Bonuses

If you are employed on a BrisDoc contract of employment, you will receive the below financial benefits (this does not include those with a Casual Workers Agreement). All bonuses are calculated based on your working hours and there is a minimum length of service term that applies to the Sharing Success and Being Prepared bonuses.

• Employee-Owner Trust bonus – Employees are eligible for a pro rata tax-free bonus; surplus that would previously have been distributed in shareholder dividends. Read more about the EOT bonus here.
• ‘Sharing Success’ discretionary bonus – All bonuses are subject to the successful performance of the business and your individual contribution, and therefore cannot be guaranteed. The amount will vary between zero and 10%. Read more about the Sharing Success bonus here.
• ‘Being Prepared’ discretionary bonus – Following completion of all statutory & mandatory training by 31st October each year. Read more about the Sharing Success bonus here.

 

Refer a Friend

Refer a Friend to join us at BrisDoc, and you will receive a £150 voucher as a thank you. You can request a voucher / gift card that is purchasable and deliverable online e.g. Amazon, Love to Shop, Sainsburys, Argos, Xbox, Apple, etc. Alternatively, you can choose for a donation to be made to a charity of your choice for the full amount available at that time.

If you refer a friend who is successfully employed on a permanent contract, you will receive a voucher for £150 once the new colleague has started working with us.

If a co-owner or a self-employed contractor/locum refers a friend who picks up regular clinical shifts, within either IUC or Daytime Practice, they will receive a voucher for £150 when the new clinician books 6 shifts.

You will need to log your referrals by completing the online form.

 

‘My New Car!’ Salary Sacrifice Scheme

Fleet Solutions offer the leading salary sacrifice lease car scheme for NHS – ‘My New Car!’. All cars offered by Fleet are fully maintained, taxed, insured with breakdown cover and tyre replacement included as standard. Another major scheme benefit is there is no deposit required, plus costs are fixed for all elements for the duration of the lease, which can either be 2 or 3 years in length.

To find out more, and access a range of immediately available vehicles, as well as some excellent value special offers, please visit http://www.nhsfleetsolutions.co.uk/.

 

Cycle Salary Sacrifice Schemes

Subject to meeting the qualifying criteria, co-owners can hire new cycling equipment from BrisDoc by joining one of our tw

 

o schemes – Cyclescheme and Cycle2Work with Halfords.

The cost of the cycling equipment will be deducted out of your payslip, meaning that you do not pay tax or national insurance on these products. The duration of your loan varies between schemes, with the option of 12 or 18 months with Cycle2Work, and 1 or 4 years with Cyclescheme.

To apply for either scheme, contact the People Team on 0117 9370900 / workforcesupport@brisdoc.org

 

First Bus Commuter Travel Club

We are travel partners with First Bus, which means you can benefit from 10% discount, on selected tickets, for your work and leisure travel.

There’s a range of tickets available, so whether you want travel every day or every now and then – there’s a ticket for you. You can either buy bundles of day tickets as and when you need them, or if you want a monthly ticket, there’s also a direct debit option. All the tickets are unlimited travel tickets, so you don’t just have to use them to get to work and back – you can use them for leisure too.

To join the Commuter Travel Club and purchase your ticket:

1. Log in or register here
2. Select BrisDoc from the employer drop-down menu – this will be visible at the bottom of the page after you log in/register
3. You will be prompted to enter your work email address, either @nhs.net or @brisdoc.org, so that we can validate that you work for us
4. Download the First Bus App to your smart phone and set up an mTicket account
5. Purchase your discounted Commuter Travel Club ticket on the website and it will be sent direct to your phone

 

Electric Car Charging Points

At our Osprey Court Offices, we have two electric car charging points which are currently free of charge for our co-owners. We also have free parking on our Osprey Court premises.

If you are working from one of our practices, read more below about discounts for local car parks:

 

The Galleries Car Parking

Our Broadmead Medical Centre staff are entitled to a discounted parking rate of £6 a day. In order to claim this discount, you will need to complete a form, which you can get from the management suite on the middle floor of The Galleries shopping centre. Once you have completed the form, you will receive a card which you can use to scan in and out the car park and pay for your parking.

 

Cabot Circus Car Parking

All our staff can sign up for discounted parking at Cabot Circus, with a rate of £6.90 a day, £140 a month or £1500 a year. More information can be found through Premium Car Parks.

 

NCP Car Parking

All our staff can access discounted Season Tickets at selected NCP Car Parks in Bristol City Centre.

