The Diary Of Onebrokelady Aged 60 And A Half

Onebrokelady

Work was an absolute nightmare today. I got there and there was no one there so there were patients waiting. Then the person who they thought was with me had been given the day off but no one communicated that to the managers. They then had a back up who had been drafted in by another matron but she forgot to tell her so that staff member was on a training day. 

I still  couldn’t log into the computer because no one had emailed IT to verify my identity ( I was deleted off the system when I was off sick for five months ) and my boss said just phone them as this should have been sorted out before now so I told her that I had asked her on January the 2nd to email them and it’s not my job to keep chasing that up 😡 she emailed them and they sorted it out straight away, that’s all she had to do and it would have been sorted out in January 😡  The replacement staff member was pulled off her training day and turned up at 11am so I at least got a coffee break. Then consultants turned up who hadn’t booked rooms so we had to try and sort that out which also isn’t our job. The girl working with me couldn’t do bloods even though she’s one of the new band 3s or a throat swab because no one has shown how to do them and she’s been there about a year gets paid more than me but can’t do the jobs they expect me to do. I refused to do bloods today because I’m still a band 2 so shouldn’t be doing them anyway now 😡

I then had a text come through from occy health to say they will see me on the 19th of February which is next Wednesday and I’m working. So I told the boss who referred me and she said I can’t go and to phone them and ask them to change the appointment. They can’t change it so my boss said she would have a look at staffing and get back to me and I never heard back from her for the rest of the day. I had an appointment with the Rheumatologist booked for Friday but I’ve had to cancel it because I’m working and can’t get the day off.

At this point I’m tempted to just walk way from the bloody job, there is no support there at all. My boss came down today all jokey and said how are you are you ok and I nearly said why are you asking because you quite clearly either don’t care or think I’m exaggerating or something. I’m so tired of fighting all the time for everything.

badmemory

What an absolute shambles, I'm not surprised you feel like just walking away.  Have you spoken to the rheumatologist.  I can't believe you are working in a medical environment & are not allowed to attend a medical appointment.

foxgloves

That was one sh*t-show of a day, @Onebrokelady. Sounds like lots of examples of poor (or no) communications all coming together resulting in stress & chaos. You did well to get through it. It was very professional of you not to have a melt-down. I hope cover can be found & that your appointment can go ahead as arranged.
F x

slm6002

Work should be supporting you on your return to work, not running you down so you need to go back off on sick leave again.  I don't think anyone reading this would think of you any less if you were to walk out and leave them to it.  I hope you get to your appointments and are supported by Occ Health

Cherryfudge

What a complete nightmare. It sounds as though you were the only one who knew what they were doing. Tomorrow has to be a better day.

milann

Don’t walk out…..get a sick note from your GP.  Are you in a union…..I’d been in one for years and never contacted them but did when I was going for the early retirement…..more for back up than anything else.

jwil

That's so ridiculous, I wouldn't blame you at all for just walking away.  Not allowing you to go to an occupational health appointment must be a breach of their duty of care to employees.

Onebrokelady

badmemory said:

What an absolute shambles, I'm not surprised you feel like just walking away.  Have you spoken to the rheumatologist.  I can't believe you are working in a medical environment & are not allowed to attend a medical appointment.

It wouldn’t be so bad if that wasn’t a very regular occurrence. I spoke to the clerk that books the Rheumy appointments and she was lovely, she cancelled Fridays appointment and is going to speak to the consultant to see if he can phone me on a different day then she’s going to message me on my care 

Onebrokelady

foxgloves said:

That was one sh*t-show of a day, @Onebrokelady. Sounds like lots of examples of poor (or no) communications all coming together resulting in stress & chaos. You did well to get through it. It was very professional of you not to have a melt-down. I hope cover can be found & that your appointment can go ahead as arranged.
F x

The communication in my dept is non existent. I have now been given permission to leave work during my shift on Wednesday to go to the appointment but that will mean no break and walking there and back 

Onebrokelady

Cherryfudge said:

What a complete nightmare. It sounds as though you were the only one who knew what they were doing. Tomorrow has to be a better day.

Let’s hope tomorrow it better or I’m not going back 😀