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In January 2020 the Victims’ Payments Regulations 2020 (the 2020 Regulations) were published and the Department of Justice (DoJ) was designated to administer the scheme. In 2021, Troubles Permanent Disablement Payment Scheme (TPDPS) opened for applications from those living with permanent physical or psychological injury caused by a Troubles-Related Incident (TRI) and posthumous applications.
The purpose of the scheme is to acknowledge the harm suffered by those injured in the Troubles and promote reconciliation between people in connection with Northern Ireland’s troubled past.
As a Medical Advisor working within Capita TPDPS, you will embark on a rewarding career, utilising your core skills as a medical doctor in an entirely different way. Working alongside the existing operation of clinical assessors and auditors as a key member of the clinical advisory function, your day-to-day focus will span across a variety of areas to fulfil a multi-skilled role. This includes auditing clinical assessments and providing feedback to front-line assessors, taking part in multi-disciplinary meetings with representation across the TPDPS teams, supporting the clinical support and audit teams with escalated case queries and where required undertake clinical assessments for applicants to the Troubles Permanent Disablement Payment Scheme (TPDPS).
Job Description
Medical Advisor – Northern Ireland
* Full-time 37.5 hours per week (30 hours per week would be considered)
What you’ll be doing:
* To maintain a comprehensive and topical understanding of the prevailing TPDPS Assessment Guide, along with the Clinical Governance guidance notes, pro-actively seeking clarity as needed.
* Meet face to face both physically and/or virtually or review available evidence from applicants to the TPS scheme to determine the permanence of an applicant’s condition and their percentage disablement.
* To quality check a specified volume of submitted reports per week against the audit criteria determined by Clinical Governance and the Victims’ Payment Board (VPB), based on their agreed interpretation of the TPDPS Assessment Guide.
* To provide positive, constructive and impartial advice to clinical assessors, auditors and clinical support in writing and face-to-face enabling them to continually develop in their role.
* Work to ensure the quality and productivity targets, established by Capita TPDPS to meet its contractual Service Level Agreements are met.
* Maintain and evidence personal Continuous Professional Development (CPD), Online Mandatory Training (OMT) and ensure continuing professional registration.
* Develop own clinical knowledge of the impacts of health conditions/disabilities remaining clinically calibrated to the standards set by the Chief Medical Advisor Officer/Clinical Governance function.
Qualifications
What we’re looking for:
Essential:
* A minimum of 2 years’ post-registration experience as a medical doctor
* Fully registered without sanction or conditions of practice with the GMC
* A demonstratable background in a Mental Health/Psychiatric speciality
* A valid full driving licence and access to a car
* Ability to work at pace, set boundaries, manage conversations and keep to timescales
* Ability to relate to people from a range of socio-economic backgrounds, races, religions and cultures
* Report writing skills with an ability to deal with a high percentage of work using a laptop and IT systems
* Experience of clinical effectiveness, quality assurance standards, feedback, peer review, audit methodology and, or impartial review
* Strong analytical skills – familiar with MS Office, particularly Excel/Word and PowerPoint Desirable:
* To have a working understanding of the physiological, pathological, social and cultural issues which underpin TPDPS
* To have demonstrable previous experience of acting as a coach and/or subject matter expert
* To be able to write succinct notes which are suitable for all stakeholders
* To have demonstrable IT skills as the process involves using bespoke IT systems
Desirable:
Experience working in the Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit (IIDB) scheme and/or the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme (AFCS) and/or the War Pension scheme.
Successful candidates will be required to successfully complete government baseline personnel security standard vetting and a Counter Terrorist Check (CTC). This is the recognised standard for the pre-employment screening of individuals with access to information related to the TPDPS.
Additional Information
Your working hours:
The contracted hours for this role is 37.5 per week (full time). A minimum of 30 hours per week would be considered. We’ll consider your work-life balance, as well as the needs of the business, to try and create a working pattern that benefits both of us. Working patterns can be between the hours of 8am and 8pm, Monday to Friday and include an hour for lunch, unpaid. For example, 8am – 4:30pm or 9am – 5:30pm.
What’s in it for you?
£65,000 plus 5% performance incentive
25 days’ holiday (rising to 27 after 5 years) with the opportunity to buy extra leave
Annual professional registration fee reimbursed and supported revalidation
The opportunity to take a paid day out of the office, volunteering for our charity partners or a cause of your choice
Company matched pension, life assurance, a cycle2work scheme, 15 weeks’ fully paid maternity, adoption and shared parental leave, paternity pay of two weeks… and plenty more
Opportunity to purchase discounted benefits designed to suit your lifestyle – from discounts on retail and socialising, to health & wellbeing, travel and technology
Refer a friend reward scheme
Access to the Headspace app for you and up to 5 family or friends
Access to our Employee Network Groups, which represent every strand of diversity and allow colleagues to connect and learn from each other on an open, inclusive platform.
Access to our Employee Assistance Programme.
You’ll get the chance to follow your chosen career path anywhere in Capita. You’ll be joining a network of 41,000 experienced, innovative and dedicated individuals across multiple disciplines and sectors. There are countless opportunities to learn new skills and develop in your career, and we’ll provide the support you need to do just that. Our purpose is to create a better outcome for you.
What we hope you’ll do next:
Choose ‘I'm Interested’ to fill out our short application, so that we can find out more about you.
We’re an equal opportunity employer, which means we’ll consider all suitably qualified applicants regardless of gender identity or expression, ethnic origin, nationality, religion or beliefs, age, sexual orientation, disability status or any other protected characteristic. We recruit and develop our people based on merit and their passion for creating better outcomes, and we’re committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees
We will ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this position will be offered an interview. For further information or to discuss any reasonable adjustments you may need, please contact us on TPSrecruitment@capita.com