I agree, whatever happened to professionalism? I shortlisted for four hours
last night (5-9); half in premium time and all on my day off! I won't count
the hours exactly but I'll take some time off somewhere else (like this
morning!). A sample diary may not capture such occasional duties, so I
cannot see the point of one. I will probably ignore that exercise and just
let managers know my "fixed" shifts (i.e. clinical shifts). My admin shifts
should remain flexible (like last night) as such are the demands and
vagaries of admin. For example, I regularly have to do some admin on my day
off (Tuesday) as it cannot wait until my official admin session the
following day e.g. locum bookings.
Adrian Fogarty
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rowley Cottingham"
Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2003 5:41 PM
Subject: Consultant contract
> I am still rather wrestling with this. We all have to do diaries
> whatever we decide. I recognise that the diary is meant to be indicative
> of one's general workload, not a worksheet for payments.
>
> Some questions I don't think are clearly resolved:
>
> 1. If I take routine work like shortlisting home and do it in the
> evening, it will be in premium time. Does that therefore mean that I am
> charging PAs for this at the 3 hour rate?
>
> 2. If I am in the hospital on my weekend on and choose to do some
> routine admin because I'm there does that mean that I should charge it
> at premium rate?
>
> 3. If I do a medical report that takes an hour in the evening in the
> hospital could the Trust get the entire fee?
>
> 4. If I do a medical report that takes an hour in the evening at home
> (N2 time) do I need even to inform the Trust?
>
>
> Rowley.
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