Info Brief
Issue 12, November 2015
Lead Employer Team
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Next Edition due February 2016
THE NOVEMBER 2015 EDITION
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Welcome to the 12 edition of the Lead Employer Team (LET) INFO
BRIEF, where we take the opportunity to update you on key issues and
information.
The Team is pleased to announce, Karen Fentem commenced on 9th
November 2015 to the permanent post of Associate Director. In
addition, Zarmina Ali, Zuzana Boys and Nikki Etchells have been
appointed as new team members. Following a period of induction, an
updated quick reference guide to the Lead Employer Team contact
numbers and areas of responsibility will be circulated to you all.
Over the past couple of weeks, we have been communicating with you
with regards to the Junior Doctors Industrial Action and would
encourage you to read further guidance at the following links and to
also familiarise yourself with local communications made by your Host
Organisation:
http://www.nhsemployers.org/your-workforce/need-to-know/juniordoctors-contract;
http://bma.org.uk/working-for-change/in-depth-junior-and-consultantcontract/junior-doctor-contract-negotiations-home ;
http://bma.org.uk/working-for-change/in-depth-junior-and-consultantcontract/ddrb-recommendations-analysis-for-juniors/ia-faq
http://www.gmc-uk.org/guidance/news_consultation/28250.asp
The LET communicate regularly with our local BMA and Staff Side
Representatives throughout the year and an opportunity has arisen for
6 Trainee Representative to join the Pennine Lead Employer Joint Local
Negotiating Committee. The JLNC is currently working on reviewing a
number of Lead Employer Policies. The committee is made up of LET
Management Representatives, a BMA Industrial Relations Officer and
10 Trainee Representatives. Please refer to page 5 for additional
information on how to express an interest in the role.
If you would like to contact the LET about any queries relating to
anything in this edition or relating to your employment, then please do
not hesitate to email the team at [email protected]
Kind Regards,
The Lead Employer Team
PAGE 1
Introduction
PAGE 2
Pay Arrangements for
December 2015
Pay Dates for 2016
Public Holidays
Rota Queries
PAGE 3
Resignations
Visas
Managing Rotas at
Changeover
CMT and ACF
Trainees due to
undertake Research
Block
PAGE 4
Recruitment 2016
Link to Policies and
Procedures
PAGE 5
JLNC Staff Side
Vacancies and
Information
PAGE 6
Postal Address
Feedback
INFORMATION
DECEMBER 2015 Pay Arrangements
December Pay Date is 23rd December 2015. ALL travel expenses/locums/waiting list
payments should be sent to payroll by no later than 4th December 2015. Claims received
after the 4th December 2015 will not be processed in the December salaries and will be processed in
January 2016 salaries.
PAY DATES For 2016
27th January 2016
27th April 2016
27th July 2016
26th October 2016
Payroll Helpdesk:
24th February 2016
25th May 2016
31st August 2016
30th November 2016
30th March 2016
29th June 2016
28th September 2016
TBC December 2016
Tel No: 0161 918 4432 Fax No: 0161 720 2786
Email: [email protected]
PUBLIC HOLIDAYS/Time off in Lieu
You are reminded if you are rostered to work, undertake emergency “on-call” or “on standby” duty on a
public holiday you will receive a day off in lieu which must be taken at the earliest available opportunity
and in most circumstances should be done so within four weeks of the original public holiday worked.
Where a zero hours day falls on a public holiday, the public holiday is to be taken and the zero hours day
is to be taken at a mutually agreeable time within the rota cycle as agreed by the HEP and the Doctor in
Training.
If it is not possible for a zero hours day to be taken at a mutually agreeable time within the rota then the
issue should be escalated to the LET by either the Host Organisation or the doctor in training.
If you work a locum shift for the Trust on a Public Holiday you are not entitled to receive a day off in lieu.
ROTA QUERIES
Queries relating to your rota should be addressed locally in the first instance. If issues remain, please do
not hesitate to contact the Lead Employer Team on [email protected] or a member of the Junior
Doctor Advisory Team on [email protected].
Information relating to Less Than Full Time Rotas is available at the following link:
http://nw.hee.nhs.uk/files/2014/08/Building-LTFT-rotas.pdf
Information relating to Pay Band Appeals is available at the following link:
http://www.pat.nhs.uk/education-andresearch/Lead%20Employer/Lead%20Employer%20Documents/Guidance%20for%20Banding%20Appeals
%20in%20NWD.pdf
INFORMATION
RESIGNATION FROM EMPLOYMENT
In line with your appointment and as detailed within your contract of employment, you are entitled to
receive the following notice of termination of employment and are required to give the Lead Employer
Team the same notice as detailed below:
Locum Appointment for Training
1 month
Specialty Registrar (Core Training)
1 month
Specialty or Specialist Registrar
3 months
TRAINEES IN THEIR PERIOD OF GRACE SHOULD CONTACT THEIR SPECIALTY LEAD EMPLOYER HR OFFICER
TO DISCUSS RESIGNATION DETAILS:
Lead Employer HR Specialty Lead
All resignation letters should be emailed to [email protected] OR posted to this address:
Lead Employer Team, Room 024, Ground Floor, Trust Headquarters, North Manchester General Hospital,
Delaunays Road, Crumpsall, Manchester, M8 5RB
THE NOTICE PERIOD WILL NOT COMMENCE UNTIL RECEIPT HAS BEEN
CONFIRMED BY THE LEAD EMPLOYER TEAM.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION - IMMIGRATION
If you do not hold a British or EEA passport, you must inform us IMMEDIATELY about any
changes to your immigration status, and we always need to receive a copy of any renewed
visa AND passport regardless of your VISA expiry date. For application purposes, please get
in touch if you need a letter confirming your employment with us:
[email protected]
MANAGING ROTAS AT FEBRUARY CHANGEOVER ROTATION DATE
To ensure Trainees can attend induction at their next Host Organisation placement, it
would be appreciated if local arrangements could be implemented, where practicable, in
line with service arrangements to enable those Trainees who are scheduled to rotate not
to be timetabled to work the night shift before the changeover date.
