Pay for junior doctors in UK
July 11, 2023
Career Myths, Personal
Some basic facts about NHS pay
- Generally there is same basic pay scale in all NHS hospitals in UK (England and Scotland has bit different scale).
- Government hospitals are under NHS , there are private setups , where you can secure jobs after GMC registration (but no experience with that, it is a different topic and area)
- Your pay in training and non training is not much different , in non training jobs you can negotiate a bit at level of your expertise and experiences
- Your pay contract is per annum and paid in your bank account monthly on time , no matter which hospital you work
- Your pay is taxed , and you receive your pay after deductions.
- Initial 50,000 GBP per annum is taxed with 20% and above that is 40%
- You can use a site called ‘Take home salary calculator’ which will tell you monthly take home salary after tax deductions
- Your are paid Basic pay + Extras (which include how frequent are your on calls , weekends , nights , out of hours)
- From your pay , Tax , National insurance and Pension is automatically deducted . you can opt out of pension and add 200-300 GBP on top of your salary.
I will just roughly tell you take home monthly salary for different levels after deducting tax and pension, (what does each level mean , check my other posts for that). This is just a rough estimate.
- FY1 2000 GBP.
- FY2 2200 GBP
- CT/ST 1-2 2800 GBP
- CT/ST 3-8 3400 GBP
Table will show per annum pay on your job contract with and without on calls. (Just a rough estimates)
Grade | Gross basic salary without on calls (annual) | Gross total salary for a typical work pattern including on calls (annual) |
FY1 | £ 27,000 | £ 33,300 |
FY2 | £ 31,400 | £ 38,500 |
CT/ST1-2 | £ 37,200 | £ 49,900 |
CT/ST3-8 | £ 47,130 | £ 63,200 |