Job Title: Functional Assessor (Registered Paramedic)
Location: Sunderland
SunderlandContract Type: Permanent
Salary: Starting salary £42,000 with increase to £46,000*
Please Note: Unfortunately, we are not able to support sponsorship to work in the UK at this time.
Join Medacs MedacsHealthcare as a PIP Functional Assessor / Disability Assessor
Are you an NMC‑registered Nurse or HCPC‑registered Paramedic, Physiotherapist or Occupational Therapist ready for a change from frontline clinical work, but keen to continue using your expertise?
As a PIP Functional Assessor / Disability Assessor at Medacs Healthcare, you'll complete Personal Independence Payment (PIP) functional assessments to understand how health conditions affect everyday life. This is a non-hands-on clinical role centred on clinical reasoning, analysis and report writing.
The hybrid working model combines home working with time at one of our assessment centres, offering predictable hours, long-term stability and a healthier work-life balance.
*We offer a starting salary of
£42,000, which will increase to
£46,000 at 12 months once fully accredited and working from a site a minimum of 3 days per week. Annual salary reviews thereafter, performance related incentives and overtime also available.
What you'll do
- Analyse medical evidence and clinical information
- Produce accurate, detailed and evidence‑based evidence‑basedwritten reports
- Work to defined quality standards and clinical frameworks
- Engage positively with feedback and development opportunities
- Collaborate with clinical and administrative colleagues
- Attend the assessment centre as required
What we're looking for
- Registered Nurse (RGN,RGN RMN,RMN RNLD)RNLD, Physiotherapist, Paramedic or Occupational Therapist
- Active NMC NMCor HCPC HCPCregistration with no restrictions
- Minimum 1 year's UK clinical experience
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Confident use of digital systems (35 WPM typing speed)
- Right to work in the UK (sponsorship not available)
- Experience in functional assessment or advisory roles
- Confidence in producing high‑quality high‑qualitywritten clinical reports
What's on offer
- Competitive salary with structured pay progression and bonus potential
- Approval bonus
- Hybrid working arrangement
- Structured hours - no evenings, weekends or bank holidays
- 25 days' days'annual leave plus your birthday off
- NMC/NMCHCPC HCPCfee reimbursement after probation
- Comprehensive training and ongoing clinical support
- Clear progression routes and CPD opportunities
You’ll enjoy this role if you…
- you…Prefer structured assessments and clear clinical frameworks
- Feel confident using computers and learning new clinical systems
- Enjoy writing detailed, high‑quality rhigh‑qualityeports
- Value routine, consistency and a balanced working pattern
- Are keen to learn and develop and open to constructive feedback
This role might not be right for you if you…
- you…Are looking to stay in hands‑on chands‑onlinical care or fast‑paced, fast‑pacedacute settings
- Prefer minimal structure rather than clearly defined processes
- Don't enjoy detailed report writing or written clinical work
- Would find working mainly with digital systems frustrating
- Would be uncomfortable with re‑training fre‑trainingor a different type of clinical role, which includes a comprehensive, supported training programme
- Would feel uncomfortable working in a role with targets and quality measures
Why join Medacs HMedacsealthcare?
Medacs HMedacsealthcare offers a supportive environment led by experienced clinicians, with robust training and long‑term dlong‑termevelopment opportunities in a hybrid working model designed for sustainability and balance.
TS & Cs apply. OTE sOTEubject to meeting eligibility criteria.
Medacs HMedacsealthcare is a Disability Confident Employer and welcomes applications from candidates with disabilities
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