NHS interview, will they honour holiday?

Comms69

Maisie78 wrote: »

I am fully aware the NHS isn't a cakewalk. I never said I 'NEED' 2 weeks off, i would like to take my family on holiday, I don't think that is a concern as to how long I would last. Anyway thanks for your response. Take care

Are you usually so defensive? Crikey.


To answer your question:


There is no obligation to honour holidays.
Many managers do honour them.
Yes it can put people off.

KatrinaWaves

antonic wrote: »

Have you actually signed a contract of employment with them yet ?.
If you have then you *could* ask for the holiday time.
if you havent and you ask you *may* find the job offer withdrawn.

The interview is April 3rd, so no, to all of that.

Maisie78

Comms69 wrote: »

Are you usually so defensive? Crikey.


To answer your question:


There is no obligation to honour holidays.
Many managers do honour them.
Yes it can put people off.

No but you just come across quite rude. Again thanks for your response.

Comms69

Maisie78 wrote: »

No but you just come across quite rude. Again thanks for your response.

I refer you to my first statement....

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Attend the interview and see what happens.

suki1964

It would possibly be better to sit the interview and see if you are offered the job first. If so accept the start date but say you have already booked your family holiday for such and such time ( sort of like a month after start date) I worked for the NHS and pre-booked holidays were honoured for new starters

Maisie78

suki1964 wrote: »

It would possibly be better to sit the interview and see if you are offered the job first. If so accept the start date but say you have already booked your family holiday for such and such time ( sort of like a month after start date) I worked for the NHS and pre-booked holidays were honoured for new starters

Thank you for that. I am probably comletely over thinking this and like you say i need to sit the intervew first and cross that bridge when if it comes to it.

TELLIT01

You could approach the holiday situation at interview by saying something along the lines of "I've provisionally booked a 2 week holiday immediately after I leave Uni, will you be agreeable to that? If not I'll cancel the booking"


That puts the ball back in their court. If they really do need you to start a.s.a.p they can say so. If they are OK about it you win.


Don't worry about the less than useful comments by some participants on the board. If you're around long enough you'll soon spot the main 'contributors'. They are generally the same one's who won't simply answer a question but want to dig into all the other irrelevances from pure nosiness.

Andy_L

Depending on what band it is they could be expecting a 2-3 month wait for an existing NHS person. However it will count against you, if they get an equally good candidate who can start sooner then you won't get the job and you'd have to be significantly better than someone else who could start in a month for them to take the risk of waiting - assuming its for just one vacancy & not a number of posts

What earliest start date/notice period did you put on your application - the end of Uni work or uni + holiday? t

iammumtoone

I would say it depends how much you want this job. If its your dream job then I would not risk it. Even if you ask in way that gives them the option to say no, it still reflects bad that you asked.


If its just a job to earn some money and another similar is likely to come up again soon, then ask.