Exactly, if one were a complete ******* and had a bee in their bonnet about stuff they would write one and leave the time and date blank and photocopy 100 copies until someone puts their toys back in their pram. I am not sure who would stoop to something so petty though.
Currently banging my head against the NHS recruitment policy as I type this. Fully qualified, 1 years experience and no negative feedback during my last 3 interviews, yet someone with more experience gets it every single time. Due to the distance I'm having to travel to each interview, its getting quite expensive too. Got another interview tomorrow though (3 hours drive again) and then another next week (and another 3 hours drive each way too).
Frustrating isn't a strong enough word for it!
Frustrating isn't a strong enough word for it!
I passed the driving assessment. I had 7 ticks. I was allowed a maximum of 7 ticks.
I am not sure but I think my assessor was a bit over zealous, saying I was not used to the vehicle and I didn't hit anything. It shows I need to brush up on highway code and signs though as he wanted them verbatim as in the highway code book.
I should start training in October at Southwark.
I am not sure but I think my assessor was a bit over zealous, saying I was not used to the vehicle and I didn't hit anything. It shows I need to brush up on highway code and signs though as he wanted them verbatim as in the highway code book.
I should start training in October at Southwark.
Well my start date is getting closer 6th of October. I have had my first incidents of OHS losing information I send, but on the bright side the HR person in charge of me is very efficient and I just send the stuff to her and she sorts the OHS people out.
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It'll be very customer service focused. Probably want to show examples of how you've dealt with upset/angry people, examples of conflict resolution etc..
I've been in the NHS for coming up 6 months in a job that I love and find absolutely fascinating. I'm a Trainee Anatomical Pathology Technologist (APT.)
This means I work in the mortuary. I work in a very small team and we are responsible for the care of the deceased from within the hospital as well as deaths in the community that come in directed by the coroner.
We manage the storage and release to funeral directors, conduct viewings with the bereaved and supporting them through this time. A large part and the most technical aspect of the job, is conducting post mortems which I am being full trained to work on. I can actually already pretty much do a full 'autopsy' and reconstruction by myself, need to grow my skills with time and repetition though
The work is rather eye-opening to say the least, I think it's fair to say I'm not squeamish 
It took me three years of attempting to apply for this role in different locations and trying to get experience in my spare time, but it paid of eventually. In a few years time it might pay off a bit more financially too
This means I work in the mortuary. I work in a very small team and we are responsible for the care of the deceased from within the hospital as well as deaths in the community that come in directed by the coroner.
We manage the storage and release to funeral directors, conduct viewings with the bereaved and supporting them through this time. A large part and the most technical aspect of the job, is conducting post mortems which I am being full trained to work on. I can actually already pretty much do a full 'autopsy' and reconstruction by myself, need to grow my skills with time and repetition though
The work is rather eye-opening to say the least, I think it's fair to say I'm not squeamish It took me three years of attempting to apply for this role in different locations and trying to get experience in my spare time, but it paid of eventually. In a few years time it might pay off a bit more financially too
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First time poster and bumping a topic, such bad form.
I've been a passive reader of the forums for teach reasons but this also seems to be one of the few places for NHS staff to share war stories.
Happily, after much fighting against the NHS recruitment processes and some funny old criterias, I've landed a job in the NHS working as an ICT Project Manager in a hospital. Previously it's been part of my roles never the main focus (working for 2 SME Telecoms companies) so it's a great step career wise. I'm just not quite sure what to expect in terms of culture shock? I'd hope, having worked for some umm interesting places that nothing would phase me, but it seems the NHS sets great stock in having NHS experience when advertising for roles.
I've been a passive reader of the forums for teach reasons but this also seems to be one of the few places for NHS staff to share war stories.
Happily, after much fighting against the NHS recruitment processes and some funny old criterias, I've landed a job in the NHS working as an ICT Project Manager in a hospital. Previously it's been part of my roles never the main focus (working for 2 SME Telecoms companies) so it's a great step career wise. I'm just not quite sure what to expect in terms of culture shock? I'd hope, having worked for some umm interesting places that nothing would phase me, but it seems the NHS sets great stock in having NHS experience when advertising for roles.
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You'll be fine, but...
- You WILL find the politics frustrating.
- NHS are notoriously bad at giving PMs the authority to get the staff time they need in complex projects. - going through levels of middle management to get 3 hours of a techie's time will wear you down.
- Be very aware of requirements changing as the project progresses due to senior management interference/politics etc. NHS is poor at getting buy-in and keeping the project focused - it's a major reason a lot of projects go over time/budget
Good luck.
- You WILL find the politics frustrating.
- NHS are notoriously bad at giving PMs the authority to get the staff time they need in complex projects. - going through levels of middle management to get 3 hours of a techie's time will wear you down.
- Be very aware of requirements changing as the project progresses due to senior management interference/politics etc. NHS is poor at getting buy-in and keeping the project focused - it's a major reason a lot of projects go over time/budget
Good luck.
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Thanks for heads up!
The place I currently work at has interesting politics, 2 companies with their own separate staff (the 2 sides of our tech delivery pretty much), but making out we're all one big happy family. Makes coordination.. tricky. I've had dealings with corporates/larger organisations before but never worked for one. I'm almost excited at the prospect but I imagine that will soon pass.
I'm hoping the access to tech resource shouldn't be as bad as I think my chain o' command goes Programme Manager--->ICT Director and both seemed straight down the line guys at interview. But they always do don't they!
A lot of the interview revolved around getting buy in from the Clinical side and one of the questions was you've got a consultant being a know it all, how do you deal with him.
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Sorry to bump again, but a quick question about the process once a verbal offer has been made. Interview last Friday, offered job on Friday via phone all and my Manager (to be) advised me to sit tight regards quitting and HR would be in touch "at some point".
Coming on a week now and I've not heard a peep since, is that normal? Making things slightly hard in my current job as I'm trying to bat off getting involved in a long term project without being able to say why.
Coming on a week now and I've not heard a peep since, is that normal? Making things slightly hard in my current job as I'm trying to bat off getting involved in a long term project without being able to say why.
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Hi guys,
Apologies if this isn’t the right thread to post in! I’m currently waiting on an interview for an Administrator role in Mental Health and Social Care. I was told there would be a literacy, numeracy and Excel test during the interview. Anyone have experience on this or give me any tips as to what will actually be involved/what I need to know?
Thanks,
Emily
Apologies if this isn’t the right thread to post in! I’m currently waiting on an interview for an Administrator role in Mental Health and Social Care. I was told there would be a literacy, numeracy and Excel test during the interview. Anyone have experience on this or give me any tips as to what will actually be involved/what I need to know?
Thanks,
Emily
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Hi Emily, yes I have experience in this area albeit it employing nurses and support workers/ The numeracy test is simple mathematics pretty low key stuff and its designed to enable the employer to ensure the candidate can manage the basic calculations. Functional maths skill level. Same for the literacy test, spotting and correcting grammatical errors. I presume the excel will be something along the lines of asking you to compile a basic spreadsheet and even apply basic filters etc