Guidance for GP practice or specialty department

Potential Concerns

Trainee provides you with documents for pre-employment checks prior to joining your practice/department

Suggested Action - Advise the trainee that the lead employer deals with all pre-employment checks and suggest they ring 01514787777

Person Responsible - Practice manager, departmental lead, Named Educator or TPD

Trainee expresses concerns over weekly timetable or generic work schedule.

Suggested Action - Discuss the trainee’s concerns and see if there are any reasonable adjustments that can be made as part of their personal work schedule.

If not resolved, trainees should be encouraged to make an exception report. This provides a mechanism to inform both their employer and their host organisation where the trainee feels that their daily work varies significantly and/ or regularly from their work schedule.

Person Responsible - Practice manager or departmental lead

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Trainee expresses concerns over holiday and/or study leave entitlement.

Suggested Action - Discuss the trainee’s concerns and contact the lead employer on 01514787777 for annual leave entitlement. Study leave is an educational issue and should be discussed with the TPD.

Person responsible - Practice manager, departmental/education centre lead.

Trainee expresses concern over not being able to visit their GP/dentist during work hours.

Suggested Action - Discuss the trainee’s concerns and contact the lead employer on 0151 478 7777

Person responsible - Practice manager, departmental/education centre lead.

Trainee expresses concerns over travel expenses and/or removal expenses.

Suggested Action - Discuss the trainee’s concerns and contact the lead employer on 01514787777

Person responsible - Practice manager or departmental lead.

Trainee requests advice about parental leave

Suggested Action - Discuss the trainee’s concerns and contact the lead employer on 01514787777

Person responsible - Practice manager, departmental lead, Named Educator or TPD

Trainee expresses concerns over educational support.

Suggested Action - Consider using the SKIPE model to gather background information. Discussion between the trainee and appropriate educators, consider involving the TPD if necessary.

Click here for SKIPE model.

Person responsible - Named Educator and/or TPD

Educator expresses concerns over the trainee’s progress

Suggested Action - Consider using the RDMp system to identify the concerns. Consider using the SKIPE model to gather background information. Discussion between the trainee and appropriate educators, consider involving the TPD if necessary.

Click here for SKIPE model and RDMp system

Person responsible - Named Educator.

Wednesday, 23 March, 2022

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