Transcript Document
The next 30-45 mins…
CCT
Performers list
Finding work
Tayside locum group
OOH
Finance
Question time
Who on earth would choose to be
a locum GP?
The Undecided
Rural/Urban
Large/Small
FT/PT
The Developing GP
The patiently waiting
Career Locums
Retired Partners
CCT
GMC website - CCT online
CV, fee, photo, GMC cert
ARCP sent by TCGP
Will be released no earlier than 10 days before completion
date
Tense times
“Tell him to stop worrying, it’ll turn out fine in the end. It
always does” – Dr D Gemmell
Performers List
Host Board
Areas of practice
Tayside –
[email protected]
GMC cert
CV
References x 2
CCT
Medical Indemnity
Estimate max number of
sessions
Start saving now
Consider income
protection
Medical Bag
Medsave.co.uk (+BMA
discount)
Try B&Q and Tescos first
Essentials:
Stethoscope, Otoscope/ophthalmoscope, BP cuff,
thermometer, pulse oximeter, glucometer, gloves,
syringes, needles, vaccutainers, Urostips
Prescriptions
Collected at the practice
Drugs
Training Practice
Private Scripts
Diary
Check + double check… DO NOT DOUBLEBOOK
Keep a non-digital copy
GPS
Mobile Phone
Get a smartphone
Finding work
Training practice
Word of mouth
E-mail practices
Tayside Locum Group
Share amongst each other
DO NOT DOUBLE BOOK!!!
It’s really embarrassing
Confirming sessions
Job offers - In person, Email, phone, text
E-mail to confirm
Pencil in diary
E-mail to Agree
Pen in diary
E-mail to Confirm
Confirmation
E-mail to confirm
confirmation of
confirmation
(± terms & conditions)
Fees
Sessional Rate
Needlessly mysterious
Plenty
Negotiation
Cancellation
>14 days in advance no charge
between 7 and 14 days 10% of contracted fee
between 2 and 7 days 50% of contracted fee
<48hours 100% of contracted fee
Tayside & NE Fife Sessional GP
Group
List circulated every month
Ensure fare rates
Stop locum exploitation
Educational activities
Forum
Main Contact: Hazel
Donaldson – LMC
business coordinator
[email protected]
Or try: Dr Mary O Brian –
Temporary chair of the
Locum group
[email protected]
Out of Hours
Main Contact: Audrey
Graham – OOH operational
manager
[email protected]
Or try: Dr Joyce Meikle –
OOH Medical Director
[email protected]
Chaotic go live date
“Shift up for grabs…”
Fife – Joyce Kelly –
[email protected]
Central Vision
OOH - Dr Joyce Meikle - [email protected]
Tayside Locum Group – Dr Mary O Brian – [email protected]
Appraisal
Superannuation
Form A – collect from each practice for each month
Form B – combine your Form A’s to calculate gross
earnings for the month
Send to the address below within a week of completing
the month:
Marj Mcavoy, Operations Manager, Practitioner Services
Division, Bridge View, 1 North Esplanade West, Aberdeen,
AB11 5QF
Finance
Register as Self-employed with HMRC –
http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/selfemployed/
Keep receipts of everything
Get an accountant / find out how to be an accountant
Save up at least 35%
Tax return will be in January 2013 for April 2011-April 2012
The good…
Variety
Flexibility
Experience
The good…
Sustainable
Profitable
The good…
More acute problems
Much Less admin
Heartsink patients are
easier to forget
The bad…
Unsettling - too many “first
day at a new job” moments
Requires good
organisational skills
Disorientating
Financial Insecurity
Isolating
Heartsink patients are
impossible to fix
Who on earth would choose to be
a locum GP?
Checklist
CCT - June - see RCGP + GMC websites
Performers list - [email protected]
Tayside locum group - July [email protected]
Once you’ve started
Keep a meticulous diary
Form A from each practice
Form B end of each month [email protected]
Finding work - July-Aug - email
practices
OOH - Aug - [email protected]
Doctor’s bag – www.medsave.co.uk,
B&Q, friendly practice nurse
Mobile + GPS/smartphone
Forms – bring along on first day - GMC, CCT,
medical indemnity, Hep B status…
Keep all receipts
Tax return Jan 2013
PDP + appraisal
Don’t work too hard
Enjoy your liberation
[email protected]
Any Questions?