Occupational Therapist Assessor

Meridian Business Support ,
Liverpool, Merseyside
Job Type: Full-time
Salary: £35000 to £37000 Per year

Overview

Occupational Therapist - Disability Assessor Clinical Disciplines - OT Location: Liverpool, L Starting Salary: £35,000 Are you a driven Occupational Therapist (OT) who is seeking a new challenge and looking to improve your work-life balance? Do you want to use your clinical knowledge, skills and decision-making abilities in a new environment? Meridian Business Support is offering an excellent opportunity to work as a Clinical PIP Assessor. You would be conducting face to face assessments with Personal Independence Payment claimants on behalf of the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and produce a report that will be used in the decision-making process. This is an excellent opportunity for clinicians to enhance their assessment skills as well as continuing to develop their clinical skills. There is unrivalled investment in you as an employee and you will earn over 140 hours of CPD in your initial 3 months whilst completing an excellent training academy as you work towards accreditation as a Disability Analyst. All of this goes towards the re-validation support and processes which keep our clinicians at the top of their game Key Information: Must be NMC / HCPC registered 18 months Post Graduate experience Must be IT competent - typing, MS packages Strong interpersonal skills No experience necessary as an assessor - full comprehensive training is provided with full salary from day one. Working Hours - Monday - Friday, Office Hours - (No Weekend's, Nights or Long Days) Core Benefits: Salary enhancements of £1000 after 9-months & 18-months of employment 25 days annual leave (plus all eight bank holidays) Private medical insurance Annual leave (buy/sell) Health screening NMC/HCPC fee reimbursement Continuous Professional Development & support with revalidation A stakeholder pension scheme with employer contributions of up to 10% of basic salary If you are interested in the Disability Assessor position and would like to start an application, then please apply to this advert and a member of recruitment team will be in touchMeridian Business Support is acting on behalf of our Client as a Recruitment Agency.