Job Description
Job Title: Physiotherapist Functional Assessor ESA
Location: Aberdeen Assessment Centre
Area: Aberdeen City
Annual salary: £39.5K + excellent benefits package
Hours: Hours of work: Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm
Full time/part time opportunities available hybrid/flexible working available
About the role
Join our knowledgeable multidisciplinary team, and you’ll have the opportunity to contribute to the high quality, respectful service we’re proud to provide.
As a Functional Physiotherapist Assessor, Day-to-day, you’ll carry out telephone, video, or face-to-face assessments to understand how a person's disability or health condition affects their daily life. You’ll listen 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. It’s important work that has a big impact on real lives, so we’ll make sure you get the time you need with each customer to undertake a quality and respectful service.
Every assessment is different. You will work on a variety of cases across a range of conditions. It’ll be challenging at times, but we’ll support you to manage your caseloads efficiently, to deliver the best service. Our colleagues combine the highest levels of integrity with extensive clinical knowledge to offer the best service possible to our customers.
You will receive full training delivered over 22 days, and lots of opportunity to access further training and professional development, our Physiotherapist will have the opportunity to access our Healthcare Practitioners Career Pathway taking your salary up to £43.8K
What we look for
Our colleagues are the driving force behind delivering an excellent service. That’s why we go to great lengths to ensure that while they’re taking care of customers, we’re taking care of them.
· A HCPC registered physiotherapist with 1 year’s broad post-registration experience
· Someone who’s proactive and keen to learn.
· Excellent oral and written communication skills
· Comfortable working towards individual and team targets, in a supportive environment
· Comfortable working with a diverse range of conditions, including mental health.
What we offer
§ Competitive salary: of £39,5K pa. with the opportunity for career progression taking your salary up to £43.8K pa.
§ Flexible working arrangements: you won’t be expected to work long days, do night shifts or take work home. Instead, you can work full time, part time or hybrid in a pattern that gives you genuine work life balance.
§ Clinical development: we support your continuing medical education and provide time for clinical study with ongoing CPD support.
§ Career development: we offer training programmes to develop your skills and clinical knowledge, as well as opportunities for progression at every stage of your career – including opportunities to explore other roles within organisation. The Physio Development Pathway – please ass for details
§ Revalidation support: we support you through the process and refund the cost of your revalidation.
§ Supportive culture: we offer regular feedback and a coaching tool to help you deliver quality outputs for customers and thrive in your career with us.
§ Inclusive environment: as a Disability Confident Leader we are committed to creating a fair, inclusive workplace for all. Join one of our colleague networks and champion DE&I initiatives and shape our inclusive culture.
§ Excellent benefits: we offer a wide range of core and voluntary benefits that can be tailored to meet your needs and personal circumstances.
From working with a diverse range of customers to handling challenging situations, this role is a fantastic opportunity to develop your clinical knowledge and hone your assessment skills, while helping people move forward with their lives.
Apply directly through Minerva:
Minerva Nursing, we offer the following bespoke support to all new applicants during the recruitment process. We offer CV advice, coaching with interview skills and techniques prior to all Interviews taking place.
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Job Types: Full-time, Part-time, Permanent
Salary: £39,500.00-£43,860.00 per year
Benefits:
- Company pension
- Flexitime
- Life insurance
- Private dental insurance
- Private medical insurance
- Work from home
Schedule:
- Flexitime
- Monday to Friday
Ability to commute/relocate:
- Aberdeen: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
Experience:
- Acute broad-base UK: 1 year (required)
Licence/Certification:
Work authorisation:
- United Kingdom (required)
Work Location: Hybrid remote in Aberdeen
Reference ID: Fel