Firstly, you must navigate to the ‘Find Shift’s tab located on the top left-hand side of the main navigation panel:
Once you select ‘Find Shifts’ the drop-down menu will display the option to view ‘Locum Jobs’ or ‘Stay Always’, as displayed below:
At this point you will select ‘Locum Jobs’, taking you to the following screen:
You will note at this point you can filter the available shifts by Job Type, Date & Location. You can also manipulate the shifts that display further by deciding whether to display ‘All Shifts’, ‘New Shifts’, ‘Worked Before’, ‘Emergencies’ & ‘Blocks’.
In addition, you can also organise the shifts displayed by utilising the ‘Sort By’ drop down and selecting from the following options ‘Start Date - Ascending’, ‘Date Added’ & ‘Rate - Descending’.
Once the applicable filters have been applied, any shifts that display ‘Negotiable’ beside the hourly rate will indicate that the employer has enabled the rate negotiation feature:
To utilise the ‘Rate Negotiation’ feature, at this stage you will select the option for ‘View More’. Once selected the following screen will display:
Here you’ll see the options to ‘Negotiate’ or ‘Apply’, If you select ‘Negotiate’ the following modal will display:
At this stage, you can free text in to enter the rate you’d like to request or you can utilise the arrows provided to populate.
If required you can also select the ‘Add A Note’ check box to display the free text box:
Once you are happy with the information populated, you can submit your negotiated rate by clicking on the green ‘Send Request’ button.
If your negotiated rate is accepted by the employer you’ll automatically be booked in for this shift. Alternatively, if the employer makes a counter offer you can view this by navigating to the ‘My Shifts’ section and selecting the ‘In Negotiation’ tab: