Good evening everyone and welcome to this free webinar courtesy of the kind sponsorship of JHP recruitment. We're delighted to have Josh Raynor speaking tonight, who's been at JHP for a few years now, and he's going to be here discussing everything you need to know about being a locum. So we'd just like to thank JHP er before we start for their kind sponsorship of this webinar, as well as the whole nurse series this year, as they are committed to helping nurses with their CPD requirements.

If you do have any questions, then please submit them into the Q&A box during the talk, and we'll look to answer them at the end of the presentation. I'll now pass over to Josh, who will take it from here. Brilliant, thank you.

Good evening, everyone. My name's Josh Rayner, and I work for JHP Recruitment Limited. Now I've been working in the recruitment for 2 years now, and I've recruited numerous veterinary nurses, vet surgeons, veterinary care assistants, practise managers, receptionists, and clinical directors.

And last year we were lucky enough to be asked to write a webinar for the BBNA which a colleague of mine presented. And we're part of a team of 11 recruitment consultants who work within the veterinary industry, and we have clients across the UK, Europe, Middle East, India, and Australia. Now I'm here today to try and give you as much information as possible on the subject of everything you need to know about locuming.

And I speak with candidates on a daily basis that are thinking of becoming a locum, and it can be daunting, and I'm sure you, you'll have lots of questions. And the aim of today is to try and answer as many of those questions as possible. So the things that we're gonna go through this evening is the different options for getting paid, such as umbrella companies, limited companies, or self-employed.

This tends to be where most of the questions are gonna lie, so we'll give you the pros and cons for each of these to help you make your mind up of which will be best suited for you. Something else that we'll cover is who pays you and how you'll be paid. We'll also discuss the ways to find work, such as via your own contacts or via a recruitment agency.

We'll also cover the different types of recruitment agencies that there are out there for you. We'll also touch base on the new IR 35 regulation that has come into effect as of 2017. Plus other important information such as holiday pay, sick pay, and maternity pay.

So firstly, How can I be paid as a locum and the best way to be paid? So there's no right or wrong answer to this question, and it really depends on your own situation and what will be best suited for you. So in reality you have 3 options, which are either to set up your own limited company.

Register yourself as self-employed or to use an umbrella company. Now each of these options may suit one person more than the other, so I'll go a bit more in depth of how each of them are gonna work, so you can then realise which one is gonna be best suited for you. So option one is to set up your own limited company.

This can be fairly simple process and it can be completed online. You would incorporate a company with the HMRC and give it a name such as Jane's Locum Services, for example, or whatever you want to call it. You'd then be the director of that company, and it would be your responsibility to ensure that your accounts are kept up to date and the end of year accounts are submitted to the HMRC via an accountant.

Now it costs approximately 15 pounds to set this business up online, and I really would recommend that you do this yourself, because we've been told by a nurse before that she's asked her accountant to do it for her, and they charged her £400 for the privilege. So yeah, very much worth looking into and doing it yourself to save you a fair bit of pennies. And once you've had this business set up online, you'll then be sent a certificate of incorporation by the HMRC, this is usually sent to you through email.

And this is essentially it's a proof of your company. You can then take this to the bank along with some ID and open up your business bank account in the company name, and then from there you can then decide if you want to register for VAT. Now if you decide that you to become VAT registered, you would have to ensure that quarterly VAT returns are completed and you could excuse me, you could claim VAT back on any purchases for the business and charge VAT on your invoices, and then the difference will be paid to the HMRC.

Most nurses that set up as a limited company decide not to register for VAT. It doesn't tend to be cost effective and it becomes a bit more of a sort of paper shuffling exercise. You'll ideally need to set up your public liability insurance, and it may be a good idea to get yourself BDS cover, but we'll touch base a little later on, in the lecture about the BDS cover.

It sounds more complicated than it is, but once the business and the bank account is set up, it becomes very easy, and if you have an accountant in the family, then this would reduce the cost for you. If you don't, and you're looking to use an accountant, you're looking at an annual fee of about 3 to 500 pounds depending on the accountant. Having a liberty company means that you could work for nearly any practise in the UK, but with new legislation coming in from April 2017, you wouldn't be able to work for the public sector via a limited company.

