Staff Handbook

• Overview
• What Can We Offer You
• Your First Placement
• Documents and Information Required
• Criminal Records Bureau Disclosures
• Immunisation Requirements
  • Hepatitis B
  • Hepatitis C
  • Rubella
  • MMR
  • Varicella
  • Tuberculosis
  • HIV
• Timesheets and Payroll
• Your Responsibilities
• Health and Safety
• Moving and Handling
• Safeguarding Children
• Dealing with Allegations of Abuse
• Reporting Handling and Management of Complaints
• Additional Information
• Useful Contacts

Hepatitis B

The Department of Health insists on protecting Doctors and patients from acquiring and/or infecting others with Hepatitis B. Hospitals insist on Locum Doctors providing evidence of their UK Hepatitis B status which must be an Identified Validated Sample, and require a photocopy of an original UK pathology report which must include:

• Your full name
• Your date of birth
• The date of your test
• Your specific surface antibody levels or if you are a non-responder to the vaccine, or naturally immune, your surface antigen status.

Your General Practitioner or Occupational Health Department will be able to assist you in obtaining the above samples. In the absence of these, Medacs Healthcare can help arrange a blood test to comply with these requirements which will provide a result within 24 hours.

For all Doctors undertaking Exposure Prone Procedures (EPP), a 12 month surface antigen is required in addition to antibody results. Hand-written evidence will not be accepted.Under the new Department of Health guidelines, individuals who are surface antigen positive and Hepatitis B e-antigen negative and are performing Exposure Prone Procedures, must also provide evidence of a Hepatitis B virus DNA test showing the current viral load, as there is now evidence that some of these individuals are capable of transmitting infection to patients.