NHS Contract of employment

[PenelopePitstop]

Hi All,

hoping you can help...is anyone aware of the contract of employment for a medical secretary? Is the contract one of "accross the board", so to speak i.e. one contract applies for all or is it tweaked to each individual secretaries position?

Help with this would be much appreciated.

[woofgang]

Contracts for medical secs should be the same across the whole organisation (PCT or health trust) and should not contravene general employment law (so no inequalities due to race, gender etcetera) but there are no "across the board" contracts as such. Job descriptions, on the other hand, while they should be broadly similar, can be tweaked to individual positions. Again, they cannot contravene general employment law.

[saxy_jag]

Yep, Woofgang's quite right. Your general terms and conditions will be consistent with everyone else on your particular pay scale and grade. What can be 'tweaked' are things such as exact hours (and sometimes place) of work, length of contract and specific duties/tasks (which will probably be on the job description rather than in T&Cs).