I'm looking for reassurance/good stories of staff leaving the NHS and joining agency.
I've worked for the NHS for 4 years now, as a nurse. I absolutely love my job and love the ward and people I work with.
The dilemma I feel I'm in is that it doesn't fit around Family life. The work life balance we have at the moment is quite depressing. I work 3 days a week which in itself is great but at least one of those days I work weekends and dh works Monday to Friday so some weeks we have only 1 day as a family, some days none if I work both days at the weekend.
I want to go back to uni at some point and do a module which is ward relevant but the trust won't fund further education, so I'd be self funding.
I've had a long hard think about it and feel it is better to leave and join agency which would mean working less hours for either same or a little bit more pay.
Aibu to have some loyalty towards the NHS and be worried about leaving. I know I could always return if it doesn't work.
For the first 3 months I wouldn't be able to work within the trust I've just left which would mean traveling a little further away and working within a hospital I've never worked in, but after 3 months I could return back to my trust and even work on the ward I left.
Help me think of things I've probably not considered. I've thought about holiday,sick and maternity leave.
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4men1lady · 26/06/2017 09:53
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