Job Title: Occupational Health Physician / Pension Scheme Medical Adviser
Contract Permanent- full-time or part-time hours available (minimum 2 days per week)
Location Home based, fully remote
Salary: Competitive, dependent on experience
As a Scheme Medical Adviser (SMA) at Medigold Health, you will play a key role in in assessing ill-health retirement and injury benefit applications and delivering pensions medical advice to support our clients, in the public and private sector.
You will be part of a dedicated team ensuring the highest standards of pensions medical advice while using Medigold Health’s internal systems to maintain accurate medical records and deliver an efficient, scheme compliant service.
While previous pensions experience is preferable, full training will be provided. You will also have one-to-one support and mentoring from senior Scheme Medical Advisers and regular contact with peers through team meetings, in addition to access to wider internal CPD opportunities within Medigold Health.
This is an exciting opportunity to develop your skills in a fascinating, stimulating, and often complex and challenging area, in order to support pension trustees and other delegated authorities to undertake their responsibilities in a procedurally and legally compliant way.
Main Objectives
The delivery of the Pensions Medical Services to Medigold Health clients and to ensure that the provision of the pensions medical advice is, at all times, of the highest standard.
To ensure best practice, including a standardised approach to pensions medical assessments, which are fair, objective and compliant with relevant regulatory requirements.
Specific Responsibilities
Provide medical advice as Scheme Medical Adviser on the applicability of pension scheme criteria in individual cases. Work may include reviews of existing awards and appeals, in addition to injury benefit assessments.
Utilise Medigold’s internal medical records database and diary system to ensure that the clinical procedures are fulfilled.
In general pensions work is system-based and remote with no direct contact with the pension scheme member, so Scheme Medical Advisers work from home.
Liaise with Administrators/Team Leaders regarding both client and pension scheme member queries (with support from Senior Scheme Medical Advisers as appropriate).
Requirements for this role
AFOM is the minimum qualification required, but preferably MFOM or FFOM
Current GMC registration and licence to practise in the UK
At least 3 years of experience in occupational medicine
Previous pensions experience is desirable but not essential
Excellent analytical and report writing skills, with attention to detail
Knowledge of Outlook and Word is essential, Excel and PowerPoint desirable.
Our Company Benefits
31 days holiday inclusive of bank holidays, increasing with length of service
Pension Scheme
Paid Professional Memberships and Indemnity Insurance
Access to Company benefits and discount portal
Access to a Health Cash Plan
Free eyecare vouchers
Cycle to work scheme
Access to confidential Employee Assistance programme
Interactive mental health and wellbeing app
Interested in this role but want to find out more first? Email us at recruitment@medigold-health.com.
Medigold Health is one of the UK’s most respected and established providers of occupational health and wellbeing services. We have been involved in the business of helping employers to keep their people in work, safe and well for over two decades.
Unlike many of our competitors, we are a clinically led organisation from the top down. Our Life President and Founder, Dr Mike Goldsmith, established the Medigold Health brand and service delivery model on the uncompromising principles of quality and integrity.
We are very different to many of our competitors; We have scale, but we have a human face; We have clinical heritage, but we have pioneered the most advanced modern technology; We have our own-employed clinical resources, but still have a fully national presence, And we are growing, investing and inspiring, but we are stable and without leverage.
In October 2017 we encouraged proposals for external investment, and subsequently formed a partnership with the Business Growth Fund (BGF) who provided capital investment which enabled us to complete a number of acquisitions in both the Occupational Health and Alcohol & Drug testing markets, strengthening our national footprint and improving our vertical integration of relevant organisational health & wellbeing services.
We are redefining corporate healthcare in the UK and we are dedicated to "Keeping people in work, safe and well”.
To find out more, please visit www.medigold-health.com
