Private Medical jobs in Essex

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Are you an HCPC-registered Occupational Therapist looking for a clinically meaningful role with real work–life balance? Join Ingeus as a Functional Assessor and use your assessment, reasoning and rehab skills in a new and rewarding way.

Why Occupational Therapists Choose This Role

• Diverse caseload across physical, neurological, cognitive and mental health conditions
• Structured assessments — no hands-on treatment
• Hybrid working and predictable hours
• Fully paid training and ongoing CPD

If you’ve submitted a recent application for an assessor role at Ingeus, it’s under review and there’s no need to reapply

A Note on Experience

To be considered, you must have:

• At least 12 months of UK-based post-registration experience
• Broad clinical exposure — not only MSK
• Been a practising clinician in the UK for at least the last 12 months
• Strong written communication and clinical reasoning

Applicants who have not been practising with the required skills for the last 12 months in the UK cannot be shortlisted.

What You’ll Do

• Complete functional assessments via phone, video or in person
• Review medical evidence and identify functional impact
• Ask focused clinical questions to gather detail
• Produce high-quality, objective clinical reports for DWP

Benefits

• Competitive salary + up to 10% bonus
• £1000 performance related salary uplift within the first 12 months following training and achieving Functional Assessor approval
• Further salary uplifts aligned to new skills & development will continue to apply from year 2
• 25 days annual leave + BH
• Hybrid working
• Private pension & PMI
• Paid CPD + HCPC fee reimbursement
• £2,000 referral scheme

Requirements

• HCPC-registered Occupational Therapist
• 1+ year UK-based post-registration experience
• Broad clinical background
• Strong IT and report-writing skills

Ingeus are a registered Disability Confident employer. We welcome neurodiverse colleagues and provide a detailed breakdown of our application, screening, and interview process. For assistance or alternative formats during the recruitment process, please speak to your recruiter.

*Please note that all new starters will be required to attend 9 weeks of full-time induction & training at the start of employment

SEP1AS

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: £41,612.00-£51,934.40 per year

Benefits:

• Additional leave
• Bereavement leave
• Company events
• Company pension
• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee discount
• Employee mentoring programme
• Enhanced maternity leave
• Enhanced paternity leave
• Financial planning services
• Health & wellbeing programme
• Life insurance
• Paid volunteer time
• Private dental insurance
• Private medical insurance
• Referral programme
• Sick pay
• Transport links
• Work from home

Application question(s):

• What sort of passport do you have? If no UK passport, what sort of visa/work permit do you have?

Experience:

• UK-based broad post registration: 1 year (required)
• working with a wide range of adult conditions: 1 year (required)

Licence/Certification:

• permit to work WITHOUT SPONSORSHIP in the UK (required)
• Physio/OT/paramedic HCPC or Adult NMC license (required)

Work authorisation:

• United Kingdom (required)

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Chelmsford