So in the veterinary industry, this only really applies to universities. Now the benefit of a limited company would be that you would pay yourself a salary and dividends, which would reduce your personal tax bill greatly. However, you'll also pay corporation tax, so consider, excuse me, seriously consider chatting, with an accountant before you jump in as a limited company, locum to ensure that you're aware of exactly how it works.

So unless you're going to work as a locum, say more than sort of 12 months on a full-time hours, basis for at least 48 weeks of the year, it's seriously worth considering whether this is gonna be a cost effective option for you. So now moving on to how to be paid and registering yourself as self-employed. This is exactly what it says, you'll be registered as self-employed via the gov.uk website and you will submit annual tax returns.

If you're working on a self-employed basis, you would charge the clinic or hospital directly and it would become your responsibility to ensure that tax and national insurance contributions are paid at the end of the tax year. You know this would mean that you have to be sensible to ensure that you're saving money back each time that you're paid to ensure that you are paying your tax bill. Not many locums work this way, as it can come with pitfalls such as, now firstly, you have to invoice the practise directly.

And in this case you don't know when you're gonna get paid, there's no essential guarantee. It could be weekly, fortnightly, monthly, or maybe even every 6 to 8 weeks. And if you're not paid on time by the clinic, and you, you're having to pay your rent, you have to, you've got mortgage or bills to pay, it's, it's down to you, it's your responsibility to be chasing the practise for the payment, which is obviously not a nice thing to be doing.

Not all practises take self-employed locums due to tax and employer national insurance contribution reasons, which will mean that you'll have restricted practises that you can go work for, including some charities and larger groups. Again, similar to, the limited company, you'd need to set up a public liability insurance as well, and it may be a good idea to get yourself BDS cover, and again, like I said before, we'll cover more on BDS a little bit later on. Now you would require an accountant to complete your end of yearbooks, but this would be cheaper than using an accountant for a limited company.

You would also need to upgrade your car insurance to class one, sort of business use to, but if you're already fully comp, a lot of the insurance companies out there will upgrade this at no extra cost. And also by doing this, you'll be able to claim, wear and tear for tax purposes. But again, this would be best discussed in depth with an accountant if this is an option you're looking to explore.

So, Quite similar in respect to the limited company, unless you're looking at locuming for at least 12 months on a full-time hours basis for at least 48 weeks of the year, it's really worth looking into whether this would be the right option for you going self-employed. Now the third and final option on how you can be paid as a locum is to register yourself with an umbrella company. By far, by far the easiest way, .

And It's a very high percentage of our nurses decide to work using an umbrella company. By registering with an umbrella company, they'll take care of your tax and national insurance contributions. They'll also do the invoicing for you.

And also, you can also opt in to contribute towards a pension if you want it. There is a small cost involved, but you're not tied into a contract, and would only pay the umbrella company when you're submitting a time sheet. And the fee is taken out of your wages, meaning that you don't make payments to them.

And the umbrella company would be classed as your employer. So if you then decided to revert back to permanent employment, it would be the umbrella company that would be issuing you with your P45. Now, in regards to umbrella companies, there's literally hundreds of different companies, but they all ultimately, they all do the same job.

So therefore the best option is to find the cheapest company. And as an agency, we're not linked to any umbrella company whatsoever, but we can certainly keep our ears out for the cheapest ones, and the, the umbrella companies that are offering the best deals at that time and help point you in the right directions, . If you had a figure in your head of say 15 to 20 pounds per week, sorry, per time sheet, if you're to work a full week, that the costs aren't gonna be far off this, it's, it's, it's not gonna be way out of the park, so 15 to 20 pounds maximum.

Umbrella companies, they actually, cover you for public liability within the fee that they charge you, so you wouldn't need this separately like you would for being self-employed or you're a limited company. Some umbrella companies offer perks such as discounts in restaurants and shops, and some actually offer with help with CPD. So ultimately, umbrella companies, they, they're great for ease, but if you're planning to being a locum for more than 12 months, again on a full-time basis, for at least 48 weeks of the year, then maybe one of the other two options would be better for you.

