I hope there are some wise NHS people out there who can advise me.
I'm wondering how any pregnancy related absence affects things if someone is under a stage one monitoring phase.
Some background info if it helps:
I work as an NHS nurse and I'm recently back at work post maternity leave. I've always had a good attendance record until my back was injured in a patient transfer whilst I was pregnant. I was signed off for the rest of the pregnancy because of back pain. I recovered well post birth with physio and was symptom free for a while but since returning to work I've seen my symptoms return sadly and my GP had signed me off as fit to work but only on restricted duties - ie non clinical work only.
My employer was happy for me to do non clinical work for the first six weeks or so but they are putting a lot of pressure on me now to get back into the numbers despite the fact that my GP, physio and occy health have all said I need more time. So... My matron has told me I have to have a stage one meeting next week followed by a 6 week monitoring period where my attendance in a clinical capacity will be monitored. If I fail to return to full duties then I'll be moved on to stage 2 ie talking about redeployment or dismissal on grounds of capability. Stressful!
I had a consultation with a spinal surgeon post MRI and he has recommended another 6-8 weeks of physio. He has also recommended that should I become pregnant again I should be placed on non-clinical duties for the duration of pregnancy.
This is important as I'm planning an IVF frozen embryo transfer for next month so technically I could fall pregnant during the stage one monitoring phase and be signed off clinical work.
Do you know if the pregnancy related restrictions would protect me from being redeployed?
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NHS nurse. Worried about what happens if you are in stage one sickness monitoring and you then have pregnancy related absence?
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