Thought you might be interested in the Consultant rates in Western
Australia....
M-F day shift - standard time
Evenings - standard time + 12.5%
Saturdays - standard time + 50%
Sundays - standard time + 75%
Public holidays (Bank holidays) - standard time + 150%
'On Call' - about 10% of standard time.....
Best wishes
Paul Bailey
----- Original Message -----
From: "Adrian Fogarty" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, June 18, 2003 12:43 PM
Subject: Re: Fixed sessions out of hours
> As the strict definition of "fixed session" does not really apply to A&E,
> James, we have tended to interpret our "fixed" sessions as those where we
> must be on the shop floor (or thereabouts!). This essentially boils down
to
> our resident evenings and weekends together with one or two of our
standard
> days each week.
>
> As an example, I do every Monday evening from 4pm to 12mn, and this counts
> as (roughly) 2 sessions. I don't get any specific recompense for the
> lateness of the shift (but see later).
>
> I do three other standard day shifts, (Wed, Thur and Fri) each around 8
> hours per day which equates (roughly) to 2 sessions per day. [So that's 8
> sessions so far.]
>
> I also do one weekend a month, which is nominally 8 hours Sat and 8 hours
> Sun, although it's usually hard to restrict it to only 8 hours at the
> moment, but will be easier as new middle-grades come on board. This
> therefore equates to (roughly) 4 sessions per weekend, and, averaged over
a
> month, this equates to 1 session per week. [So that's 9 sessions so far.]
>
> Then we add on 1 session for on-call from home, partly to cover after our
> "resident shifts" (when we are rarely called back), and partly to cover
our
> registrars (which doesn't often happen now, and will decrease further when
> our 4th consultant starts next month, and rarely called anyway!).
>
> Finally we add on 1 session to compensate for antisocial hours, i.e. late
> shifts and weekends. [So that's 11 sessions in total.]
>
> We count the evening as 2 fixed, and the weekend as 1 fixed. We also count
> one-and-a-half of my standard 3 days as fixed, so that's 3 fixed sessions
> (the non-fixed sessions tend to be admin etc). So the total comes out at 6
> fixed sessions out of a possible 11 sessions.
>
> I hope this makes sense. I'm sure some of you might suggest that we could
> get more time off in-lieu for our evenings and weekends, but I'm eagerly
> awaiting BMA negotiations on that point! And perhaps we don't claim enough
> sessions for our on-call from home, but we work a system where we are
> extremely rarely called from home, as there's generally someone "senior"
> actually in the department for the vast majority of the time.
>
> Adrian Fogarty
> A&E Consultant
> Royal Free Hospital
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "BINCHY Dr J, A&E Consultant"
> Subject: Fixed sessions out of hours
>
> Any consultants out there doing fixed clinical sessions in the evenings or
> at weekends?
> If yes what arrangements have you made with your trusts regarding extra
> payments or compensatory time off?
> I've been tasked by my local LNC to see what arrangements are operating
> around the country. If you'd like to discuss this off site I'm at
>
> mailto:[log in to unmask]
>
> James Binchy
>
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