Are you looking for something a little bit different but remain in face-face contact with patients? If you are looking for work that involves no nights or weekends this may be the answer. However, there is an opportunity to work in your spare time to augment your income, if you wish to.
If so we have a unique opportunity for you!
The successful candidates will be forwarding their reports to the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) where decisions on benefit entitlement are made. Examinations are performed in one of their 150 Medical Services Examination Centres nation-wide or in the claimant’s home. Full training is given to allow the Registered Medical Practitioners to become specialists in the field of Disability Assessment. Some doctors may wish to progress to obtaining the Diploma of Disability Assessment Medicine (DDAM), approved by the Faculty of Occupational Medicine.
Key attributes
· Ability to assess and examine all of the physical and mental conditions which affect an individual’s capacity to work
· Flexibility to regularly work away from the permanent base
· Motivation to apply skills to other areas of work
· Ability to analyse information and medical evidence and present a report in a concise and professional manner to allow utilisation by a Decision Maker within the DWP
· Able to work as a part of a team and interact with fellow professionals and administrative colleagues who provide support
Proven experience
· Experience as a General Practitioner or experienced in related disciplines which require the exercise of broad based examination, investigation and diagnostic skills
Academic and professional qualifications
· A medical practitioner who has, since full registration, consolidated their clinical skills with a minimum of 3 years’ post registration general medical experience: a background including
· Rehabilitation medicine, disability assessment or psychiatry would be an added advantage
· Full unconditional registration with the General Medical Council
· Professional indemnity cover
· Basic IT skills
Personality profile
· Excellent communication skills
· Ability to apply professional skills
· Ability to contribute to a quality customer service
· Commitment to maximise achievement
· Ability to create effective working relationships
· Honesty, integrity and adherence to customer and claimant confidentiality
Package Summary
Salary
· Basic Salary £53 500 per year
· Out of hours work (overtime) available by agreement
· Paid in arrears on the 20th of each calendar month
· Determined by experience
· Reviewed Annually
GMC
· Doctor renews annual GMC registration and can claim back on company expense