More choice. More locations.
The same benefits of bank working.

Join our Collaborative Staff Bank and work bank shifts at any of the partner locations listed below, easily and hassle-free.

  • An NHS Trust of around 8,000 staff, providing care for the population of Gloucestershire and beyond. The Trust provides a wide range of specialist hospital services from two main sites at Gloucestershire Royal and Cheltenham General Hospitals, as well as maternity services at Stroud Maternity Hospital.

  • Provides acute treatment and care for a catchment population of around 500,000 people in Bath, and the surrounding towns and villages in North East Somerset and Western Wiltshire, with approximately 4,800 staff.

  • Serves a local population of around 500,000 people across South Gloucestershire, North Somerset and North Bristol. The Trust is a centre of excellence in a wide range of specialties, including orthopaedics, neurosciences, renal, transplant, and neonatal care.

  • The Trust employs almost 5,500 staff and serves a population of over 750,000 across Wiltshire and neighbouring counties.

    Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides acute hospital services (at the Great Western Hospital in Swindon) and community health services across Wiltshire. These services include community hospitals, community nursing and therapy, and children's and young people's services.

  • A 4,900-strong workforce which is key to delivering a broad range of clinical care to approximately 270,000 people in Wiltshire, Dorset and Hampshire including emergency and planned inpatient services, day case services, outpatient services, specialist rehabilitation and more.

  • One of the largest acute Trusts in the country, bringing together a combined workforce of over 13,000 staff and over 100 different clinical services across 10 different sites, serving a core population of more than 500,000 people across South West England.

What is the Somerset, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire Collaborative Staff Bank?

The Somerset, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire (SWaG) Collaborative Staff Bank is your opportunity to choose the bank shifts you want to work beyond just your home trust, giving you greater control and choice of where and how you want to work.

Once you’re accepted into the Collaborative Bank, you can easily book shifts at all other trusts part of the Collaborative Bank, at the click of a button via the Locum’s Nest app!

By coming together to share staff and services, the participating Trusts are able to provide more comprehensive coverage for their patients as well as improved continuity of care, maximising the strength of their collective staff pools.

The SWaG Collaborative Staff Bank is available for all grades and specialities of doctors.

Benefits of joining the Collaborative Bank

  • Go where your skills are needed

    Browse through collaborative bank shifts on your mobile app and see where your skills are most needed. Support your peers by sharing shifts of interest with them.

  • Hassle-free shift booking

    With our Digital Passport technology, you can book bank shifts at any of the trusts in the medical collaborative without the hassle of completing any additional paperwork.

  • Build your CV and experience

    Apply for shifts in your chosen specialty either at your home trust or one of the collaborative trusts and maximise on working with new teams and organisations.

  • Stay flexible and in control

    Choose the shifts that work for you and fit around your lifestyle whilst easily managing all your collaborative bank shifts & timesheets via the Locum’s Nest mobile app.

 Frequently Asked Questions

  • Home Trust is where you are based normally, and where you will have completed all required onboarding and recruitment checks initially. This is typically the trust that you do the majority of your work at.

    Working Trust is where you can apply to work other shifts in the other trusts as part of the medical collaborative.

  • Medics already approved to work in one of the Home Trusts (for those part of The SWaG Collaborative).

  • Embrace the opportunity to pick up bank shifts at any of the Trusts in the collaborative without the hassle of completing reams of paperwork.

    Joining the collaborative bank allows you the flexibility of applying for shifts in your chosen specialty whether it be at your home Trust or one of the collaborative Trusts; building your CV and experience.

    Share shifts with your friends and colleagues which may be of interest to them and support your peers.

  • Download the Locum’s Nest mobile app from the Google Play or Apple App Stores.

    You’ll be automatically affiliated with your Home Trust, however if you are new to the trust you are able to request to join via the app. Medical Staffing teams will review your application and process your request to join the trust.

  • Locum’s Nest, the workforce technology company listed in The Telegraph’s “Top 5 ideas to save the NHS” is on a mission to solve the NHS staffing puzzle. The flagship product, Locum's Nest Match, connects 50,000+ healthcare professionals to vacant work in 50 NHS Trusts and hundreds of GP practices. The software is used by NHS Trusts to electronically advertise and fill bank shifts and submit timesheets digitally. The Trust remains the employer and is responsible for the payment of timesheets submitted via the app.

  • Make sure you add your CV, complete your employment history and populate as much information as you can in the app to increase your chances of being booked for a shift.

    If something needs updating you will be prompted/guided through your Digital Passport.

  • For any questions, please email support@locumsnest.co.uk

  • All rates will be advertised per shift on the app.

  • Timesheets are approved in-app, keeping everything simple in one place, and are processed by your home trust in line with their payroll frequency. Contact your Home Trust for more information. This will be the trust where you hold your home staff bank membership, not the trust where you completed the shift. If the timesheet has been submitted and you have any pay-related queries, please speak to your home staff bank payroll team.

  • Please speak to the payroll team in your Home Trust for more information.

  • Contact the Working Trust for further information, or send a message via the app to the departments.

  • Please ensure any changes in your details are communicated to your Home Trust. Personal details stored in Locum’s Nest are not directly linked to your payroll department.

Driving flexible working within the NHS

The Somerset, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire (SWaG) Collaborative Staff Bank driving flexible working within the NHS

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Featured in this article:

  • the background to how the collaborative was formed

  • additional benefits of the collaborative for medics and NHS Trusts involved

  • its positive initial impact

  • how the Locum’s Nest team have a common vision to breaking down employment barriers for healthcare professionals covering shifts in NHS organisations

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