Functional Assessor – Nurse, Physio, Paramedic or OT
Hybrid Working (2 days from home/3 days in the Assessment Centre)
If you’re a clinician with broad experience across multiple adult conditions and want structured work with predictable hours, this role offers a alternative to traditional practice.
If your experience has been focused on a single speciality or limited patient group, this role is unlikely to be the right fit.
This is not a hands-on clinical role. It is report-based and requires strong report writing skills and comfort with structured frameworks.
The Role
As a Functional Assessor with Ingeus, you’ll use your clinical reasoning to assess how health conditions impact daily living.
You will:
- Conduct telephone, video or face-to-face assessments
- Review medical evidence and complete clinical triage
- Use focused questioning and active listening
- Produce clear, structured reports to strict standards that enable DWP decision making.
What You Need
To be considered, you must have:
- NMC or HCPC registration with no restrictions
- Minimum 12 months’ recent UK post-registration experience
- Have been a practicing as a clinician in the UK over the last 12 months.
- Experience working with a wide range of adult conditions across different clinical scenarios
- Strong written communication skills and be comfortable using computers.
- High attention to detail and objectivity
This role will suit clinicians who:
- Are confident assessing varied health conditions (physical, mental health, long-term)
- Can adapt their clinical reasoning across different patient presentations
- Are comfortable producing detailed written reports
Training & Working Pattern
- 6 months supported training to achieve DWP approval
- Hybrid working post-training
- Full-time hours with predictable schedule
Pay & Benefits
- Up to 10% annual bonus (paid quarterly)
- Starting salary - £49,934. Salary at 12 months - £50,934
- Further salary uplifts aligned to new skills & development will continue to apply from year 2
- £2,000 referral scheme
- 25 days leave + BH
- CPD + registration fees paid
- Private pension & medical
If you’ve applied recently, your application is already under review so there’s no need to reapply.
Ingeus is a Disability Confident Employer. We welcome neurodiverse colleagues and provide a clear, supportive, step-by-step recruitment process. If you require adjustments or alternative formats, our recruitment team will be happy to help.
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Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Pay: £50,934.40 per year
Benefits:
- Additional leave
- Bereavement leave
- Company events
- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Employee discount
- Employee mentoring programme
- Enhanced maternity leave
- Enhanced paternity leave
- Financial planning services
- Health & wellbeing programme
- Life insurance
- Paid volunteer time
- Private dental insurance
- Private medical insurance
- Referral programme
- Sick pay
- Transport links
- Work from home
Application question(s):
- What sort of passport do you have? If no UK passport, what sort of visa/work permit do you have?
- Job ref 502521 - Will you be able to work at our Wood Green Assessment Centre for 3 days each week (N22 6UU)?
Experience:
- UK-based broad post registration: 1 year (required)
- working with a wide range of adult conditions: 1 year (required)
Licence/Certification:
- permit to work WITHOUT SPONSORSHIP in the UK (required)
- Physio/OT/paramedic HCPC or Adult NMC license (required)
Work authorisation:
- United Kingdom (required)
Work Location: Hybrid remote in London N22 6UU
