which job to take...

debrag

Job 1:

1. London NHS Fundation trust
2. Clinical Assistant
3. 7:30am - 8pm | 8pm - 8:30am
4. Band 3
5. Short train journey to work
6. 10 patients and clinics
7. Offered since July, poor communication with HR/recruitment, everyone has now left

Job 2:

1. Local healthcare trust
2. Rehab assistant
3. Intermedient care
4. 7am - 7:30pm | 7pm - 7:30am
5. Band 3
6. Short bus ride to work
7. on 40 bedded unit
8. Will eventually need a car when out in the community

So I like that job 2 is very local to me but it's not NHS but works along side it and uses the same pay, annual leave etc. Job 1 has let me down big time with their very poor communication. If I took job 2 would I go to the bottom of band 2 or 3 if I later took on an NHS job? Very very tempted with job 2 but not sure when I'd need to get a car and we don't have parking.

Both I am looking at as temp till late next year.

Sinhanada

If it is an NHS Trust the rules are clear. When you move to your next role, you go to the band + 1.

e.g. if you are on Band 3 point 3 (three years service) and move to a new role with either the same or different trust, they would employ you on AFC band 3 point 4.

Since you are moving to a private company they may not follow the same rules, even though they use the same AFC banding and annual leave entitlements.

I would suggest you speak to the company in question and ask that specific question.

In relation to needing a car, some trusts offer a lease scheme through Knowles Associates which is an excellent scheme for three years at a time. Worth investigating too

debrag

Sinhanada wrote: »

If it is an NHS Trust the rules are clear. When you move to your next role, you go to the band + 1.

e.g. if you are on Band 3 point 3 (three years service) and move to a new role with either the same or different trust, they would employ you on AFC band 3 point 4.

Since you are moving to a private company they may not follow the same rules, even though they use the same AFC banding and annual leave entitlements.

I would suggest you speak to the company in question and ask that specific question.

In relation to needing a car, some trusts offer a lease scheme through Knowles Associates which is an excellent scheme for three years at a time. Worth investigating too

Actually the job 1 trust would have me on the same payscale if I was moving band 3 to band 3 but up a scale moving band 2 to 3. i.e and scale 2 stay scale 2 (b3-b3) or from scale 2 to scale 3 (b2-b3).

I'd only need a car for job 2.

Got offered job 2 this morning, who's betting I get a start date for that one first.