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Grade 6 Lead Clinical Author and Grade 6 Clinical Policy Educator

Job details
Posting date: 03 June 2025
Salary: £76,776 to £96,573 per year
Additional salary information: £76,776- £89,594 National £81,160 - £94,781 SLPZ £81,898 - £95,430 Outer London £83,500 - £96,573 Inner London
Hours: Full time
Closing date: 15 June 2025
Location: Glasgow
Company: Government Recruitment Service
Job type: Permanent
Job reference: 406585/4

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Summary

The Disability and Health Support Directorate (DHSD) brings together all policy and analysis of DWP’s main disability benefits: Employment and Support Allowance (ESA), Personal Independence Payment (PIP), Disability Living Allowance (DLA) and Industrial Injuries Disability Benefit (IIDB). The Directorate also has responsibility for major reform of the way we assess eligibility for incapacity benefits and the conditions set for those with health conditions across working-age means-tested and contributory benefits.

You will be expected to be an active member of your Division and Directorate’s extended leadership team, ensuring that the Directorate remains an excellent and inclusive place to work.

Role 1: Lead Clinical Author

An expert in disability assessment for WCA, PIP, IIDB and / or DLA child with education expertise. The role will lead and manage a team of clinical educators, ensuring the work they produce is of a high quality and in line with best evidence and DWP policy intent working with the education lead to ensure timelines are met and quality standards are maintained.

Responsibilities will include:

  • Producing, updating and streamlining DWP clinical training and guidance.
  • Impacting external clinical quality assurance comments. 
  • Ensuring alignment with national clinical guidelines.
  • Training and upskilling Clinical Authors.
  • Undertaking internal and external stakeholder engagement including membership to the Editorial Board.
  • Understanding curriculum requirements for health care professionals.
  • Being able to quickly identify when things are going wrong and put measurable steps in place to put them right.
  • Drafting and delivering (including in-person) high quality advice for the Education Lead and Chief Medical Advisor.
  • Working directly with departmental providers of disability/functional assessments to deliver high standard, accurate clinical and health related education material that reflects current practice.
  • Leading ad-hoc strategic work/projects in this area in response to areas in need of improvement.
  • Writing, reviewing and upkeeping policies and frameworks relating to the authorship of education material as well as facilitate learning and improvement across the DWP.
  • Completing a programme of personal and professional development to meet the requirements of the relevant professional regulatory body.

Role 2: Clinical Policy Educator

An expert in disability assessment for WCA, PIP, IIDB and/or DLA child with education or policy expertise. The role will ensure that new education material written for DWP clinical assessors and decision makers is in line with DWP policy intent, that the external quality assurance was undertaken accurately and the material is fit for release for use.

Responsibilities will include:

  • Working autonomously, taking a leadership role on either PIP, WCA, Child DLA, IIDB or Attendance Allowance clinical and Decision Maker education material
  • Reviewing education material to ensure it is in line with current DWP policy and provide final sign off for the material ensuring it is accurate, in line with national guidance and fit for purpose.
  • Working with policy teams and contracts management teams to ensure the PIPAG and WCA handbook is up to date and aligns with best practice.
  • Meeting with senior clinical education external stakeholders within the NHS, DHSC, Providers of the health assessment contracts and clinical academics to ensure the education material written by DWP is aligned to acceptable standards.
  • Being able to quickly identify when things are not right and put measurable steps in place to put them right.
  • Drafting and delivering (including in-person) high quality advice for the Clinical Education Lead and senior officials on policy and education material relating to the disability benefit they lead on.
  • Working directly with departmental providers of disability/functional assessments to deliver high standard, accurate clinical and health related education advice that reflects current practice.
  • Leading ad-hoc strategic work/projects in this area in response to areas in need of improvement.

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A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. For more details please go to Disability Confident.

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