CORE MEDICAL TRAINEES AND ACADEMIC CLINICAL FELLOWS
Are you due to undertake your Research Block? If yes, please email the Lead Employer at the
following email address: [email protected] with the dates you will be undertaking the
Research Block. By keeping us updated, we can keep your LET HR and Payroll records accurate.
INFORMATION - Recruitment 2016
Following the merger of the former Mersey and North Western Deaneries, Health
Education North West (HENW) are progressing single Specialty Schools across
HENW. Applicants will apply to HENW as one Unit of Application (UoA) rather than
choosing Mersey or North Western as individual UoAs. Once applicants have
chosen HENW, they will be able to preference by region/sector/programme in the
usual way, according to the specialty’s usual rotations.
Please find below details of the Provisional Recruitment 2016 Timetable.
Provisional Recruitment 2016 Timetable
All dates are subject to change. Please keep an eye on information contained in the recruitment page at
https://www.nwpgmd.nhs.uk/content/welcome-recruitment-north-western-deanery
for further information and updates.
Recruitment
Rounds
Academic Clinical
Fellowships Recruitment
Round 1: CT1 and ST1
posts
Round 2: ST3 and other
levels with vacancies
Anticipated
Application Window
Anticipated
Interviews
12th October – 9th
November 2015.
Interviews 10th
November – 25th
January 2016
3rd August 2016
11th November – 3rd
December 2015
4th January 2015 - 9th
March 2016
3rd August 2016
16th February - 9th
March 2016
21st March - 11th May
2016
3rd August 2016
Start Date
Further Recruitment
Please note that it is likely that there will be further recruitment following the end of the initial Round 2. Some
specialties are likely to be recruiting to posts with start dates of February or March 2016 and any such posts
are likely to be advertised in August or September 2016.
Lead Employer Team – Policies and Procedures
WEB PAGES Link
Please regularly check our Lead Employer Team Web Pages for up to date
information, policies, forms and links
LET JLNC Staff Side Vacancies - 6 Seats
Dear Colleague
As you may be aware the BMA have a Local Negotiating Committee for the Lead Employer Trusts in the North
West that represents all Specialty Registrars across the region. The LNC is the forum in which representatives of
junior doctors in all specialties meet to discuss employment policies and procedures that apply to all ST/CT grade
trainees across the region. The committee has input from myself as one of the BMA's Industrial Relations
Officers in the North West and we meet every 2 months with Management representatives at the Lead
Employer Trust (the Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust) to negotiate regional policies and procedures. This is a
separate committee from the Pennine Acute Trust’s LNC, which represents all the doctor, at all grades, who
work in the 4 hospitals within the Pennine Acute Trust.
We have recently reviewed the constitution of this LNC to ensure that it is more representative of all the ST and
CT doctors across the region and this has resulted in a number of new seats on the committee. The new
constitution provides for an LNC with 10 members across all specialties. As we currently have 4 junior doctor
reps on the committee we are now looking to fill the remaining 6 seats, ideally as follows:
2 x GP Trainees, 1 x Surgery Trainee, 1 x Radiology or Pathology Trainee, 1 x Paediatrics Trainee and
1 x Medicine Trainee
Please note that as the LNC is for the Lead Employer Trust these seats are only available to trainees in the
Specialty Registrar or Core Trainee grades who are employed by the Lead Employer, which is the Pennine Acute
Hospitals NHS Trust.
Junior Doctor members of this committee are expected to attend 6 LNC meetings with Management each
year. The meetings are held at North Manchester General Hospital on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons. In
between meetings LNC members also need to read HR policies and procedures and consult with the trainees
they represent. You will also be expected to complete the BMA's online training modules for LNC members
within 3 months of joining the LNC. If you are not able to fulfil this level of commitment please do not apply.
If you are interested in applying for our vacant seats and/or would like to know more about the role of the
LNC please contact me at [email protected] for more details.
I look forward to hearing from you.
Kind Regards
Sarah McCarthy
Industrial Relations Officer
LET JLNC INFORMATION
Information, minutes of JLNC meetings and contact details are available to be viewed on the
Lead Employer JLNC web page,
NEXT MEETING: 28th January 2016
THE POSTAL ADDRESS FOR THE LEAD EMPLOYER TEAM IS:
Lead Employer Team
Room 024, Ground Floor, Trust HQ,
The Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust
North Manchester General Hospital, Delaunays Road, Crumpsall,
Manchester, M8 5RB
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