Notice Periods  

The following minimum period of notice should apply, unless there is an agreement between both parties to a contract that a different period should apply.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Additionally, Section 86 of the Employment Rights Act 1996 provides entitlement to minimum periods of notice, dependent upon an employee’s length of continuous employment. For hospital medical and dental staff these are as follows:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Employment documentation

The relevant documentation when starting work in a new Trust for the first time must be obtained:

¨ A staff transfer form         

¨ A P45

¨ A GDC annual registration certificate

¨ A recent annual pay slip

¨ Proof of hepatitis B status

 

 

Trusts should accept an original pay slip as provisional confirmation of a doctor’s  salary increment and incremental date, and should pay the doctor accordingly, pending receipt of the NHS transfer form which will give confirmation. Having a recent pay slip will ensure that you are not placed on the lowest increment of a grade pending confirmation.