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Locum jobs

Locum jobs. Review your needs & be clear with surgeries Honesty & commitment Be organised Contract or not. Now. Folder & Stationery CV GMC Covering letter P60 Invoices Certificates Performers list – CCT, Indemnity, Copy for folder Speak to current Practice Manager

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Locum jobs

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  1. Locum jobs • Review your needs & be clear with surgeries • Honesty & commitment • Be organised • Contract or not

  2. Now • Folder & Stationery CV GMC Covering letter P60 Invoices Certificates • Performers list – CCT, Indemnity, • Copy for folder • Speak to current Practice Manager • Sessional GP list at PCT • Register with HMRC as self employed • Even if salaried and want to do OOH/extra locums

  3. Stationery • Clear • Contact details • Word document • Use for all correspondence • Invoice • Curriculum Vitae & Covering Letter

  4. How to find work • Be creative • Mail shot of CV/covering letter • Friends & word of mouth • Sessional List • Cold calling • Agencies

  5. Tax • Register as Self employed • Keep approx 1/3 of earnings from each invoice • Tax & NIC = Self assessment online • Submitted LATEST by 31st January 2013 for work done 6th April 2011 to 5thApril 2012 • Get 2 tax periods a year – Jan & July • National insurance contributions • Class 1 – done by employer when employed & on PAYE • Class 2 – self employed - flat rate twice a year (jan & july) • Class 4 - self employed - pay when do self assessment as proportion of self employed earnings

  6. Pensions • Entitled to NHS pension • Form A – total for session/work done • Form B – total for month • Pension Website best source of information • GP FAQs • http://www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/2061.aspx • GP Locum page • http://www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/Pensions/2665.aspx • GP forms • http://www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/Pensions/2668.aspx

  7. Indemnity • MDU – Locum cover worked out based on number of sessions • Can get cover in blocks • E.g. 1 session per week = 52 sessions • Use these all in one go or spread out through year • Can add in ‘fixed’ sessions i.e 4 session regular until date X

  8. Pay • Negotiable • Be fair to yourself and to the practice • £80 per hour • £225 per session • £450 per full day • £25 per visit – when to type it up? • Above includes doing own referrals/paper work • Leave a ‘tidy desk’

  9. Extra tips • Get an accountant – helps with tax return and claiming back tax free benefits • Proportion of car/computer/stationery etc • If doing maternity locum check policy re annual leave / study leave • If employed for more than 6 months by a practice, you are classed as ‘salaried’ for purposes of pension and other rights • PDP / Appraisal – keep log of this as you go

  10. Life as a locum... plus side • Understanding - personally & professionally • Varied exposure to patients • Different practices • Systems / process / problems • Income better than VTS • Flexible working • Clock on , clock off

  11. Life as a locum ...not-so-plus side • Unknown • Isolating • Patients - demands / expectation / follow up • Uncertainty – income / tax / new job / you • How am I driving • Clock on , clock off • Split sites • Mis-treated?? – on call

  12. Resources • National association of sessional GP • www.nasgp.org.uk • Bradford VTS exit handbook – Excellent resource even though from 2008/9 • http://www.bradfordvts.co.uk/wp-content/onlineresources/0003postgptraining/exit%20handbook.pdf

  13. Resources • Coventry PCT performers list – Sue Ward Primary Care Support Manager Primary Care NHS Coventry Christchurch House Tel: 024 7624 6055 Fax: 024 7624 6039 Sue.Ward@coventrypct.nhs.uk

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