Out of Hours

This is a contractual requirement:

• ST2 - minimum 36 hrs throughout the 6-month post in GP*
• ST2 Integrated Training Placement (ITP) trainees - 72 hours over the 12-month post*
• ST3 - minimum 72 hrs throughout the 12-month post in GP (36 hrs per 6 months)*

*Whole Time Equivalent if Less Than Full Time

Recording Out of Hours (OOH) Sessions 

Please use the RCGP Record of Session (RoS) Form to document each Out of Hours session and upload it to your ePortfolio. To download the ROS form, please click HERE. 

Important Notes for Trainees 

• Trainees are responsible for uploading each completed RoS form as a learning log entry in their ePortfolio before their ARCP panel. Failure to do so may result in an adverse ARCP outcome. 
• After each session, trainees must sign the supervisor’s form to confirm attendance. 
• All sessions must be: 
  • Completed and submitted 
  • Accompanied by the UUC/OOH Log Sheet (available below) 
  • Uploaded to the ePortfolio prior to the ARCP panel 

OOH Information Booklet

OOH Supervision Payment Request Form

GP UUC/OOH Log Sheet

Out of Hours Clinical Supervisors should not complete WPBAs (Workplace-Based Assessments) for the purpose of the trainee’s portfolio. 

Clinical Supervisors are now responsible for submitting the Out of Hours Supervision Payment Request Form directly to gpspecialtytraining.nimdta@hscni.net. This change ensures that payments are processed more promptly by placing control with the supervisor rather than the trainee. 

Out of Hours Supervision Payment Request Form

• Where possible OOH experience and training will be supervised and conducted by a GP Trainee’s usual GP Trainer or, if this is not possible then clinical supervision in OOH training may be carried out by an accredited Clinical Supervisor (CS).
• Current OOH Clinical Supervisor List

• List of OOH Centre Locations
• Telephone Consultations – BMJ article