So, that concludes how to be paid as a locum. And here it's just a quick little slide, as you can see, sort of the pros and cons to each, . If you've got any questions at the end, and you want to know more in depth questions then please don't be afraid to ask.

So next, we're gonna go on to VDS cover insurance. Some RVNs will choose to take out an insurance policy with BDS, the Veterinary defence Society, and the VDS ensures that the practising profession against claims of negligence and defence reputations against claims and can offer compensation when appropriate. Now that registered veterinary nurse, now that registered veterinary nurses are regulated by taking out this cover, it ensures that you are covered for legal representation at criminal and disciplinary hearings.

It's not a great topic to discuss, and it's not a nice thing to think about. But if someone is bringing proceedings against you, it's best to have peace of mind knowing that you can have a policy in place to protect you from potentially huge costs. The BDS cover runs, as a calendar year, so from January to December, and the costs for nurses is approximately 50 pounds, to cover, cover you for the calendar year.

And, and to gain the BDS cover, it's a simple process, it's a short phone call over the phone and then completing one side of an A4 piece of paper form, and once you pay the premium, you're good to go from the next day. And next topic is how do I find locum work? Again, this is much like how do you get paid, it's all down to preference.

You may want to go out there and find locum work for your own contacts within different practises, and you may wish to put your name out there and find your own work. This will involve letting your contacts know your availability by phoning and emailing them. You will need to stay in contact to find out if they're looking for locum cover and if so, for which dates.

It's always a good idea to keep the contacts that you have updated with your availability to try and plan at least 2 to 4 weeks ahead as you wouldn't want to finish an assignment, end of play Friday and then start looking for a new role to go into from the following Monday. You're then from there, booking your own local work, have to negotiate your hourly rate and get this booked in yourself. What I would recommend you doing is having some sort of contract or booking form that you have, sort of like a template so that once you're booked in with the practise, you can fill it in, send it to the clinic so that you've got something.

As a sort of written agreement to stop any sort of misunderstandings. So you may decide. That the easier option is to register with an agency and to let them do the hard work for you.

Now by doing this, you let the agency know the type of work that you're looking for, whether it's day, whether it's night, whether you're looking for a work in a hospital or a smaller first opinion clinic, for example. Then it's down to the agency to go out and find as many options for you as they possibly can. They'll come back, report to you and let you know which vacancies are available for you.

You'll then let the agency know which ones you're interested in, and from there the agency then. Ultimately they'll try and get this booked in for you and negotiate the hourly rate that you're looking for. Now some people think that the agency will take a cut of your agreed hourly rate, but this is incorrect, and you will receive the full rate that is agreed with you, minus obviously the tax and the national insurance.

As an agency, we'll make sure that we ask the candidate if there are any clinics that they wouldn't want to work for, or on the flip side, if there are any that you've always been keen on, such as referral centres, this is just to make sure that we're contacting the right practises that are for you. We're also taking into account the distance from home. As most locums will want to work as close to home as possible, and others will be happy to stay away from home if free accommodation is provided, but the accommodation that can be in the form of a flat above the clinic, a house close by, or a B&B or a hotel, it's all dependent on the practise.

So approximately 30% of locum nurse vacancies that we've got available will come with free accommodation. Now once we've agreed any booking, we will send out a booking confirmation form to you as the locum. And also wanted to practise so that everything is agreed in writing beforehand.

There are types of agencies, there's two types of agencies, not many people know this, but there are actually. Really important to make you aware of the different types because it has an impact on how you're going to get paid. For example, JHP Recruitment Limited or an employment agency.

This means that we prefer to take care of paying our locums rather than the clinics paying them, and this has a lot of benefits for you as a locum, such as if you're looking for locum role and we're placed there by JHP recruitment. We would issue you with a time sheet at the beginning of your placement, and you will complete this on a weekly basis, and then you can send this to us through fax, email, WhatsApp, post if you like, and we, we make sure we process this time sheet for you, for pay on a weekly basis. And we can do this for you if you're either registered with an umbrella company or if you had your own limited company.

