I would support your view. If you calculate that a night shift impacts on 2
days of your life. The day it commences and the day it ceases (Monday night
shift affects your Monday and your Tuesday). Then counting night shifts as
double time does sound sensible. The problem is selling that to a purchaser
who will always find a way to negotiate it away.
Derek Sage
Tauranga NZ
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From: "Nick Jenkins" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Sunday, August 17, 2003 8:19 PM
Subject: Staff Grade out-of-hours work and remuneration
> In an attempt to babysit our new SHOs and to thus keep the Colleges happy
> one of our Staff Grades kindly agreed to work night shifts from the first
> Wednesday until the Monday morning. Whilst we are (currently) of a size
> where the night shift should be manageable by a single doctor the Staff
> Grade was pleasantly surprised to find that she felt that, in addition to
> holding the SHO's hand, that there was a positive effect on patient care
> for all the usual reasons of senior presence - sorting out spats between
> specialties, ensuring appropriate referrals etc. etc. Further the (at
> times) quietness was useful for getting on with admin work.
> So I'm talking job planning with the Staff Grades - if they want to
benefit
> the Department by working more out-of-hours - and particularly nights,
they
> already cover evenings but that needs sorting recompense-wise - they can
> work fewer shifts. The resources aren't there for financial reward -
> although that's for future Business Planning.
> My question, after all that pre-amble, is 'What is a fair reward?' In
> other words I want to find a currency whereby an evening is worth (say)
1.5
> shifts, a night 2 shifts (these figures are pure examples, plucked out of
> the air, couldn't think how to illustrate the point differently - don't
make
> an issue over the fact that you disagree with them!). The idea would be
to
> have a unified currency for all my Staff Grades but to thereafter do the
> out-of-hours thing on a voluntary basis - some might appreciate working
> nights with appropriate time off, others wouldn't. I recall recent
> postings regarding the Consultant Contract where similar points were
raised
> - are there firm recommendations out there? - do they apply to Consultants
> and Staff Grades? Does anyone else have experience in this that they can
> share?
> Thoughts appreciated.
>
> Nick Jenkins
> A&E Consultant
> Abergavenny
> http://www.ae-nevillhall.org.uk
>
>
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