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140 Credits
Navigating the NHS work schedule
✓Curriculum Reviewed & CPD-Accredited by Expert Faculty
⏱Self-paced learning
|📚4 modules · 26 lectures
|⏱️1 hour
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Course Overview
This module is designed to help International Medical Graduates understand how NHS work schedules, rotas, leave systems, and contractual safeguards operate within UK healthcare settings.
For many IMGs, NHS rotas can initially feel complex and unfamiliar. Understanding shift patterns, zero days, annual leave, study leave, locum work, exception reporting, and safe working regulations is essential not only for maintaining wellbeing, but also for protecting patient safety, avoiding burnout, and safeguarding your contractual rights.
This module provides a practical overview of how NHS doctor rotas are structured, how work schedules are monitored, and what protections are built into the 2016 Junior Doctor Contract. Learners will also develop a clearer understanding of annual leave entitlements, study leave funding, rota changes, enhanced pay, exception reporting, and the role of the Guardian of Safe Working Hours.
The course has been designed to help IMGs navigate NHS working life more confidently, understand their rights and responsibilities, and develop healthier, safer, and more sustainable working practices within the NHS.
For many IMGs, NHS rotas can initially feel complex and unfamiliar. Understanding shift patterns, zero days, annual leave, study leave, locum work, exception reporting, and safe working regulations is essential not only for maintaining wellbeing, but also for protecting patient safety, avoiding burnout, and safeguarding your contractual rights.
This module provides a practical overview of how NHS doctor rotas are structured, how work schedules are monitored, and what protections are built into the 2016 Junior Doctor Contract. Learners will also develop a clearer understanding of annual leave entitlements, study leave funding, rota changes, enhanced pay, exception reporting, and the role of the Guardian of Safe Working Hours.
The course has been designed to help IMGs navigate NHS working life more confidently, understand their rights and responsibilities, and develop healthier, safer, and more sustainable working practices within the NHS.
What You'll Learn
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Understand how NHS doctor rotas are structured, including shift patterns, on-calls, night shifts, zero days, and contractual safeguards.
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Explain key safe working rules under the 2016 Junior Doctor Contract, including maximum shift lengths, rest requirements, night shift protections, and weekly working hour limits.
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Identify the different types of leave available within the NHS, including annual leave, study leave, maternity leave, public holidays, and special leave entitlements.
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Understand how exception reporting works, including when to submit reports, escalation processes, and the role of the Guardian of Safe Working Hours.
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Recognise how NHS pay enhancements, locum work, rota changes, and additional shifts are managed safely and contractually.
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Apply practical strategies to manage work-life balance, protect wellbeing, maintain safe working hours, and navigate common rota challenges faced by IMGs within the NHS.
Who Is This Course For?
This course is designed for:
• International Medical Graduates preparing to work in the NHS
• Junior doctors and resident doctors new to NHS rotas
• Trust Grade, Clinical Fellow, and SAS doctors
• IMGs transitioning into shift-based NHS work
• Overseas doctors wanting to better understand NHS leave systems and safe working rules
• Doctors seeking to understand exception reporting, rota safeguards, and contractual protections
• International Medical Graduates preparing to work in the NHS
• Junior doctors and resident doctors new to NHS rotas
• Trust Grade, Clinical Fellow, and SAS doctors
• IMGs transitioning into shift-based NHS work
• Overseas doctors wanting to better understand NHS leave systems and safe working rules
• Doctors seeking to understand exception reporting, rota safeguards, and contractual protections
4 modules | 26 lectures