A note from: James Orr
It really is a pleasure to be able to introduce myself to you in our newsletter and begin sharing the plans for the future of Doctors Direct. Having worked in medical staffing for the last 10 years which includes many NHS trusts as customers, I’m looking forward to sharing my knowledge and experience in my role as Managing Director.
Over the coming months we will be continuing to focus on your needs and those of our doctors to develop your careers, specialties and career pathways.
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You may have already met with your placement consultants at drop in sessions in your local Trust, the feedback provided has been invaluable – so thank you to everyone who has given their time so far.
Insights from our conversations at drop in sessions ensure that we are finding the right ways for us to work with you. We continue to look at our membership options and how these can best support you.
As Doctors Direct evolves, we want to ensure you are all part of the conversation involved in shaping the routes to the right types of work for you. Our aim is to provide greater choice of work by giving you access to a growing number of partner Trust employers.
I look forward to meeting you and updating you on our journey.
James
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Drop in sessions
Over the coming months, your trust will be hosting a series of drop in sessions to give you the opportunity to find out more information about the service we’re providing and enabling you to submit any feedback you may have as to the service you are receiving as one of our locum doctors.
As a thank you for your time and your input, we’ll be entering any feedback given into a prize draw to win an Amazon Echo Dot.
To find out when your next drop in session is, click the button.
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GMC launches 'speaking up' resources
As you will know, The General Medical Council helps to protect patients and improve medical education and practice in the UK. To aid with this, they have recently launched a ‘speaking up’ web page within the ethical hub section of their website.
The pages include professional guidance on raising concerns, and include a quick guide on the steps involved, some practical tools for speaking up and listening up effectively, and real life examples of how this has made a difference.
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We're attending the AGM
We are delighted to be attending the Acute and General Medicine conference in London on 12th and 13th of November to introduce what we do to a wider market and to talk about some very exciting projects.
Pop over and say 'Hi' if you're there - we'll be at stand D22.
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Health and Wellbeing
With World Mental Health Day taking place on 10th October we want to highlight the importance of taking care of yourselves as well as the patients you care for. Doctors Direct is here to support you in your career and give you more control over your work life balance but we also urge you, if you are struggling, to get the help that you need. For more information and access to resources click the here.
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What do you wish you’d known?
We would love to know what advice you wish you’d been given as a junior doctor, the best advice you were given, or your favourite memory from your time as a junior doctor. We’ll be compiling a blog post for junior doctors starting out in their medical careers from the advice given by our locums.
As a thank you for sharing your experience, we will be donating £10 on your behalf for each submission to our charity of the year, the British Heart Foundation.
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NHSP:Connect
Did you know you can now access the NHSP:Connect portal through our exclusive app? The app allows you to release worked shifts for authorisation, search and book locum shifts, upload compliance documents and more. The app is currently available for IOS devices. Search NHSP:Connect in the app store to download.
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My SBS Pay
As a Doctors Direct locum, you can view your payslips easily through the SBS app. The app is called MySBSPay and is free to download.
Once you have downloaded the app you will need the following to register:
- ESR number on your SBS payslip.
- Email address registered with SBS (the email registered with SBS is the same one you received this email on)
- Home postcode
- National Insurance number
This app is available on both IOS and Android devices. Search your app stores for My SBS Pay
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Looking for your next opportunity?
To find your next locum opportunity with Doctors Direct at one of our partner trusts, check out our jobs board that features all of our latest vacancies.
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Are you up to date?
have you let us know all the specialties and grades you can currently work in?
If you need to update your information with us, you can contact us on 03330 143652 or contact your dedicated placement consultant via email.
Having this information helps us to find the right opportunities for you?
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