Model contract of employment for a flexible career scheme GP
Appendices
Appendix A
Name of Practice: …………………………………………………….………………..
Name of Employee: ……………………………………………………………………
Date of commencement of this Employment (cl 5): …………………………………..
Commencement date of Continuous Service (cl 9): …………………………………...
Place of work (cl 11): ………………………………………………………………….
…………………………………………………………………………………………..
…………………………………………………………………………………………..
Length of sessions (cl 13): …………………………………………………………….
Annual salary (cl 25): …………………………………………………………….……
Retention of fees (cl 35) - The Employee may retain the following fees: ………..
………………………………………………………………………………………….
………………………………………………………………………………………….
Number of sessions equivalent to a paid off in lieu (cl 53): …………………………..
Maximum previous continuous service included in the redundancy compensation calculation (clause 85(b)): …………………………………………………………….
Appendix B
Induction Period (clause ___)
Your induction period will include the following matters:
- Knowledge of how to use the computer system within the practice so that consultations, prescribing, templates, protocols, mentor, BNF, word processing and internal message systems etc can be accessed and utilised.
- Practice systems for Chronic Disease Management: adding to disease registers, familiarity with recall systems, targets, and team roles in their management.
- Practice procedures for incorporating new disease headings into records (paper or electronic).
- Practice procedure for summarising notes.
- Familiarity with data retrieval where relevant.
- Knowledge of relevant statutory data protection requirements.
- Knowledge of practice repeats prescribing policy and use of practice formulary.
- Familiarity with NHS net where available.
- Familiarity with referral systems used by the practice, main providers and services available, familiarity with Direct Access Booking where available.
- Familiarity with in-house services, e.g. Phlebotomy, ECG etc.
- Knowledge of any special services provided by the practice, e.g. drug dependence, physiotherapy, counselling, chiropody etc,.
- Knowledge of PCT protocols.
- Knowledge of NSFs.
- Access to Pathology Links where available.
- Practice procedures for actioning results.
- Provided with relevant and necessary telephone contact numbers.
- Awareness of practice appointment systems and on-call arrangements.
- Awareness of internal practice management systems.
- Location of emergency drugs.
- Procedures for reporting significant events.
- Panic button location and protocol for reporting violent incidents.
- Meet other members of the Primary Health Care Team.
[The list is not exhaustive and is meant to be tailored to meet the FCS Doctor’s individual requirements]
Appendix C
In accordance with clause 9 (Continuity of Service), a break in service is disregarded (but not counted as a period of NHS Service) when it falls into one of the following categories:
a. employment under the terms of an honorary contract;
b. a period of up to 12 months spent abroad as part of a definite programme of postgraduate training on the advice of the Postgraduate Dean or College or Faculty
Advisor in the specialty concerned;
c. a period of voluntary service overseas with a recognised international relief organisation for a period of 12 months which may, exceptionally, be extended for a further 12 months at the discretion of the employer which recruits the employee on her return;
d. absence on an employment break scheme in accordance with the provisions of Section 7 of the Whitley Council Handbook.
e. absence on maternity leave (paid or unpaid) while in NHS service.
Appendix D
Job Plan
The agreed daily arrangements for your work sessions are as follows:
(Indicate start and finish time of each session)
Monday
am
pm
Tuesday
am
pm
Wednesday
am
pm
Thursday
am
pm
Friday
am
pm
Total of Average Weekly Hours
am
pm
Total of Average weekly Sessions
am
pm
(Note: It may be appropriate when preparing the job plan to consider whether there are any periods of leave that should be taken into consideration).
Appendix E
Duties
It is suggested that the FCS GP and employer discuss proposed duties and estimates of the time that would reasonably be taken to perform those duties. It is subject to at least Annual Review and amendment by mutual agreement.
Surgery: Frequency of appointments
Number of appointments
Hours/frequency
Home Visits (if appropriate and agreed)
Hours/frequency
Paper Work/Correspondence/Results
Hours/frequency
Team Meetings-Clinical, Practice, PHCT etc,.
Specialist interest area of service provided (if applicable)
Hours/frequency
Educational: Debriefing
Mentoring and Support
Hours/frequency
Sessions of work reserved for CPD
Hours/frequency
Private Reports/Medical Insurance etc.,
(where applicable and where income is retained by the employer)
Hours/frequency
On Call Duties (if appropriate and agreed):
Consider both frequency and duration
Hours/frequency
Other
Hours/frequency
Total
Hours/frequency