HR and staff management

Guidance across a range of topics connected with managing staff, training, implementing HR policies and our job description templates.

Supporting staff through the pandemic and beyond

A range of resources are available to help NHS organisations to support their staff during this unprecedented time, which are highlighted below.

Highlights

Risk assessments for staff vulnerable to COVID-19

Advice on how practices can approach risk assessments for staff at greater risk from COVID-19, including BAME employees, which highlights useful resources and key guidance. This article also provides a downloadable template to carry out individual assessments.

Templates for general practice job descriptions

Job description templates to download and adapt for use in your practice. Many of these job descriptions have been reviewed and updated in January 2021.

New employee checklist

What documentation do practices need when new members of staff, including GPs, join? Includes a downloadable checklist to include with your records and links to key guidance.

Appraisals and training

Employment law

General management

Skill mix

Job description templates

Advice on recruitment

Managing your locums

Staff pay

GP Fees Database

Private and professional fees for GP work and NHS payment information
COVID-19 guidance tracker

Links to key guidance for GP practices in an easy-to-search table
Locum Rates

Regional breakdown of average rates charged by locum GPs
Job description templates

Key job descriptions to download and adapt for use in your practice
A-Z of practice management

Advice on key practice management tasks listed in a handy A-Z format
Preparing for a CQC inspection

Key guidance, downloadable checklists and tips to help prepare staff

HR and staff management

Quick links