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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 UndecidedRural/UrbanLarge/SmallFT/PT
The Developing GP
The patiently waiting
Career Locums
Retired Partners
CCTGMC 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 ListHost 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
DiaryCheck + double check… DO NOT DOUBLEBOOKKeep a non-digital copy
GPS
Mobile PhoneGet a smartphone
Finding workTraining 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, E-mail, phone, text
E-mail to confirm
E-mail to confirm confirmation of confirmation
Pencil in diary
E-mail to Agree
Pen in diary
E-mail to Confirm Confirmation
(± terms & conditions)
FeesSessional 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 coordinatorhazeldonaldson@nhs.
net
Or try: Dr Mary O Brian – Temporary chair of the Locum [email protected]
Out of Hours
Chaotic go live date
“Shift up for grabs…”
Main Contact: Audrey Graham – OOH operational manager
Or try: Dr Joyce Meikle – OOH Medical Director
Fife – Joyce Kelly – [email protected]
SuperannuationForm 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
FinanceRegister 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 - June- [email protected]
Tayside locum group - July - [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…
Once you’ve started
Keep a meticulous diary
Form A from each practice
Form B end of each month - [email protected]
Keep all receipts
Tax return Jan 2013
PDP + appraisal
Don’t work too hard
Enjoy your [email protected]
Any Questions?