This means that as long as you remember to send in your time sheet, you will be paid on a weekly basis, taking away any money worries. Some agencies work within the veterinary industry are known as introductory agencies. They would find you the work in the same way, but they do not pay their locums.

This means that if you were a limited company or registered with an umbrella company, the invoice would go direct to the practise and you would not be guaranteed to be paid within a certain time limit. This again reverts back to whether you, you could they could pay you weekly, but it could take them up to a fortnight, maybe a month to get around to pay this invoice, OK. And obviously if you've got rent or bills to pay like before you're going on a holiday, it's down to yourself to be chasing the money to ensure that you're paid on time.

And most locums that are using an umbrella or a limited company prefer to use an employment agency as they know they are guaranteed to be paid every Friday as long as they send in a time sheet. If you decide to use an agency, please be aware that you know the rules before you start working so you know exactly when are you gonna get paid. So moving on to the next topic of how much locum work is available.

Bit of a difficult question to answer, as it's, it's down to the individual really. The bigger the area that you are willing to cover, the more options ultimately we're gonna have available to you, but it also comes down to your geographical location, excuse me. For example, if you're willing to cover anything up to 30 miles from home, for example.

But you live on the coast, 50% of the area will be see, meaning that less clinics are available. If you'd be willing to stay away from home in free practise accommodation, this is gonna open up so many more vacancies for you, . As I've touched base on just a minute ago, 30% of the roles are available.

Are covered with free accommodation. Also, with regards to how much work. It's gonna be available for you.

Your salary expectations are gonna come into play, the last thing you want to do, and it's something that I think you really want to be aware of is not pricing yourself out of work. Just remember that the practises have a budget, and if they, if practise has two locums available to them, and one of them is 3 pounds cheaper than the other, they're likely to take the cheaper option to remain in budget, OK. And moving on to.

Happy to stay away from home for locum work. As I've mentioned, approximately 30% of our locum rolls are, are available with free accommodation. It's gonna be a variety of different options, sometime a flat above the clinic, or it's a house, nearby or possibly a hotel or a B&B, or even in some cases, we, we may have, an employee at one of the clinics who have a spare room, so you'll just kind of do a house share with them as such, .

But if you're taking on a role that does come with a accommodation, it's some important questions that you, I think you will want to ask before accepting the role. I think quite an important one for everybody in this day and age, is to ask, will I have access to the internet? Also, is there a TV in either your bedroom or the living room?

Will I have access to cooking facilities? Obviously if, if that's a, that's a no and you're booked in somewhere for a sort of substantial amount of time, that will involve in takeaways, eating out a lot, so cooking facilities, it's quite a big one for myself. Do I need to take my own bedding?

Will I be in a shared accommodation? If so, with a male, female, how many people? Also, can I take my dog along for company?

Not to touch base On each of these again, if you're to take the long term role and have no TV or internet, you could find yourself not very well entertained, and get very bored on evenings and days off. There's no cooking facilities, again, taking a position that's gonna last at least sort of 3 to 4 weeks. The costs of getting takeaway, eating out every night.

It's not going to be very cost effective for you, so it's certainly that for me, and if I was a locum, it would be a big deal for me, . Most clinics will provide bedding in the accommodation, but make sure that you ask because you won't want to turn up without any bedding, as your first night is obviously going to be then very uncomfortable, and then from that day on, you've then got the expense of buying your own bedding from the next day. And also some clinics, they don't allow pets in the accommodation.

So if you plan on taking someone along for company, please make sure that the practise is happy with this first of all. Someone may ask you to sign an agreement as well, that will state if your pet does cause any damage, you will be liable for the cost to put things right. Now to touch base on the IR 35 regulations, this is a new piece of legislation that's been brought in by the government.

It doesn't really affect the veterinary industry too badly. Without going into too much depth, it is actually new rules regarding limited company, candidates working within the public sector. So from April 2017, limited company locums will no longer be able to invoice a public sector client or even via an agency.

