Overview

Do good.
Be great.
Are you a nurse who wants to continue helping people but needs a better work/life balance? At Maximus, you dont need to compromise.
Join our Centre for Health and Disability Assessments CHDA business as a Functional Assessor a trusted health provider role and work as part of a diverse team of registered nurses, medical practitioners and healthcare professionals to help people move forward with their lives.
Job Summary What youll be doing Daytoday, youll carry out assessments to understand how a person’s disability or health condition affects their daily life.
Youll listen sensitively to their experiences, ask questions and use your insights to produce a factual report to help the Department for Work and Pensions DWP determine their eligibility for benefits.
Its important work that has a big impact on real lives, so well make sure you get the time to build a relationship with each customer you speak with.
Itll be challenging at times, and its a targetfocused environment, so well support you to manage your caseloads efficiently in order to deliver the best service.
A career without compromises Our healthcare colleagues are the driving force of our business.
Thats why, as part of our team, you wont be expected to work long days, do night shifts or take work home.
Instead, youll work in a pattern that gives you a genuine worklife balance plus the flexibility to make longterm decisions about your future career.
On top of that, you can expect a wide range of benefits designed to help you achieve great things.
That includes a competitive starting salary of 39,500 46,300 London weighting, a supportive working environment and the opportunity to gain plenty of exposure as you develop your clinical knowledge.
Education and Experience Requirements What we look for Youll need to be an NMC registered nurse with broad postregistration experience.
If youre also proactive, keen to learn and have excellent oral and written communication skills, youll make a great addition to the team.
From working with a diverse range of customers to handling challenging situations, this role is a fantastic opportunity to develop your clinical knowledge while making a difference to peoples lives.
To do well, youll be comfortable working towards targets, open to give and receive feedback and have good IT knowledge.
Previous experience of functional or disability assessment is a plus, but not essential well help you do your best work and complete functional assessments to the highest standards through a formal training programme.
Due to COVID 19 most of our nurses are currently undertaking telephone assessments until we can resume facetoface assessments.
Who we are Maximus operates several business lines in the UK, including the Centre for Health and Disability Assessments CHDA, Remploy, Health Management and Revitalised.
Our 3,800 colleagues include over 1,400 doctors, nurses, occupational therapists and other healthcare professionals who play a vital role in improving the lives of millions of people.
We have over 270 locations across England, Scotland and Wales and were one of the largest providers of employment, health and disability support programmes in the country.
Essential Job Duties As a nurse within our CHDA business, youll undertake a combination of filework and facetoface assessments in relation to a variety of benefits.
These assessments will focus on how a health condition or disability affects a persons daytoday life.
Youll then utilise various IT platforms to support you in the clinical decisionmaking and produce a written report for the DWP.
Undertake a combination of filework and facetoface assessments in relation to a variety of benefits.
Use IT software programmes to support clinical decision making when undertaking filework facetoface assessments.
Provide comprehensive reports to enable decision makers at DWP to make informed decisions regarding benefit claims.
Ensure that professional practice standards and best practice are maintained in all areas of work.
Analyse and interpret clin

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