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Job Title: Registered Medical Practitioner

Business Area & Location: Medical Services Centres – throughout UK

Reporting Line: Medical Manager


Overview of role and main responsibilities
Registered Medical Practitioners use their clinical expertise to carry out medical examinations and provide medical advice on people who claim various types of benefit. They forward their reports to the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) where decisions on benefit entitlement are made. Examinations are performed in one of our 150 Medical Services Examination Centres nation-wide or in the claimant’s home. Full training is given to allow our 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.

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.


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 broadbased 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