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Functional Specialist Auditor

Home-Based - GBR, United Kingdom, United KingdomRemotefull_timeVerifiedPosted 6 Aug 2026

💰 £41,500/yr

About the role

We are now recruiting for Functional Specialist Auditors to join our team delivering the Health Assessment Advisory Service (HAAS) at Capita! The successful candidates will play a key role within the business by quality checking (auditing) Assessment Reports written by Functional Specialists to the required standards. Where required, they will also provide appropriate written audit feedback to support the Functional Specialists’ on-going learning and development. In addition to the quality checking processes, they may also support via telephony, virtual or face-to-face activities completing their own reports each month. This is a remote home based role.Job title:Functional Specialist AuditorJob Description:<div>What you'll be doing : <ul><li>Maintain a comprehensive and topical understanding of the prevailing PIPAG and Clinical Guidance from the Clinical Governance Team, pro-actively seeking clarity if required </li></ul></div><div><ul><li>Quality check a specified volume of reports per day against the criteria </li></ul></div><div><ul><li>To provide constructive and impartial advice in the form of audit feedback to FS to enable them to amend and subsequently re-submit fit-for-purpose reports </li></ul></div><div><ul><li>Provide constructive, impartial and supportive advice to FSs who contact the telephone support lines</li></ul></div><div><ul><li>Maintain professional registration and Authority Approval and to act in accordance with the relevant UK Professional Code of Conduct, being accountable for your own practice and professional actions at all times </li></ul></div><div><ul><li>To undertake any other duties, as required by the Business commensurate with the role </li></ul></div><div><ul><li>To be clinically calibrated to the standards set by the Chief Medical Officer and Clinical Management Team. </li></ul></div><div></div><div></div><h2>What we're looking for : </h2><div></div><div><div>Essential :An experienced UK registered Health Professional with a minimum of 12 months’ post-registration experience and current and unrestricted professional registration with any of the following bodies: GMC, NMC, HCPC<ul><li> A minimum of 16 months’ experience as Functional Specialist with current DWP/DfC approval</li></ul></div><div><ul><li>No restrictions pending or in progress to professional registration </li><li>To have an in-depth knowledge of the physiological, pathological, social and cultural issues which underpin the PIP assessment criteria and attention to detail </li></ul><ul><li>To have demonstrable IT skills as the process involves using bespoke IT systems </li></ul><ul><li>To have demonstrable interpersonal skills including oral and written proficiency to enable the writing of succinct audit feedback and discussion records on CRM, listening carefully to others and ensuring dialogue is two-way recognising FS will have a range of experience and tenure </li></ul></div><div>Desirable<ul><li>Experience of clinical effectiveness, quality assurance standards, feedback, peer review, audit methodology and, or impartial review </li></ul></div><div><ul><li>To have a working understanding of clinical governance </li></ul>About HAASThe Health Assessment Advisory Service (HAAS) arranges and carries out assessments for the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and the Department for Communities (DfC). The purpose of the assessm