I have a job…but do I have a career?

Bit of a serious post here.

On Weds, I start a new job, which is 4 months long, then i do another 4 month post to complete my FTSTA1 year. But things were much different a month or two ago. I was pretty much buggered, like a lot of other docs in the NHS, in that I potentially could have been unemployed (again).

I’m not going to go into the details, but a lot of docs in the NHS have been screwed by the government, a crap ‘idea’ called MMC and a crapper website called MTAS. There has been a lot of disillusionment and docs have either left the country or quit altogether. Though I don’t have any ties, i.e. girlfriend, wife, kids, illegitimate kids, animals, I still can’t just leave the country and bugger of to Oz for example. In the past, docs used to be able to go for a year or two and gain great experience and have a laugh too, but now you can’t do that anymore…which is a shame. To get an idea of how pissed of docs are, anyone who is a member of Doctors.net website should check it out.

Anyway, back to me.

So, in a few days time I start a new job. Prior to a month or so ago, I applied for every relevant job to my grade on the NHS jobs website, went to a few interviews, did OK, but didn’t get the job and thought I’d be unemployed. I, as well as many other docs like me, were fortunate enough to have been given temporary extension jobs with the trusts that employed them (me) last year till August. So for 4 months, I have been employed.

Next year, I have to go through the job application system again, but this time I don’t have to use a computer, though I and most docs don’t know how.

So why the pessimistic title. I have a job for the next 8 months, and I’ve been working 3 years in the NHS so far, but I may not have a career, because the job I am in next does not guarantee me any future opportunity to progress. My trouble is, I don’t have a definite speciality I want to do, though I do want to do medicine of some sort.

I think I’m rambling…

I hope this future is brighter. I’ve been a bit lucky so far, as I’ve got two jobs so far without interviews. Thankfully, I’ve been through the interview process. Let’s hope I don’t fuck up the application process this time though.

nhsdr

New job, less money, more time to relax/doss

I am so shit at updating my blog. No-one reads it anyway, so who cares.

Finally changed jobs from hospital medicine which i liked to GP which i am tentative about. Looks a doss and i’ll be bored easily. Hopefully get some time to go away on holiday though and enjoy the summer AND hopefully get a job somewhere.

I’ll try and update this soon, to give you an idea of the preceding 2 months of nothingness in this blog.

time for bed!

1st night shift completed, 4 nights left

Just done my 1st night shift in medicine in like ever. Must have had luck on my side as pretty much all the patients on our take will likely be discharged. Also got my 1st cardiac arrest experience in 12+ months—unfortunately the patient died! Got some shut eye and though the boss turned up an hour late, the post take was over and done with pretty quickly. Now back home watching Scrubs series 4.