Functional Assessor (Nurse)

Are you a nurse looking for a company that shares your values?

Hybrid role | 60% Face to Face / 40% Home based

Starting salary from £42,985.20 per annum (location dependent)

Behind every assessment is a person who deserves to feel heard and understood.

At Advo Health, we support people at key moments in their lives. As part of the Ascenti Group, we deliver clinically led, high-quality assessment services that help individuals understand how their health affects their everyday activities and independence.

Our work is grounded in fairness, compassion and clinical integrity. Every assessment you complete plays an important role in ensuring claimants feel listened to, treated respectfully and supported throughout their journey.

If you are healthcare professional looking to step away from hands-on clinical pressures, without stepping away from purpose, this could be the next chapter in your career.

About the role

As a Functional Assessor, your clinical knowledge will be utilised in a different but highly meaningful setting. You will work on either:

• PIP (Personal Independence Payment) or
• WCA (Work Capability Assessment)

Our Talent Team will support you in identifying the most suitable benefit based on your background and experience.

There is no requirement for previous Functional Assessor experience. Full training is provided.

This is a hybrid role, with up to 3 days per week working face-to-face in an assessment centre and the remainder of the week working remotely from home, offering structure and flexibility, with no evenings or weekend shifts.

Salary and benefits

• £42,985.20 - £45,134.46 per annum (location dependent)
• Bonus up to 10% of salary once fully accredited
• Annual salary reviews
• Professional membership fees covered
• 25 days annual leave + bank holidays
• Hybrid working and flexibility
• Paid training and ongoing clinical support
• Free physiotherapy and wellbeing services
• Discounts, rewards and charity time gifting

You can learn more about the benefits of working at Advo Health here.

Key responsibilities

• Holding telephone, video or in-person consultations with people who are applying for the Personal Independence Payment (PIP) benefit or a Work Capability Assessment (WCA).
• Assessing a variety of complex conditions and impairments.
• Using your strong verbal communication skills and writing high-quality, fair and accurate assessment reports using a specialist IT system.
• Working with your line manager to advance your own professional development and career as a Functional Assessor.

Essential experience and qualifications

• Minimum of 12 months post-registration experience working as a Nurse (RGN, RMN, RNLD).
• You must hold full registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC).

Our goal is for Advo Health to be a workplace that creates a sense of belonging for everyone. This means that we actively work to promote equal opportunities across all that we do, including when we recruit new talent.