PIP Paramedic Functional Assessor – Hybrid
Date: Monday, August 12, 2024
City: Burnley
Country: United Kingdom
Working time: Full-time
Description & Requirements
PIP - Paramedic Functional Assessor
Monday to Friday - 09:00 – 17:00
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
* Conduct telephone, video, or face-to-face assessments to understand how a person’s disability or health condition affects their daily life.
* Produce Personal Independent Payment (PIP) reports to help the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) determine a person’s eligibility for benefits.
* Develop your clinical knowledge and assessment skills with the support of regular feedback and supervision.
Requirements
* Valid HCPC registration number.
* At least 1 year of broad post-registration experience gained within or outside of an NHS ambulance trust.
* You MUST have the right to work in the UK – we cannot offer sponsorships.
* Excellent oral and written communication skills.
* Comfortable using computer software to type and produce detailed reports.
What we offer
* £37,800 salary with the opportunity for a £1,500 additional skills allowance.
* Flexible working – full time, part time, and hybrid.
* Leading maternity and paternity paid leave.
* Bank holidays plus 25 days’ holiday with the option to buy or sell 5 days.
* Ongoing CPD, clinical development, and reimbursed validation fees.
* £2,000 for referring a friend.
* Life insurance and Medicash Healthcare Cash Plan.
* In-person clinical conferences held annually.
Join us and become part of a team that's making a real difference to people’s lives.
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