General information
Job Posting Title PIP Paramedic Functional Assessor – Hybrid Date Friday, June 14, 2024 City Bradford Country United Kingdom Working time Full-time
Description & Requirements
PIP - Paramedic Functional Assessor
Bradford
Monday to Friday - 09:00 – 17:00
£37,800
Do good. Be great as a paramedic.
Are you a Paramedic seeking flexible working, a better work-life balance and a rewarding career outside of the ambulance service?
About the role
As a Paramedic Functional Assessor at Maximus, you'll use your clinical responder experience to understand how a person's disability or health condition affects their daily life. You’ll work on complex cases involving physical and mental health conditions and chronic pain disorders, while your compassion and experience helps customers move forward with their lives.
The role can be both challenging and rewarding, which is why we provide a tailored training programme to help you thrive. You'll begin with 6 weeks of training before assessing customers and have ongoing support and mentorship in your role with us.
Duties and responsibilities
1. Conduct telephone, video or face-to-face assessments to understand how a person’s disability or health condition affects their daily life
2. Produce Personal Independent Payment (PIP) reports to help the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) determine a person’s eligibility for benefits
3. Develop your clinical knowledge and assessment skills with the support of regular feedback and supervision
Requirements
4. Valid HCPC registration number
5. At least 1 year of broad post-registration experience gained within or outside of an NHS ambulance trust
6. You MUST have the right to work in the UK – we cannot offer sponsorships
7. Excellent oral and written communication skills
8. Comfortable using computer software to type and produce detailed reports
What we offer
9. £37,800 salary with the opportunity for a £1,500 additional skills allowance
10. Flexible working – full time, part time and hybrid
11. No bank holidays, evenings or weekends
12. Leading maternity and paternity paid leave
13. Bank holidays plus 25 days’ holiday with the option to buy or sell 5 days
14. Ongoing CPD, clinical development and reimbursed validation fees
15. £2,000 for referring a friend
16. Life insurance and Medicash Healthcare Cash Plan
17. In-person clinical conferences held annually
Join us and become part of a team that's making a real difference to people’s lives.