As a majority of the veterinary industry clients will be private sector, this doesn't affect us too much. Where it will affect you, if you were a limited company, is if you wanted to work for a university hospital, as they are classed as public sector, you'll only be able to work for them via an umbrella company or via the PAYE system. So if you had a limited company for your private sector work, you would be able to work via an umbrella company for public sector work should you wish to do so, OK?

Like I say, doesn't really have a massive effect on us as a sort of veterinary industry as the veterinary locums, OK? And the next one, so moving on to frequently asked questions, something that comes up quite often, . If I was a locum and then got pregnant, am I entitled to maternity pay?

So, yes, but there's certain criteria to be met, such as you must have worked for the umbrella or limited company continuously for at least 26 weeks by the end of the 15th week before the expected week of childbirth. But if you meet the criteria, then yes, you will be paid maternity pay. .

Again, worth looking into, but must stress that you must have been working for that umbrella company or limited company continuously for at least 26 weeks by the end of the 15th week before the expected week of childbirth. I hope that makes sense, a bit of a tongue twister there. Another, frequently asked question is, do I receive sick pay?

If you earn over £112 per week. And you're off for 4 days or more, you're able to claim a statutory sick pay. But again, there's certain criteria to be met in order to claim this, and there's something that if anybody would like me to look into, please do ask, and I can look into this for you just to find out the exact sort of weeks and dates.

Another question is, do I receive holiday pay? If you decide to work via an umbrella company, some of these umbrella companies will ask if you wish to opt in or opt out to the holiday pay scheme. If you opt in, then a small percentage of your wages is held back each week, so that when you decide to take your holiday, you can let your umbrella company let, I'm requesting, or I'm taking a week or two's leave, can I request for any holiday pay that I've got to be paid out, so it sort of, it'll cover you in a sense, while you're having that time off.

But the rules around this do differ from umbrella company to umbrella company, so. If this is something that's of interest to you, please ensure that you to find out the exact details from whichever umbrella company you decide to sign up with. And please, please, please, this is very important, be careful, as some will say that if you don't take the holiday pay within the tax year, you could lose it.

So you don't want to opt in, obviously, have a small percentage of your wages held back, you've not used the full allocated amount that you've had set back, and then you lose it come April. It'll be a complete waste of time. Another question while we're on the subject of umbrella companies is, can I change to another umbrella company?

Simple answer, yes. When you sign up to an umbrella company, you're not tied into any contracts. You could literally be using one umbrella company one week to decide it's not for you or come across another, umbrella company that you would prefer to use, and be with them from the next week, OK?

So, next question, can I claim my mileage to and from work as a locum? Now, unfortunately not. The rules on this changed in 2016.

No contract or locum worker is able to offset their mileage to and from work against the tax anymore. This, this doesn't just apply for us within the veterinary industry. This applies across the whole board, whether you're working within veterinary, IT, finance, engineering, any other industry, it applies all across the board.

However, if you're expected to travel as part of your job, so if the clinic that you're working in, they're asking you to go on a home visit, or maybe you're at one branch and then they ask you to go to a different branch to cover in the afternoon. You can then cover, sorry, excuse me, you can then claim for the miles between the branch, so to speak, or to and from the home visit, but you cannot claim the miles back that are to and from home unfortunately. Another frequently asked question, which I believe we touch base on, .

A little while ago, but not too in depth, but on how much I'll be paid. Now this is, it's all dependent on a lot of things . Such as if you're gonna be working in a referral centre, or maybe you're gonna be working in a small first opinion clinic, are you working days, you working nights, etc.

But I think generally as an RVN you'll be looking at an absolute minimum, minimum of 14 pounds per hour as a locum, but most clinics will pay 15 to sort of 18 pounds per hour. Sort of break this down for you, if you were to work full-time hours at 15 pounds per hour. You're working 48 weeks of the year to give yourself 4 weeks off holiday annual leave.

This will equate to approximately 27,000 pounds per year working as a locum nurse if you're on the 15 pounds per hour, OK? And the last question, do I have to fund my own CPD? As a locum, you do, unfortunately.

