining into a new role.
- You don’t enjoy working in an environment with targets.
- You are not looking for a role that requires you to work on-site for some or all of your working week.
Additional Information
At Ingeus, our culture is built on treating everyone with dignity, ensuring every individual feels valued, respected, and recognized for their contribution. As a Disability Confident Employer, we understand that everyone’s journey is different, and we’re committed to making our recruitment process as inclusive and accessible as possible. If you require any support or adjustments—whether that’s help with the application, interview format, or anything else—we’re here to listen and work with you to find the best approach. Our goal is to ensure you can showcase your skills and potential in a way that works for you. Please don’t hesitate to contact us to discuss how we can support you.
Please note, we may shortlist and conduct interviews before the closing date and we may close this role early if we receive enough applications.
Division: HAAS
Employment Type: Full Time / Permanent
Compensation: up to GBP 51,582 per year
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