Medical Practitioner

2 weeks ago


Sunderland, United Kingdom Minerva Nursing Full time

**Job Title**:Medical Practitioner

**Location**: Sunderland Assessment Centre

**Location**: Tyne and Wear

**Annual salary**:£72K + excellent benefits

**Hours**:Full or part-time available, Monday to Friday 9 am to 5 pm (Hybrid/flexible working)

**Be great a doctor, a different way to make a difference**

Are you a doctor with acute adult Surgical, Medical, General Practice/Physician experience? who wants to continue helping people but needs a better work-life balance? Minerva is currently working in Partnership with Maximus to recruit Doctors to Join the team.

The Centre for Health and Disability Assessments (CHDA) business, as a Doctor Functional Assessor, you will use your clinical skills differently to help people move forward with their lives.

**What you’ll be doing as a doctor**

That’s why, as part of our team, you won’t be expected to work long days, do night shifts or take work home. Instead, you’ll work in a pattern that gives you a genuine work-life balance - plus the flexibility to make long-term decisions about your future career.

You’ll benefit from our newly implemented hybrid working scheme, where you’ll have the flexibility and support to work in a way that’s right for you - whether that’s at home or in the office. On top of that, you can expect a wide range of benefits designed to help you achieve great things:
**About the role**:
Day-to-day, you’ll carry out assessments to understand how a person's disability or health condition affects their daily life. You’ll listen sensitively to their experiences, ask questions, and use your insights to produce a factual report to help the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) determine their eligibility for benefits. It’s important to work that has a big impact on real lives, so we’ll make sure you get the time you need with each customer to undertake quality and respectful service.

Every assessment is different, and you might work on complex cases involving veterans or customers with neurological conditions, industrial injuries, and respiratory diseases. It’ll be challenging at times, but we’ll support you to manage your caseloads efficiently, to deliver the best service. Our colleagues combine the highest levels of integrity with extensive clinical knowledge to offer the best service possible to our customers.

You’ll benefit from our newly implemented hybrid working scheme, where you’ll have the flexibility and support to work in the office and at home. On top of that, you can expect a wide range of benefits designed to help you achieve great things:
Work-life balance: You won’t be expected to work long days, do night shifts or take work home. Instead, you can work either full-time or part-time hours in a pattern that gives you a genuine work-life balance - plus the flexibility to make long-term decisions about your future career.

**Benefits of joining a successful team**:

- A competitive salary of £72,000
- Supportive working environment with ongoing CPD support
- Plenty of exposure as you develop your skills and clinical knowledge
- Opportunities to explore other roles
- Regular feedback and a coaching tool to help you deliver quality outputs for customers
- Connect with the wider business including the opportunity to join colleague network groups
- Core benefits like our healthcare cash plan
- Voluntary benefits so you can pick the plans that are right for you and your family
- Great work-life balance, no more on calls evening and weekend work
- More quality time to spend with Family
**What we look for in doctors**

A GMC registered doctor with 2 years’ broad post-registration experience FY2 or above.

Acute adult medicine experience (Surgical, Medical, General Practice/Physician)

RTW & live in the UK

Proactive and keen to learn

Excellent oral and written communication skills

Comfortable working towards individual and team targets, in a supportive environment

Comfortable working with a diverse range of conditions, including mental health

This role is a fantastic opportunity to develop your clinical knowledge and hone your assessment skills while helping people move forward with their lives.

Due to COVID 19, most of our doctors are currently undertaking telephone assessments until we can resume face-to-face assessments.

Contact **Fel Johnson** on **WhatsApp messaging** today on **07484641396** or **0203 9592000**

**Job Types**: Full-time, Part-time, Permanent

**Salary**: £72,000.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Company pension
- Employee discount
- Flexible schedule
- Life insurance
- Referral programme
- Sick pay
- Work from home
Schedule:

- Monday to Friday
- No weekends
**Experience**:

- acute adult Surgical, Medical, General Practice/Physician: 2 years (required)
Licence/Certification:

- FULL GMC (required)
Work authorisation:

- United Kingdom (required)



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