- If a consultant is required to participate in an on-call rota, he or she will be paid a supplement in addition to basic salary in respect of his or her availability to work during on-call periods. The supplement will be paid at the appropriate rate set out in Table 1 below.
- The level of supplement will depend on:
- the consultant’s rota frequency (the number of consultants on the relevant rota),
- and the category of the consultant’s on-call duties.
- Category A:
This applies where the consultant is typically required to return immediately to site when called or has to undertake interventions with a similar level of complexity to those that would normally be carried out on site, such as telemedicine or complex
telephone consultations;
Category B:
This applies where the consultant can typically respond by giving telephone advice and/or by returning to work later.
4. The process:
- The appropriate NHS Partner Trust will determine the category of the consultant’s on-call duties by making a prospective assessment of the typical nature of the response that the consultant is likely to have to undertake when called during an on-call period.
- The trust will inform UCL in writing of the appropriate on-call category and give their funding committment and UCL finance will provide a funding code.
- Where there is a change to the consultant’s rota frequency or the categorisation of the consultant’s on-call duties, any change to the level of the supplement will be to be advised to UCL in writing. Where this results in a reduction in the level of supplement, there will not be any protection arrangements in relation to previous entitlements.
- Part-time consultants will receive the appropriate percentage of the equivalent full-time basic salary, provided their responsibilities when on-call are the same as those of full-time consultants on the same rota.
On- call availability supplement | ||
Frequency of rota commitment | Value of supplement as a percentage | |
| Category A | Category B |
High frequency: | 8.0% | 3.0% |
Medium frequency: | 5.0% | 2.0% |
Low frequency: | 3.0% | 1.0% |