Schedule 5 - Criteria for pay thresholds

Schedule 5 - Criteria for pay thresholds

13.3.5 The employer may decide to delay progression through seniority points in any year
only where it can be demonstrated that, in that year, the clinical academic consultant
has not:

  • met the time and service commitments in his/her job plan; or
  • met the personal objectives in his/her job plan or - where this is not achieved for reasons beyond the individual clinical academic consultant's control - has made every reasonable effort to do so; or
  • participated satisfactorily in annual appraisal, job planning and objective setting; or
  • worked towards any changes agreed as being necessary to support achievement of both organisation's service objectives in the last job plan review; or
  • allowed, in preference to any other organisations, the NHS to utilise the first portion of any additional capacity (see paragraph 13.6.1) they have;or
  • met the required standards of conduct governing the relationship between private practice and University or NHS commitments.


Consultant Contract Annual Pay Progression Form