Honorary contracts are required by anyone who wishes to undertake research, carry out work or observe work at Addenbrooke’s but who does not hold a substantive employment contract or a volunteer contract with the Trust.
The contract ensures that they are covered by NHS indemnity, and that they are contractually bound to take proper account of the NHS duty of care. This may include:
University employees
Employees of Research Organisations or Pharmaceutical Companies
Employees of other NHS organisations or private hospitals
Students on work placements or undertaking research (except medical students)
Please note this list is not exhaustive so if you are unsure whether an honorary contract is needed please seek advice from:
The Research and Development office for non-medically qualified research staff only:
Medical & dental staff should contact:
All other applicants should contact:
Please refer to the honorary contract Policy and Procedure for details of the honorary contracts process.
Please note that the pre-employment checks required for honorary contracts are the same as those for appointing substantive employees and take around eight weeks to be processed. Therefore, applications must be submitted at least eight weeks prior to commencement to enable these checks to be undertaken and the honorary contract applicant will not be allowed to start until the checks have been completed and the honorary contract issued.
Guidance on how to apply for an honorary contract and renew existing honorary contracts, together with the application forms and other relevant documents can be found here:
The R&D department have found that the main delays with issuing an honorary contract are failure by the applicant to submit a complete application, including all the relevant documents as outlined in the checklist. Please do ensure that you read all the guidance before submitting your application and if you have any queries contact Priya Shimoga on ext (01223 348468 (x58468)
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Please note that the R&D Department only check that all the documentation is correct before sending it on to the recruitment department, they will then be responsible for issuing the contract. |
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