UK AHP (Allied Health Professionals) and Health Care Scientists seeking work positions nationwide can now quickly identify locum jobs and opportunities that are available, download registration forms and have their questions answered by the support team, 24-7 and 365 days a year. Details at the Ambition 24AHP web site www.a24ahp.co.uk.

Ambition 24hours is a nationally contracted supplier of locum staff to the NHS, PASA Approved, to supply temporary medical staff to a range of health service providers, including hospitals, PCTs (Primary Care Trusts), prisons, and other public and private organisations in the UK.

The AHP and Health Care Scientist division, Ambition 24AHP, has a reputation for offering an exceptionally fast, high quality service to customers – busy healthcare providers who want staffing provision available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days of the year.

Registration

Allied Health Professionals can register with Ambition 24hours at a face-to-face meeting locally at locations throughout the UK. This can be booked by phoning 0871 87 333 50, e-mail interview@ambition24hours.co.uk.

Before registering, an enhanced disclosure is required with CRB (Criminal Records Bureau). A full application pack can be downloaded from the Ambition 24AHP web site as well as a Contract for Services form. Registration requires proof of the applicant’s professional registration HPC (Health Professions Council) or other eligibility required for allied health professionals.

Web downloads include a checklist which details all documents and information that candidates will need to present to Ambition 24AHP for compliance, as well as an Occupational Health Form. Also required is proof of mandatory training in the following areas: health & safety, fire safety, Caldicott, violence & aggression, lone worker, infection control, complaint handling, epilepsy, child protection, control of substances, hazardous to health (COSHH), reporting of injuries, diseases and dangerous occurrences regulations (RIDDOR). Training is available as a set of 11 online courses available for a total of £8.23.

Locum Job Vacancies

Ambition 24hours currently offers jobs nationwide for the following positions: art therapy, chaplaincy, clinical psychologists, counsellors & psychotherapists, diagnostic & therapeutic radiography, dietetics, generic therapy, occupational therapy, orthoptists, physiotherapy, play specialists, podiatry, public health, health improvement, health promotion & clinical governance, sexual health advisors, and speech & language therapists.

Health Care Scientist positions include: anatomical pathology, audiology, biomedical scientists, clinical support workers clinical sciences, cytology, dental services, genetic counselling, medical technology optometry, pharmacy, life sciences, physiological sciences, and physical sciences.

Comprehensive registration packs for nurses who are eligible and want to register for agency work in the UK are now available. Ambition 24Nurses has just updated the registration pack, which you can download or request to be sent to you by e-mail or post in the UK.

Ambition 24hours provides local work and excellent rates of pay with shift times to fit in with family and other commitments. Registration for work will take 10/12 weeks, and Ambition will guide you through the process as quickly and carefully as possible.

So visit the web site to find out more at www.ambition24hours.co.uk or contact the Ambition 24hours Recruitment Advisers Team:-

advisers@ambition24hours.co.uk
Tel: 0871 87 333 50

Many UK doctors seeking locum work are still not aware of the full requirements for registration specified by the NHS PASA (Purchasing and Supply Agency) -  www.a24locums.co.uk was awarded a national framework agreement for the supply of medical locums to NHS healthcare providers within England, Scotland and Wales for three years, from 1 July 2008.

There is plenty of locum work available in hospitals and GP surgeries for doctors who register. There are three areas where doctors are required to prove compliance – in addition to providing evidence of professional qualifications and experience. These are in occupational health immunisation, life support and additional training. As an agency, we can advise doctors on the requirements and help them with the process – and then find work for them nationwide, once registration is completed.

All doctors applying to register for locum work with Ambition 24hours are required to complete an occupational health questionnaire and provide supporting evidence of UK immunisation test results in respect of the following diseases, in accordance with current Department of Health guidelines: Hepatitis B, Measles, Mumps, Rubella, Tuberculosis and Varicella.

In addition, locums who will carry out EPPs (Exposure Prone Procedures) must also have an EPP Occupational Health Certificate, for which they have to provide evidence of immunity to Hepatitis B Surface Antigen, Hepatitis C and HIV. Compliance for EPP is specified by NHS healthcare providers for certain locum placements, such as for surgeons.

Doctors are also required to produce current training certificates in life support. Ambition 24hours offers courses in ‘Basic Life Support’ through its nationwide branch network in the UK. Certification is annually renewable and the half-day course costs £35. Alternatively, for some locum placements, the ‘Advanced Life Support’ qualification may be required, compliant with the Resuscitation Council UK, which is valid for four years.

Certificates are also required as evidence of the completion of other courses, detailed in a registration pack that can be downloaded at www.a24locums.co.uk. Ambition 24locums has an agreement with a training provider to offer these courses on-line at a single fee of £8.23. The courses, which are annually renewable include: Fire Safety, Lone Worker Training, Handling of Violence & Aggression, The Caldicott Protocols, Health & Safety (COSHH and RIDDOR), Infection Prevention & Control (including MRSA & Clostridium Difficile), and Complaints Handling.