Table 2 Final attributes and levels
Attribute | Definition | Levels | Examples |
|---|---|---|---|
Travel arrangements | Travel that requires overnight stays away from home | One or less nights away per month | Â |
Two or three nights away per month | |||
Four or more nights away per month | |||
Flexibility | Ability to negotiate your hours of work | Little or no flexibility in work hours | • Management requires fixed start and finish times |
Some flexibility in work hours | • Management is open to negotiation on occasional variation to hours of work | ||
Very flexible work hours | • Management is open to regular variation to hours of work | ||
Professional support | Profession-specific advice and support | Rarely | • Hardly ever available even when needed |
Sometimes | • Available but not always as needed | ||
Readily | • Available immediately as needed | ||
Professional development (PD) | Opportunity to undertake formal professional development activities | Minimal | • Occasional access to formal PD |
Adequate | • Access to formal PD to maintain skills in core area of practice | ||
Ideal | • Access to formal PD to maintain and develop skills in a range of relevant areas | ||
Remuneration | Rural salary loading above current salary | 5% above your current salary | Â |
10% above your current salary | |||
15% above your current salary | |||
Autonomy of practice | Freedom to use professional judgement | Limited capacity for independent professional decision making | • Freedom to make independent professional decisions the minority of the time |
Some level of independent professional decision making | • Freedom to make independent professional decisions around half the time | ||
High level of independent professional decision making | • Freedom to make independent professional decisions the majority of the time |