Common use of Pay Structure Clause in Contracts

Pay Structure. Pay Spines 1.1 The NHS pay system as a whole will have three pay spines or series of pay bands: one for staff within the remit of the Doctors’ and Dentists’ Review Body; one for staff within the extended remit of the Pay Review Body for Nursing and Other Health Professions; and one for other directly employed NHS staff, with the exception of the most senior managers. This agreement introduces new, single pay spines for the second and third of these groups, replacing the large number of separate occupational pay spines currently in existence. Chapter 13 sets out an agreement on extending the coverage of the Pay Review Body for Nursing and Other Health Professions. 1.2 Both the second and third pay spines will be divided into nine pay bands. All staff covered by this agreement will, on assimilation, be assigned to one of these pay bands on the basis of job weight as measured by the NHS Job Evaluation Scheme. To assist this process a set of NHS jobs have been evaluated, and national job profiles drawn up where the job evaluation score is agreed. Staff whose jobs match these profiles will assimilate on the basis of the profile score. Other jobs will be evaluated locally on a partnership basis. 1.3 The NHS Job Evaluation Handbook2 sets out the basis of job evaluation, which underpins the new pay system, and includes the factor plan, the weighting and scoring document, and a guide for matching posts locally. The process for assimilation is set out more fully in Chapter 9. 1.4 The nine pay bands and their corresponding job evaluation scores are set out in Table 1 below. Within this structure pay band 8 is sub-divided into four ranges.

Pay Structure. Pay Spines 1.1 The NHS pay system as a whole will have three pay spines or series of pay bands: one for staff within the remit of the Doctors’ and Dentists’ Review Body; one for staff within the extended remit of the Pay Review Body for Nursing and Other Health Professions; and one for other directly employed NHS staff, with the exception of the most senior managers. This agreement introduces new, single pay spines for the second and third of these groups, replacing the large number of separate occupational pay spines currently in existence. Chapter 13 sets out an agreement on extending the coverage of the Pay Review Body for Nursing and Other Health Professions. 1.2 Both the second and third pay spines will be divided into nine pay bands. All staff covered by this agreement will, on assimilation, be assigned to one of these pay bands on the basis of job weight as measured by the NHS Job Evaluation Scheme. To assist this process a set of NHS jobs have been evaluated, and national job profiles drawn up where the job evaluation score is agreed. Staff whose jobs match these profiles will assimilate on the basis of the profile score. Other jobs will be evaluated locally on a partnership basis. 1.3 The NHS Job Evaluation Handbook2 sets out the basis of job evaluation, which underpins the new pay system, and includes the factor plan, the weighting and scoring document, and a guide for matching posts locally. The process for assimilation is set out more fully in Chapter 9. 1.4 The nine pay bands and their corresponding job evaluation scores are set out in Table 1 below. Within this structure pay band 8 is sub-divided into four ranges, access to which will be determined on the basis of evaluation of the individual jobs senior staff are asked to do.