Nurse/OT/Physio? Swap Shifts for 9-5 - Disability Assessor - £50k-£51k
6 days ago
Hitchin
Functional / Disability Assessor (WCA) Swap shift work for a 9–5 — and get paid more for using the clinical skills you already have. Salary: £50,000 starting salary (pathway-dependent) + guaranteed uplifts + bonuses Location: 66 Bancroft, Hitchin, Hertfordshire, SG5 1LL — office-based during training, 50/50 hybrid after Working Hours: Monday–Friday, 9am–5pm. No nights. No weekends. No on-call. If you're an NMC or HCPC-registered professional who loves the clinical side of the job but is tired of the toll shift work takes on your health, your family, and your life outside work — this is a genuine career change, not just a new job. You'll use the same skills you use every day — clinical reasoning, evidence analysis, communication, empathy — to assess how health conditions affect people's daily lives, and turn that into clear, professional reports. No hands-on treatment, no physical strain, no unsociable hours. • Conducting face-to-face, phone, or video consultations with people living with a wide range of physical and mental health conditions, • Reviewing medical evidence and applying your clinical judgement to assess functional capacity, • Writing clear, objective, evidence-based reports, • Bringing empathy and professionalism to every interaction, with the highest standards of confidentiality MilestoneSalary Starting£50,000 12 months£51,000 • 5% one-off bonus on approval, • Up to 10% annual performance bonus, paid quarterly, • Overtime at 1.5x pay once approved, • Optional upskilling for further salary boosts — File Handling (WCA, +£500) and Auditing (PIP & WCA, +£500), • 12 weeks fully paid training — set up for success from day one, • 50/50 hybrid working after training, • 25 days holiday + Bank Holidays, with the option to buy more, • 6% employer pension contribution, • ShareSave scheme, a paid volunteering day, wellbeing support, and lifestyle discounts, • Active NMC, HCPC, or GPhC registration — Nurse (RGN, RMN, RNLD), Occupational Therapist, Physiotherapist, Paramedic, or Pharmacist, • Minimum 1 year post-qualification clinical experience (adult experience, as you'll assess ages 16–65), • Strong communication, listening, and analytical skills, plus confident report writing and IT use, • Full Right to Work in the UK required (sponsorship not available) #J-18808-Ljbffr