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TERMS
AND CONDITIONS OF SERVICE
The
appointment is subject to the Terms and Conditions of Service of Hospital Medical
and Dental Staff (England and Wales) as amended from time to time and also
other such policies and procedures as may be agreed.
The
successful candidate as part of the Leicestershire, Northamptonshire and
Rutland Training Programme will be contracted by the individual Trusts at which
he/she will work. As a consequence
he/she is expected to be aware of local policies and procedures and take note
of the standing orders and financial instructions of those authorities.
CRB
Clearance
This post requires a enhanced disclosure by enhanced criminal records
certificates as this post is regulated by the Protection of Children Act 1999,
The Criminal Justice Courts Act 2000 and / or the Care Standards Act 2000 and
such other authority committed by statute.
Failure to disclose details
if you are currently / or in the future are the subject of police investigation
/ proceedings which could result in a conviction, caution or bind over order is
a disciplinary matter, and may result in dismissal.
Medical
Examination/Clearance
The appointment is subject to
medical fitness and the appointee may be required to undergo a medical
examination and chest x-ray.
Potential
applicants should be aware of the Department of Health and GMC/GDC requirements
with regard to HIV/AIDs and Hepatitis viruses.
Study Leave
Study
Leave is granted in accordance with the recommended allowance subject to the
maintenance of the service and to prior approval by the Director of
Postgraduate Education at the appropriate administrative trust.
Study
leave is defined as leave taken to attend a formal course of study designed to
further the employees career and to enable the employee to obtain his/her
professional qualification or gain necessary expertise in order to carry out
his/her job. Where ever possible
employees should attend courses organised within Trent Region.
Annual
Leave
Specialist
Registrars on the 1st and 2nd incremental points of the payscale
shall be entitled to leave at the rate of five weeks a year. Specialist Registrars on the 3rd or higher
incremental point on the payscale shall be entitled
to leave at the rate of six weeks per year.
Accommodation
Accommodation
may be available and enquiries should be directed to the Accommodation Officer
at the appropriate hospital.
Removal Expenses
Hospitals
on the LNR Rotation operate their own policies for the
re-imbursement of relocation expenses.
You
should not commit yourself to any expenditure in connection with relocation
before first obtaining advice and approval from the medical staffing department
at your administering Hospital.
Otherwise you may incur costs which you are unable to reclaim.
Termination of Employment
Specialist
Registrars are required to give a minimum of three months notice of termination
of their employment; only in exceptional circumstances will less than three
months be allowed.
HEALTH AND SAFETY
All Trusts on rotations
recognise their duties under the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 to ensure,
as far as is reasonably practicable, the health, safety and welfare at work of
all employees and, in addition, the business of the Trust shall be conducted so
as to ensure that patients, their relatives, contractors, voluntary workers,
visitors and members of the public having access to any hospital premises and
facilities are not exposed to risk to their health and safety.
The duties of this post may
require the postholder to carry out exposure prone
invasive procedures on patients of the University Hospitals of Leicester NHS
Trust or any participating Trusts. In
order to protect patients from acquiring blood borne viral infections from
staff the Trusts require that the following conditions be met before appointment
to the post is made:
1. The candidate must
provide acceptable documentary evidence to the Occupational Health Service as
part of pre-employment screening of non-infectivity and/or immunity to
Hepatitis B infection and non-infectivity with Hepatitis C if appropriate. If the candidate is
non-immune to Hepatitis B the University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust or
appropriate Trust will require a blood test to be carried out for Hepatitis B
markers before appointment. The
duties of this post are such that no candidate with positive blood borne viral
infectious markers in accordance with the latest DOH/GMC guidelines could be
appointed.
2. Any appointee who is not
immune to Hepatitis B, but is currently carrying out exposure prone invasive
procedures, accepts that regular checks on Hepatitis B markers may need to be
carried out by the Occupational Health Service appointed by the University
Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust or appropriate Trust.
The tests can be arranged,
if the candidate agrees, in confidence through a local consultant
microbiologist or the occupational health physician. All costs for testing will be borne by the
University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust or appropriate Trust.
INFECTION
CONTROL
The prevention of hospital acquired
infection is a vital concern for the Trust.
Infections harm patients.
Infections also harm the Trust.
The post holder is required to ensure, as an employee, that his/her work
methods do not endanger other people or themselves.
All staff must be aware
of infection prevention and control policies and guidelines, and follow them at
all times. Any breach of infection
control policies is a serious matter and may result in disciplinary action.