Doctor – Functional Assessor

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Job Title: Doctor Functional Assessor

Location: Bootle

Salary: £72,000 per annum

Job Type: Hybrid Permanent/ Mon-Fri, 9-5 hours


Job Overview

Great opportunities: full-time, part-time, hybrid, and school-time-hours roles

We’re looking for a broad based GMC registered Doctor who enjoy making a difference in people's lives every day.

If you are looking for a break from shift work or are seeking a new, exciting career opportunity to develop and enhance your medical skills, and still be able to utilise your medical skills but differently, helping people, apply and become a Functional Assessor.

You will carry out assessments to understand how a person’s disability or health condition affects their daily life and produce factual reports to help the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) determine their eligibility for benefits.


What we look for:

  • An GMC-registered Doctor with at least 1 year’s broad post-registration experience in the UK
  • A proactive and keen learner with excellent oral and written communication skills
  • Someone comfortable using computer software to type and produce detailed reports
  • An expert clinician comfortable working with a diverse range of conditions, including complex cases and mental health conditions


This role is a great opportunity for registered Doctors to develop their clinical knowledge and hone their assessment skills further, all while helping people move forward with their lives.


Great Benefits Package

  • Competitive Salary: £72,000
  • Opportunities to increase Income (Overtime & Incentives)
  • Annual Bonus scheme
  • Various company-wide benefits that promote financial well-being.
  • We offer Doctors full-time, part-time, and hybrid working opportunities
  • Dedicated team to support with Revalidation and ongoing CPD
  • Protected time for CPD and clinical development, which counts towards revalidation
  • Maternity and Paternity packages for nurses (18 weeks of full maternity Pay) including adoption & surrogacy, and 6 weeks of full paternity pay.
  • Other support includes neonatal/premature paid leave, pregnancy loss paid leave, and child bereavement leave.
  • We offer a Healthcare Cash Plan
  • Pension Plan
  • We offer 25 days of annual leave, increasing to 27 days after five years with the company


Apply with CV if interested or call Raj on 07523 729027

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Location: Bootle
Job Description:

Job Title: Doctor Functional Assessor

Location: Bootle

Salary: £72,000 per annum

Job Type: Hybrid Permanent/ Mon-Fri, 9-5 hours

Job Overview

Great opportunities: full-time, part-time, hybrid, and school-time-hours roles

We’re looking for a broad based GMC registered Doctor who enjoy making a difference in people’s lives every day.

If you are looking for a break from shift work or are seeking a new, exciting career opportunity to develop and enhance your medical skills, and still be able to utilise your medical skills but differently, helping people, apply and become a Functional Assessor.

You will carry out assessments to understand how a person’s disability or health condition affects their daily life and produce factual reports to help the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) determine their eligibility for benefits.

What we look for:

  • An GMC-registered Doctor with at least 1 year’s broad post-registration experience in the UK
  • A proactive and keen learner with excellent oral and written communication skills
  • Someone comfortable using computer software to type and produce detailed reports
  • An expert clinician comfortable working with a diverse range of conditions, including complex cases and mental health conditions

This role is a great opportunity for registered Doctors to develop their clinical knowledge and hone their assessment skills further, all while helping people move forward with their lives.

Great Benefits Package

  • Competitive Salary: £72,000
  • Opportunities to increase Income (Overtime & Incentives)
  • Annual Bonus scheme
  • Various company-wide benefits that promote financial well-being.
  • We offer Doctors full-time, part-time, and hybrid working opportunities
  • Dedicated team to support with Revalidation and ongoing CPD
  • Protected time for CPD and clinical development, which counts towards revalidation
  • Maternity and Paternity packages for nurses (18 weeks of full maternity Pay) including adoption & surrogacy, and 6 weeks of full paternity pay.
  • Other support includes neonatal/premature paid leave, pregnancy loss paid leave, and child bereavement leave.
  • We offer a Healthcare Cash Plan
  • Pension Plan
  • We offer 25 days of annual leave, increasing to 27 days after five years with the company

Apply with CV if interested or call Raj on 07523 729027

Posted: May 13th, 2026