Eligible Car Parks (Season tickets sold separate for each location only)	Bristol Nelson Street MSCP/ Bristol Rupert Street/ Bristol Broadmead/ Bristol Prince Street/ Bristol Queen Charlotte Street/ Bristol St James Barton/
Quarterly ticket	RRP £ 527 – With 20 % discount £422
Annual ticket	RRP £ 1910 – With 20 % discount  £1528

Season Ticket prices are based on Monday – Friday but the weekends are also included for free. That means unlimited access within the opening hours of the car park, 7 days a week. You are also able to come and go from the car park as many times as you choose, as well as leave your car there overnight with no extra charges.

If you would like to access this discounted rate, please contact the NCP Bristol Account Manager, Jon Hartwell via jonathan.hartwell@ncp.co.uk / 0207 510 1711 (ext 5304).

 

NHS Pension Scheme

Our standard scheme is provided by NHS Pension. The NHS Pension Scheme continues to be one of the most comprehensive and generous schemes within the UK.

Both you and BrisDoc will pay a contribution into it every month:

• BrisDoc (‘employer’) will provide a significant contribution, with the amount determined by the government from time to time (as at 2022/23, the amount is 20.6% of your gross pensionable earnings).
• The percentage for your own contribution is based on how much you earn (or your full-time equivalent salary if you are part-time). Minimum is 5% up to a maximum of 14.5% (based on 2022/23 financial year)

For all non-GP staff, pensionable hours (including overtime) are a maximum of 37.5 hours per week (i.e. 162.94 hours per month).

Since 1st May 2014, BrisDoc is subject to auto-enrolment legislation. This means, if the following criteria applies to you, you will automatically be enrolled into the NHS Pension (although a deferred period of 3 months can apply):

• You earn over £10,000 a year (£833 a month);
• You are aged 22 or over; and
• You are under State Pension age

 

NEST Pension

If you qualify for auto-enrolment but have already retired from the NHS Pension Scheme, or already accrue the full-time benefit of the NHS Pension elsewhere, you will be auto-enrolled into the government’s National Employment Savings Trust (NEST) scheme which requires an employee contribution of 5%, and BrisDoc contribution of 3%.

Annual Leave

Staff Group	Terms and Conditions	Length of Service	Holiday Entitlement (pro rata)
All operational (including management) and nursing staff	BrisDoc POST 1st January 2009	During first and second year of employment	25 days plus 8 bank holidays (total of 247.5 hours)
		During third and fourth year of employment	26 days plus 8 bank holidays (total of 255 hours)
		Once completed 4 years or more service	27 days plus 8 bank holidays (total of 262.5 hours)
BrisDoc salaried GPs		During first and second year of employment	30 days plus 8 bank holidays (total of 285 hours) and 3 days study leave.
		During third and fourth year of employment	31 days plus 8 bank holidays (total of 285 hours) and 3 days study leave.
		Once completed 4 years or more service	32 days plus 8 bank holidays (total of 285 hours) and 3 days study leave.

 

We also operate a flexible holiday arrangement (called ‘Buy Back’) to enable all staff to ‘sell’ holiday back to BrisDoc at their normal (or average, if more than one) rate of pay. This only applies to holiday above the statutory minimum that has not been used, and must be agreed in advance with your Line Manager at least 4 weeks before 31st December. Holiday entitlement not used by the correct date or agreed to be bought back by BrisDoc will usually be lost. Holiday buy back is paid in January payroll.

 

Flexible Working

We recognise the importance of our employees achieving a good ‘work-life balance’. We believe in creating a well-managed, flexible working environment that supports staff, promotes their welfare and development, and respects their need to manage a healthy and productive balance between their work and their life outside work. Please refer to our Family Friendly & Flexible Working Policy for more details.

 

Sick Pay

We offer occupational sick pay allowance over and above the statutory allowances to ensure you have adequate time to rest and recover.

For those employed on BrisDoc T&C’s since 1st January 2009*

Length of Service	Sick Pay Allowance
During first six months	1 week full pay
During second six months	2 weeks full pay and 2 weeks half pay
During second year	4 weeks full pay and 4 weeks half pay
During third year	8 weeks full pay and 8 weeks half pay
During fourth year	13 weeks full pay and 13 weeks half pay
During fifth year and beyond	17 weeks full pay and 17 weeks half pay

* For those employed before 2009, please refer to the Sickness Absence Policy.