Jim McIntyre is confident he will not be left counting the cost of a lack of focus when Ross County take on Hamilton on Tuesday night.

The Staggies clinched their Ladbrokes Premiership safety on Saturday when they claimed a point away at Dundee.

They are now able to breathe easily as they see out the campaign with the visit of Accies and Saturday's curtain-closer at Kilmarnock.

But McIntyre does not want his men downing tools as he targets finishing top of the bottom six.

County could yet finish anywhere from seventh place down to 10th - and with the difference in prize money between those best and worse-case scenarios working out at £158,250 the Dingwall boss is understandably keen to cash in on their remaining two games.

He told Press Association Sport: "We still want to finish the season strong. Of course it's nice that we are no longer looking for points to make sure we avoid the play-off.

"But the focus has still got to be on making sure we finish as best of the rest.

"The prize money aspect of it also comes into it as well. There's around an additional £50,000 per place at stake in the bottom six so that's the difference between a player or two depending on where you finish.

"All the clubs will be having that same thought. If we can finish higher up then there's obviously the chance to improve your squad further."

But McIntyre admits he already has a fair idea of what his squad will look like next season, regardless of the final budget he has to work with.

"We have been planning for a number of months," he said. "You still have to put things in place, even if you're not quite sure what league you're going to be playing in.

"We've been doing that for a number of months and thankfully we have tied up key players in recent weeks because we were confident we could get the job done."

County could do relegation-threatened Highland rivals Inverness a favour by beating Martin Canning's side.

But McIntyre said: "We just want to concentrate on ourselves and try to win the game.

"We know it's going to be really tough. Hamilton have always provided a hard opposition for us and it will be no different tomorrow night.

"Hopefully we can put on a performance which allows us to claim the three points and go that bit closer to seventh spot."