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Banding criteria: definitions used |
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Definition of work and rest Actual work: The definition of hours of actual work used in the New Deal includes all time carrying out tasks for the employer, including periods of formal study/ teaching, but does not include rest while on-call. For the purposes of defining work after 7pm, work begins when a doctor is disturbed from rest and ends when that rest is resumed. This includes, for example, time spent waiting to perform a clinical duty and time spent giving advice on the telephone.
Rest: All time on duty when not performing or waiting to perform a clinical or administrative task, and not undertaking a formal educational activity; but including time spent sleeping.
Definition of weekend A weekend worked is one which involves the doctors being on duty at any time during the period from 7pm Friday to 7am Monday.
On-call rota: doctors on the on-call rotas usually work a set working day on weekends, from Monday to Friday. The out-of-hours duty period is covered by doctors working ‘on call’ in rotation. Juniors are rostered for duty periods of no more than 24 hours. Partial shift: On most weekdays doctors on partial shifts work a normal day. But, at intervals, one or more doctors will work a different duty for a fixed period of time, e.g. evening or night shifts. Doctors can expect to work for a substantial proportion of the out-of-hours period, during which time they will expect to achieve some rest in addition to natural breaks. Juniors will be rostered for duty periods of not more than 16 hours.
24-hour partial shift Weekdays are usually worked as normal days. In rotation, a duty period is rostered, not exceeding 24 hours including handovers, for the weekend and out–of-hours cover. Junior will be rostered for duty periods of more than 16 hours, but less than or equal to 24 hours.
Full shifts: A full shift will divide the total working week into definitive time blocks with doctors rotating around the shift pattern. Doctors can expect to be working for the whole duty period, except for natural breaks. Juniors will be rostered for duty periods that do not exceed 14 hours.
Hybrid working arrangement: A hybrid working pattern involves a combination of two or more of the above patterns. Each component duty pattern must conform to its appropriate definition and hours’ controls as above.
Definition of prospective cover When the doctor is contracted to provide internal cover for colleagues when they are on annual and/ or study leave, i.e. if no locums are provided. Prospective cover is also in operation when on-calls are required to be swapped when taking leave or when leave is fixed in advance. When a doctors on the rota acts as a ‘floater’, i.e. covering any doctors on the rota who are away on holiday, prospective cover is not in operation.
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Pay Banding |
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Rebanding |