It's one of the costs taken into account, fully your own responsibility, to fund your CPD. However, if you work via an agency, some will help towards the costs, . And if you work for them for a certain amount of time within a year, also some umbrella companies can help with CPD, but again, worth looking into and asking the question, with, with whichever agency, you decide to use or which umbrella company you decide to use.

One of the first questions, I'll probably be asking is about CPD to be honest. OK, so that concludes, my talk for this evening. Thank you all very much for your time and I hope this has helped you.

But if anyone has any further questions, please feel free to hang about, now and ask me some questions or my contact details are there. So Josh at JHP recruitment.com is my email address.

My office number is 01392249649, or the number there that you see on the screen, which is 444115. Thanks. Thank you very much, Josh.

That was a fantastic webinar, very comprehensive, a lot of information in there. For everyone who is online, as Josh mentioned, we'll, we've got some time to do a Q&A session. So if you have any questions, pop them into the Q&A box now.

And Josh has put his details up on screen as well, which is, great. So if you have any other questions, feel free to contact him there. Let's see, we have one here, from anonymous attendee that says, will I get a copy of this to watch.

So, the recording of this webinar will be up, on our website, within 48 hours, should be up tomorrow afternoon. But it should be up within 48 hours. So if there's any information within that talk that you needed to cover again, then it will be on the website.

If you go onto the website, there's a sponsors tab at the top of the screen. JHPR in there, and you can see the webinars that they've contributed to as well. So we've got a question from, Sophie, who's asking, I thought BDS cover was enough.

I did not know about public liability cover. That's that was just a comment from on the question. And, Bessy's asking if this counts for CPD.

Yes, this will all count, towards your CPD allowance. It will go onto your, webinar vets account. So if you log in, typically, again, within 24 hours, you'll see that in your profile.

Got another question here. I'm considering becoming a locum RVN under a limited company. I rang an accountant the other day to inquire about how it worked, how it would work, sorry.

They told me I could claim mileage, travel to work and back at 45 pence per mile. Is this incorrect? Yes, unfortunately it is, you've been ill advised there.

There's no way, unfortunately, you can, claim mileage to and from work. It's just. If the practise is asked, for, like I said before, either a home visit or maybe, during your working day, you're asked to cover or work between practises, that's the only way that you can, claim back mileage, not to and from work, unfortunately.

Yeah. OK, so definitely I would consider just making sure you ask that accountant again to confirm where he's seen that. To have it on very good authority here.

How much would you ask for per hour if you were an experienced nurse with 10+ years experience in various clinics and hospitals, plus out of hours in Victoria. Hi Victoria, like I said, . It all depends on the location as well, but I'd say you'd be looking at the 17 pounds per hour mark, with your experience if it, it obviously depends on the area and and the practise, but with your experience you'd obviously be looking at the sort of higher end of the rate there.

Yeah, I'm sure Victoria, if you send Josh an email, be happy to find some opportunities for you. Sure. Jane's asking, or, yes, Jane's asking, so she's been working as a locum for the past 2 years.

Is it reasonable to give yourself an annual pay rise? If so, what percentage is generally acceptable in the Southwest area with regular clients? Jane, it all, all depends really on how long, how long your locum rate for the last two years, has it stayed the same?

And if so, yes, I think a little, a little rise would be, but again, touching base on what I previously said, I wouldn't, I wouldn't be going. Too high because you wouldn't want to price yourself out of work. If you're getting yourself consistent work with regular clients, it, it's obviously working for you in terms of the hourly rate that you're charging, but, I will be having a chat with the, the clients and, getting their honest opinion as well.

Yeah, I think I saw, in the last EVS report the other day that the number of, particularly nurses who are going part-time or, or locums or, different to, to normal full-time hours is increasing year on year. So, I mean, is it, is it quite a saturated market? I, sorry, in terms of sort of how many nurses there are available in the area, would you say?

Yeah, yeah, so I mean, have you seen, do you see quite a lot of nurses, going for work nowadays? Yes, definitely, the locum is becoming more appealing. I'd say this is generally, because you've got that flexibility, you kind of, you, you can pick and choose when you're working, also where you work, a lot of, Sort of what appeals to nurses is that it looks great on their CV if they can have a sort of variety, they're spending a few months in a referral centre, they're spending another few months in in a different hospital.

