![]() No one on their deathbed says, “I wish I had worked more.” Sure, being a physician is a big part of your life, but perhaps there are more important priorities. They want the lifestyle jobs with some flexibility. This is evident in the type of jobs that many of the residents I work with seem to be looking for. They are the brand, and if they don’t see patients, no one else can step in and do it for them.īut more and more, I see physicians come to the realization that their job is ultimately not their entire lives and look for a change. They end up working late on a daily basis and seeing their family for very small moments of time in any given week. Unfortunately for some, like my father, they just don’t have much flexibility in their schedules at their current positions. ![]() My father was a physician a surgeon in fact and I do remember him being quite busy even as a child (although I think he did a pretty tremendous job of trying to be home for dinner and taking us on family vacations). How many of us have heard stories of successful physicians who sacrificed their family lives to get where they are? Trying to balance the significant time commitment of our careers with a good family life is a huge challenge. Surely, it’s no surprise that doctors lead busy lives. Now let’s get to some of the pros and the cons of working part-time as a doctor. Either way, it’s taking what you do and cutting out a piece of it to devote to something else. Perhaps it’s a schedule without some weekend call or fewer nights. So in discussing part-time in this post, I refer to anything less than the expected full-time commitment of your position. Yet, you’d still be working what’s normal to the general population. Imagine cutting 25% of your clinical time right now, it would seem drastic and life-altering. 75 FTE, that would still put them around 40 hours, which is full-time for most other people. If a typical physician were to cut down 25% of their working time to. This includes patient care as well as the ever-increasing time for paperwork. Any rules relating to sick leave will still apply.I’m sure it varies according to specialty and the type of practice you’re in, but it seems across many surveys, the average amount of time working is between 50-60 hours a week. ![]() They might do this if they do not qualify for sick pay, for example. If an employee is ill just before or during their holiday, they can take it as sick leave instead.Īn employee can ask to take their paid holiday for the time they’re off work sick. Statutory holiday entitlement is built up (accrued) while an employee is off work sick (no matter how long they’re off).Īny statutory holiday entitlement that is not used because of illness can be carried over into the next leave year. They might need to fill in a form or send details of their sick leave by email. ![]() The employer and employee will agree on how the employee should do this. When they return to work, their employer can ask them to confirm they’ve been off sick. If employees are off work for 7 days or less, they do not need to give their employer a fit note or other proof of sickness from a healthcare professional. The AHP Health and Work Report cannot be used to apply for Employment and Support Allowance (ESA). Someone working in any of the following occupations can provide this:Ī physiotherapist or occupational therapist will give either a fit note or AHP Health and Work Report depending on the employee’s needs. If their employer agrees, the employee can use a similar document called an Allied Health Professional ( AHP) Health and Work Report instead. The healthcare professional might charge a fee if the employee has been ill for 7 days or less. The healthcare professional needs to assess the employee’s fitness for work before giving a fit note.įit notes are free if the employee has been ill for more than 7 days when they ask for one. Getting a fit noteĮmployees can get a fit note from the following healthcare professionals: The employee must be treated as ‘not fit for work’ if there’s no agreement on these changes.Įmployers can take a copy of the fit note. If it says the employee ‘may be fit for work’, employers should discuss any changes that might help the employee return to work (for example, different hours or tasks). The fit note will say the employee is either ‘not fit for work’ or ‘may be fit for work’. This includes non-working days, such as weekends and bank holidays. Fit notes and proof of sicknessĮmployees must give their employer a ‘fit note’ (sometimes called a ‘sick note’) if they’ve been ill for more than 7 days in a row and have taken sick leave. This guide is also available in Welsh (Cymraeg).
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