30 years in the NHS as a qualified nurse, reams of experience considered by my colleagues to be "exceptionally knowledgeable, hard working and an outstanding team player" but due to the lack of one qualification am stuck on a band 5 (approx £28k pa), we are all treated like crap by our management, no funding for any study leave, our dept is endlessly being critisced by the management despite being highest rated dept in the hospital for "patient satisfaction" this isn't good enough, tired of working "long days" 12 3/4 hours usually with no break 12/13 times a month, working completely ridiculous shift patterns, not having my shift request granted, not having my annual leave requests granted (I don't actually won't two weeks at the end of November I wanted two weeks in October when my DS was here), paying to park my car, only being allowed to park at a "subsides rate" 4 times a fortnight (I work 6 times a fortnight), no public transport where I live so parking costs me £10 on the other two days, I could go on. So I'm seriously thinking of joining a "premium agency" and if it works chucking in the NHS completely. They pay 2 1\2 times what I earn now, and pay travelling costs, parking cost. If I solely worked for them just 6 shifts a month I would earn significantly more that I do now and have no hassle (I've done agency before and love it). To me its a no brainer but my good friend is being sniffy about it she thinks Im behaving "immorally" because the premium agencies are making a stinking profit out of the NHS's self inflicted staffing crisis!
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