Rates

Team24 offers some of the most competitive rates (click here for current rates) in this field and can assure you that we negotiate hard for the benefit of EVERY doctor who works for us. Team24 has learnt from experience that our Doctors prefer to receive their pay on a weekly basis (not a policy employed by all agencies) we therefore pay all earnings directly into the Doctors account punctually.

Accommodation

Our consultants work hard to ensure that we provide suitable accommodation for all Doctors working away from home. We will always negotiate with our clients to help meet the costs of this additional expense.*

*Please discuss and agree expenses in advance of any placement.

GMC Registration

At present all Doctors who wish to work in the U.K. are required to register with the GMC. The exact conditions that govern your application vary depending upon your nationality. Specific details governing doctors from Commonwealth Countries, European Union countries and those other countries from around the world are listed in their respective sections.

IELTS & PLAB Examinations

Before you commence work in the U.K. doctors who are not national of EEA countries or Commonwealth Countries will be required to sit and pass both the IELTS and PLAB tests.

PLAB - Professional & Linguistic Assessments Board

Part 1 involves four sections each of which will be assessed individually. The emphasis is on clinical management and includes science as applied to clinical problems. The test is confined to core knowledge, skills and attitudes relating to conditions commonly seen by SHOs, to the generic management of life-threatening situations, and to rarer, but important problems.

1: Diagnosis; you will be given important facts about a patient, from these facts you will be asked to deduce the most likely diagnosis.

2: Investigations; You will given the facts of an individual case and you will be asked to propose the correct form of investigation which will provide the key to diagnosis. Alternatively you could be given the findings of an investigation, and asked to relate these to a patient's condition to arrive at the correct diagnosis.

3: Management; with the aid of some important information about a patient's condition, you will be asked to select the most appropriate course of treatment from a range of options. In the case of medical treatments you will be asked to choose the correct drug therapy and will be expected to understand and explain about potential side effects.

4: Miscellaneous: This section could include the following:

a. Explain the disease process: The natural history of disease will be tested with reference to basic physiology and pathology.

b. Legal/ethical: You are expected to know the major legal and ethical principles set out in the GMC publication “Duties of a Doctor”.

c. Practice of evidence based medicine: Questions on diagnosis, investigations and management could draw upon recent evidence published in peer-reviewed journals. In addition, there may be questions on the principles and practice of evidence-based medicine.

d. Understanding of epidemiology: You could be tested on the principles of epidemiology, and on the prevalence of important diseases in the UK .

e. Health promotion: How to prevent disease through health promotion and knowledge of risk factors.

f. Awareness of multicultural society: You could be tested on your understanding of the impact on a practice of medicine relating to health beliefs and cultural values of the major cultural groups represented in the UK population.

g. Application of scientific understanding to medicine

PLABS Part 2

The aim of this test is to examine a doctors clinical and communication skills.

The examination is based upon various stations, each one will be dedicated to a specific medical task. The nature of these tasks will vary between stations, and may involve talking to, or examining, patients. Alternatively you may be asked to demonstrate a medical procedure on a model.

After successfully completing these exams you are entitled to apply to the GMC for registration. The type of registration that you may apply for varies dependent on your personal circumstances.

GMC Registration

Doctors wishing to practice in the U.K. must apply for GMC registration. The precise nature of your registration could vary dependent upon the medical school you qualified from amongst other factors.

If you have qualified from a U.K. medical school or the United Examination Board and have undertaken your twelve month internship then you qualify for full GMC registration. If you have not completed your twelve months of internship you will only qualify for provisional registration.

If you have qualified from a medical school in either Hong Kong , Australia , Singapore , New Zealand , South Africa or The West Indies, and you already hold provisional registration with the GMC then you will be eligible to apply for full registration. However if you do not already hold provisional registration then you will only be eligible to apply for limited registration.

If you have not qualified at a medical school in one of the previously mentioned countries then again the criteria for eligibility changes.

If you have qualified from a medical school in the EEA or Switzerland , and you are not a national of the EEA or Switzerland or are have EEA rights;

If the medical school from which you have qualified is not on the WHO List of Medical Schools then you should contact the GMC directly so they can asses your case on an individual basis.

If the medical school from which you qualified is on the WHO List of Medical Schools then to apply for full registration you must have been awarded either one or both of the following; A certificate of equivalent experience from the JCPTGB or you have been found eligible for inclusion on the GMC's specialist register by the Specialist Training Authority.

VISA Situation

To find out what visa you may require when you come to Britain please click on the the following link which is for the U.K. home office WEBSITE, please fill in the relevant fields and submit the form. This will then inform you as to what visa you may require.

Click Here for UK Government VISA Information.