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WORKING LESS THAN FULL TIME, RETURNERS AND RETAINERS

WORKING LESS THAN FULL TIME, RETURNERS AND RETAINERS. LOUISE GAZELEY. WHY PART TIME?. Children Health needs Work-life balance Portfolio careers. PRO’S Bring a different skill set Prevents burnout Makes life a bit more interesting Allows time for other roles. CON’S Isolating

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WORKING LESS THAN FULL TIME, RETURNERS AND RETAINERS

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  1. WORKING LESS THAN FULL TIME, RETURNERS AND RETAINERS • LOUISE GAZELEY

  2. WHY PART TIME? • Children • Health needs • Work-life balance • Portfolio careers

  3. PRO’S • Bring a different skill set • Prevents burnout • Makes life a bit more interesting • Allows time for other roles • CON’S • Isolating • Issues surrounding keeping up to date, especially with respect to revalidation • Can feel as if ‘not doing anything well’ • Lack of continuity for patients

  4. OPTIONS FOR PART TIME WORK • Partner • Salaried • Locum • Job share • OOH • Portfolio career

  5. THE RETAINER SCHEME

  6. Background • Set up in 1969, to allow doctors to work part time • Updated in 1999 • Organised by the Deanery for any doctor who has a need to work part time

  7. OUTLINE • 52 sessions per quarter, evenly spread throughout the period, i.e. 4 sessions per week • Practice needs to be an ‘approved practice’ • Ideally 3 sessions per week minimum • Can be split over 2 practices if needed • Additional 2 sessions per week in ‘non-GMS’ work

  8. DURATION • Initially 5 years • Can be extended to 8 years with Deanery approval • Under exceptional circumstances can be extended to 10 years

  9. EDUCATION • Paid time for CPD • Quarterly Deanery study days • Financial assistance towards covering costs of courses etc

  10. ANNUAL REQUIREMENTS • Participate in NHS appraisal/revalidation • Annual application form for continued membership on the scheme

  11. SUPPORT • Deanery-newsletter, regular study days, small learning groups, educational support • Practice-educational supervisor

  12. PAY • Salary scale is the same as BMA scale for salaried doctors • Practices are reimbursed by NHS England for each session worked • Deanery grant annually, towards expenses

  13. ADDITIONAL BENEFITS • Working day should be convenient for retainee doctor, e.g. surgery times should fit in with childcare • Entitled to take holiday when suits their needs

  14. PRACTICE REQUIREMENTS • Need to be approved • Can employ more than one retainer • Retainee should be allowed to attend meetings • Allow protected time with the nominated educational supervisor

  15. THE FUTURE OF THE RETAINER SCHEME • SFE 2013 states NHS England area team must reimburse practices • Still unable to guarantee funding in South Yorkshire, but scheme thriving elsewhere in Yorkshire and the Humber • Longer term???

  16. INDUCTION AND REFRESHER SCHEME (formerly the Returner Scheme)

  17. WHO IS IT FOR? • Qualified GP’s not working at all • Qualified GP’s working, but not in general practice • GP away from work as a result of ill health • EU GP’s

  18. OVERVIEW • If more then 5 years out of general practice you will need a period of re-training • If between 2 and 5 years not working the recommendation to join the scheme may depend on individual circumstances, and some or all of the entry assessments • Before entry to the scheme must pass an entry MCQ and simulated surgery • 3-12 months • Funding stopped in 2006, but still limited number of places • Unclear what will happen in the future

  19. A WORD OF WARNING! • THINK BEFORE TAKING A CAREER BREAK

  20. TOP TIPS FOR WORKING PART TIME • Small study groups • Try to work on a day when meetings happen • Talk to your colleagues • Stop for coffee! • Get organised • Ring-fence time

  21. Any questions? 21

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