So it is becoming a very popular option, especially, again, like I've touched base on before with the accommodation that's now available, more and more accommodation is available with these locum rolls, which makes it a lot more accessible for nurses. Yeah, and I think it's, it's, it's also an interesting point about society, wider society in general. There are a lot more companies now who are looking at flexible hours and flexible working in, setups.

So perhaps that's, the way that it's going to be going over the next few years. Yeah, definitely. So Ellie's asking, is, is corporation tax similar to employers' National Insurance?

Can I get back to Ellie on that one, if she's happy for me to, please? I will have to look into that. Yeah, sure.

So, Ellie, if you're happy, if you want to just put in the, the chat box, to, all panellists, and just let us know that you're happy for Josh to get in touch with you and he can, run through the finer details of that in the next day or two. Someone's asked, do you find Devon to be an area with, less less RVN opportunities? I wouldn't say less, but I think because of the area, you may find yourself having to travel a little further, but I mean, there are plenty of practises out there in Devon.

We're, we're obviously Devon based right in Exeter, but there, there's plenty of locum RBN roles in the Devon area to keep you busy. Yeah, and a lovely part of the world if you do have to do some travelling, lovely scenery. Yep.

Bessy's asking, what about pay for a newly qualified nurse within the last year, say? OK, again, this will depend on Bessie, if I'm totally honest, what kind of work that you're looking for. Necessarily, it's, it's not whether it, you, you qualified either 6 months ago or 2 years ago.

It could be, depending on the practise. But if you'd like to get in touch, we can have a chat about the potential roles that are available in your area and sort of what the practises are willing to pay. My contact details are there, so please do get in touch.

Yeah, I think you mentioned it at the start, Josh. Obviously JHP have a very good, reputation within the industry and, you know, they've got a lot of experience, within this field. So if you wanted to give them a call or send them an email, I'm sure you guys will, will get back to everyone very quickly.

Sure. Sophie's asking that do the majority of practises not pay lunch and breaks? No, generally not.

On the very rare, situation, some are happy to do so, but more often than not, you're deducted either half an hour or an hour's pay, for your lunch breaks. OK. And just, touching on what someone mentioned earlier and, and I think you ran through as well earlier, Josh, about the, the CPD.

Obviously, there's a lot of, content, a hell of a lot, over 1000 hours of CPD content on the webinar vet's website. If you did sign up to a nurse membership on there, you actually have access to the whole of the archives, so there's absolutely everything you could need. We also do, have a lot of, free access webinars sponsored by, very generous sponsors like JHP, for example, some of the pharmaceutical companies.

So if you were looking for some great value CPD, head to the website, and have a look through there. Got another question here saying, what pay would you expect for an experienced, ECC nurse, emergency critical care nurse working night shifts in London. OK, I myself, I work in the, West Midlands all the way up to Scotland, so I tend not to get involved with the locum, night nurse sort of vacancies in London, but I think the going rates, from memory is about around the 19 to 20 pounds per hour mark for the night shifts in and around London.

But my colleague Natalie Coles, is a recruitment consultant in that area. So if you want to get in touch, either through the website or Natalie's email address is Natalie@JHP recruitment.com, and she'll be able to help you further on this.

Yeah, and just to clarify, JHP obviously have consultants covering the, the length and breadth of the, the country. Yeah, definitely. Excellent.

I think that's all the questions we have for the time being. If you do have any other questions, we'll give it another minute or so, everyone, if you do want to submit any more. As I said, the, the webinar will be up on the website, within 24 to 48 hours.

So if there's any, content you wanted to, to recover or go over again, you'll be able to watch the call, that recording, sorry, you know, go back on yourself and double check things and make notes, however you may, want to do it. It looks like that's the end of the questions then. So thank you very much, Josh, and thanks JHP, recruitment for sponsoring this webinar.

Thanks everyone for attending, and we'll see you on another webinar soon. Thank you. Thanks, bye.