Consultant contract for Scotland

Since 1 April 2004, all new NHS consultant posts (including locums) are appointed to the 2004 consultant contract. Consultants in post before 1 April 2004 can move to the 2004 contract or stay as they are.
Location: Scotland
Audience: Consultants
Updated: Tuesday 30 April 2024
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​The 2004 contract is based on a full-time work commitment of 10 PAs (programmed activities) per week, each having a timetabled value of four hours (or three hours if the PA is undertaken in premium time – see below).

Each consultant must have a job plan that sets out the number of agreed PAs the consultant will undertake, plus a list of the duties they are expected to perform within those PAs.

 

Terms and conditions of service

Read the terms and conditions of service for the 2004 consultant contract in Scotland.

 

Model contract

Use the model contract for consultants in Scotland.

Download model contract PDF/35KB

On-call working arrangements

How do I calculate my on-call pay?

"On call pay" is a combination of an on-call availability supplement, which depends on the frequency of your on-call and requirement to be immediately available for recall or not, plus an allocation of programmed activity for non expected levels of work undertaken whilst on-call.

See section 4.10 of the consultant contract.