Doctors across all grades can enter a service post which means to say that they are not in training or entering specialty training. The salary pay scales that we have included in this article are to be used as a guide or starting point for negotiating your trust doctor role or service post. The basic contract is for 40 hours. As a specialty doctor you can be paid for additional duties, extra hours worked, weekend work and on calls.
A key element of recent SAS contract reform is the introduction of a new grade, called the Specialist grade, which will provide an opportunity for career progression for highly experienced specialty doctors. As a consultant you can be paid for additional duties and may be eligible for Clinical Excellence Awards, which reward outstanding performance.
The basic contract is for 40 hours per week. If you take on extra responsibilities i. At the Consultant level, it is straight forward, you will be a consultant. Each could command a different pay scale depending on the level of work and experience required.
Take some time to check the job title that you are applying and interviewing for, and subsequently the pay scale that you can expect. Next, consider the number of years of experience you have in your speciality, this is crucial to identifying your position on the pay scale.
Please note, for some specialties this does not apply, check with an IMG Consultant for more information. The second thing to consider is how many hours you will be working. For both Specialty Doctors and Consultants the hours are usually established using PAs programmed activities.
Each PA is worth 4 hrs of your week, and a standard week is 40 hrs. A standard salary is based on a full working week of 10 PAs 40 hours.
If you work above 10 PAs, then you will gain additional salary on top of your basic pay. All NHS Trusts should be following the same pay scale structures when recruiting and offering salaries to doctors, but this is not always the case! This blog is a guideline, and if you are not sure of how to approach this discussion with a HR department, it can be very useful for an IMG Connect consultant to assist with the negotiations to ensure that your experience is always taken into account.
Service level jobs are in high demand at all levels of experience, each offering competitive rates of pay. It is also important to remember that once in the UK, you will have the option to apply for training, depending on your entry level. The salary is based on a standard working week of 10PAs 40 hours , if you work additional hours, on calls or weekend work, then your take home pay will increase as a result.
As above, use the below as a salary guide for service level posts. It is worthwhile checking with your IMG Consultant the best pay opportunities for you, it is highly conceivable that you can earn more than the pay scales below depending on experience and demand. There is no automatic, annual pay progression on this scale as progression is linked to stage of training.
Acronyms used for clinical staff A guide to commonly used acronyms. The medical register An online list of doctors in the UK. Junior Doctors Pay scale, including Dentists in training. Dependent on length of training programme, see table 2 below.
Emergency Medicine Payable to ST4 and above only. Academia As per paragraphs of Schedule 2 of the TCS Upon return to training following successful completion of higher degree. Related content Acronyms used for clinical staff A guide to commonly used acronyms. You are likely to be paid closer to the top end of this bracket if:. You work in London: you receive the London Allowance which is approx.
You work additional rostered hours: Any additional contracted hours over 40 hrs up to a maximum of 48 in total, or 56 for doctors who have opted out of the Working Time Regulations. You work on weekends: A weekend allowance is set as a percentage of your basic salary for working 1 in 8, or more frequent, weekends. Your flexible pay premia: In England, the junior doctor contract introduced a new range of flexible pay premia FPPs which are intended to encourage recruitment in certain specialties.
These payments are taxable, non-pensionable and made annually until you complete your clinical training. An individual can receive more than one FPP at a time, wherever they meet the criteria, though not the same premium twice. If you take maternity or other family leave whilst receiving FPP, maternity pay will be calculated including the pay premium.
The list of premia and an outline of the eligibility criteria can be found in the pay circular pdf documents on the BMA site here. Working locum: Working locum shifts is essentially filling in gaps in the rota on your days off from your full-time NHS job.
The pay for locum shifts varies but will all be an added bonus to what you already make in your NHS job. You will be paid the rest. This is called PAYE pay as you earn. For more information on understanding taxes visit the gov website here get to grips with this NOW before you become a doctor because This can be higher or lower depending on whether you work in London, what tax you may or may not be exempt from, what you opt-in and opt out of etc.
And is, of course, always subject to change! Latest junior doctor contract conditions can be found here. Helpful table showing the junior doctor pay scales can be found here. See an example doctor pay slip provided by the BMA here [no it does not have any real amounts in it]. See junior doctor pay scales on the BMA website here.
The same factors as mentioned previously are used for your pay as you progress onto GP registrar or Specialist Training. When you are a designated GP registrar i. Here is a breakdown of why:. Your basic pay will be approx.
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