Your payslip explained
| Term used on payslip | Explanation for full-time | Explanation for less than full time |
|---|---|---|
| Basic pay | The relevant nodal pay point for your grade, calculated on an average of 40 hours per week | Based on the proportion of full-time you work. 1/40th of the relevant nodal point, multiplied by your average weekly hours |
| Additional rostered hours | Any additional contracted hours over 40 (up to maximum of 48, or 56 for doctors who have opted out of working time regulations) | N/A |
| Night duty | Any hours receiving an enhanced rate of 37% of your hourly basic pay. Hours are: between 9pm and 7am; hours worked until 10am in shifts of 8 hours or longer which start between 8pm and 11.59pm; any shift which ends between 12am and 4am | Same as full-time |
| Weekend allowance | An allowance set as a % of your basic salary for working 1 in 8 or more frequent weekends | An allowance paid pro rata to the value of the full-time allowance, based on your work schedule’s proportion of full-time commitment to the weekend rota |
| On-call availability / non-resident on-call | An allowance of 8% of your basic salary to compensate for your availability while non-resident on-call, regardless of frequency | The cash value of the 8% allowance is paid pro rata to your proportional commitment to the full time on-call rota |
| Flexible pay premia | This could be for: general practice, psychiatry, emergency medicine, histopathology, academia, oral and maxillo-facial surgery, and exceptional flexible pay premia | As with full-time, but pro rata |
| Transitional pay premium | N/A | An annual payment of £1,500 for all LTFT trainees training LTFT on 3 August 2016, or who were on maternity leave and returned to training LTFT |
| LTFT allowance | N/A | Any doctor training LTFT and paid under the 2016 TCS pay system (which excludes section 2 pay protected trainees) will be paid £1,000 a year, monthly, for as long as they train LTFT |
Cash floor pay protection
With your first payslip, your employer should send a separate statement in the format of a template. This explains how your cash floor pay protection amount, if applicable, has been calculated.
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Junior doctors have changed their title to ‘resident doctors’
As of 18 September, all references to junior doctors in BMA communications have been changed to ‘resident doctors’.
Making up nearly 25% of all doctors in the UK, this cohort will now have a title that better reflects their huge range of skills and responsibilities.
Find out more about why junior doctors are now known as 'resident doctors'.