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Industry Update - NSW Health Locums

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We advised in a previous edition of Evolve that there were changes to the NSW Health policy on the employment of locum doctors in pubic hospitals.

Essentially, the process covers non-specialist doctors employed on a casual basis, and focuses on two key areas:

1. Limitation of salaries and condition; and
2. Regulation of medical locum agencies

Since our previous article, there have been a few changes to the policy, which can be downloaded here.

One of the key changes is that there may be a provision for individual health services to invite you to work outside of the auspices of your registered locum agency. Although this is your decision, we do encourage any of our candidates who might be considering a change to discuss it with us in the first instance to help us understand how we may improve our service to you.

We have unfortunately heard reports of some individual health services putting pressure on candidates, or coercing them to work directly for the service rather than a locum agency. These practices are rare, but we do encourage you to report any such instances to the NSW Health Department on 02 9391 9523 , or by emailing them.

Beat Medical Hits The Mark For Quality

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Recently, Beat Medical gained approval for accreditation with the Recruitment and Consulting Services Association (RCSA), for the coveted Service Delivery Standard. This standard means that Beat Medical stands shoulder to shoulder with much larger medical locum and recruitment agencies in terms of quality - whilst still offering you the personal service you deserve.  

As members of the RCSA, and recipients of the Service Delivery Standard, we are bound by the code of conduct and a higher level of professionalism and service than non-members.

On the same topic, Shaun Hughston has recently been elected to the national council for the Association of Medical Recruiters Australia and New Zealand (AMRANZ), representing the interests of medical recruitment agencies and their candidates. Please contact Shaun to let him know any issues you would like brought up with the council.