This agreement is between MW Medics Ltd and the person named at the start of the form sets out terms upon which the contractor will provide services to MW Medics Ltd
The subcontractor is required to provide the company with a formal copy of qualification documentation. The company will store paper or digital documents in a secure and confidential record system.
MW Medics Ltd have reviewed your status and you are considered to be self-employed.
You will be expected to work within the usual standards of your professional practise and training. You agreed to ensure that the legal level of proficiency matches the exact standards of MW Medics Ltd you further agree to MW Medics Ltd carrying out an observation audit at all reasonable times to inspect or otherwise evaluate the services performed. Such inspection or evaluation will not relieve you of your obligations under this agreement.
You will be expected to always adhere to all MW Medics Ltd policies and procedures. Failure to do so may result in the termination of this contract without notice.
Where agreed by MW Medics Ltd, you may provide your own medical kit but will be responsible for ensuring that is always properly stocked in accordance with established emergency medical practise. MW Medics Ltd reserve the right to inspect your bag at any time to ensure that is within the required standard.
You will ensure all necessary paperwork required by MW Medics Ltd is completed at the end of each shift and returned to the company within 48 hours. You furthermore agree that any incomplete or missing paperwork will be deemed by MW Medics Ltd to be a failure to complete a shift and therefore payment will be withheld until the correct paperwork is received.
You will be paid at a rate stated in the company handbook as per grade or a day rate confirmed at time of booking, unless otherwise agreed by both parties (eg taking a lower qualification shift). Payment will usually be made to the bank account nominated on your records and barring any investigation of a complaint or other query will usually be made on the 13th of the following month. MW Medics Ltd is not liable for any delay caused by the subcontractor’s bank.
While operating within your clinical and professional scope as defined by MW Medics Ltd and professional body guidelines applicable, you will be covered by MW Medics Ltd insurance for professional negligence and public liability, and this will come into force on the start of your first shift.
You will ensure full compliance with applicable legislation includes codes, laws, and customer standards that are declared enforced by statue/regulatory authorities during the period of this agreement remains in force. You also agreed to pay and maintain all necessary licences, registrations and permits required by law under the terms of this agreement.
You agree to indemnify MW Medics Ltd from any claims, damages, losses, and costs caused by breach of contract, negligence, or any other professional wrongdoing.
All subcontract workers have a statutory duty and are required to fully commit to MW Medics Ltd health and safety rules. Subcontractors that contravene these regulations could have their contract terminated. The management of health and safety at work regulations 1999 are important in the company/ subcontract through contract agreement. A copy of the company health and safety policy will be made available to you.
If It is a requirement for you to be registered with an appropriate professional registration authority, your employment is conditional upon continuing registration throughout your employment with the company and you following the appropriate codes of professional conduct, competences and ethics, and any other such standards that are required to be maintained as a condition of your continuing registration. Proof of renewal must be produced and failure to do so within a specified period may lead to dismissal.
You agree to keep confidential all MW Medics Ltd confidential information (whether written or oral) which you have obtained or received because of the discussions leading up to or the entering into, or obtain or receive in performance of, this agreement.
You further agree not to disclose MW Medics Ltd confidential information in whole or in part to any person without MW Medics Ltd written consent, save to agents or sub-contractors involved in the implementation of the agreement and who have a need to know the same and are bound to keep it confidential.
You agree to use MW Medics Ltd confidential information solely in connexion with the performance of the agreement and not otherwise or for the benefit of any party.
This agreement also binds you to comply with the statutory requirements which are:
The Data Protection Act 2018
The Human Rights Act 1998
Copyright designs and patents act 1990
The Freedom of Information Act 2000
The Computer Misuse Act 1998
Common law duty of confidentiality
Furthermore, all MW Medics Ltd subcontractors agree that they shall not solicitate full or accept work from clients or contracts of MW Medics Ltd either for themselves or others both during the lifetime of, and for a period of 18 months from the termination of this agreement. Neither shall they pass information all in other ways assist another in solicitating for work any client or contact of MW Medics Ltd for the same period.
The confidentiality clause has been formed to protect subcontractors and MW Medics Ltd by making sure the correct procedures are always maintained. For the avoidance of doubt, it is MW Medics Ltd policy to take appropriate action against subcontractor if found to have breached the confidentiality clause.
Upon termination of this agreement for whatever reason and at other times when reasonably requested to do so by MW Medics Ltd you will deliver up to MW Medics Ltd all working papers or other material in whatever format it stored and all MW Medics Ltd confidential information and copies provided to them pursuant of this agreement or prepared by themselves either in pursuance of this agreement or previously in connexion with this agreement.
In the events that either MW Medics Ltd or you serves notice to end this agreement a period of 14 days must always be provided.
Neither party to this agreement will be liable to the other party for the direct or indirect costs resulting from delays that may result from acts of God, government authority’s extraordinary climate conditions or natural catastrophes or any other situation beyond the reasonable control of either party.
The restrictions contained in this clause shall continue to apply after the termination of this agreement without limit in time.
I agree to the above terms and confirm that I will be responsible for my own income tax and National Insurance liabilities.