HR Help Please

[TiredNHSWorker]

I've name changed for this, to avoid outing myself.

This is a bit of a long story, but I'll try to be brief. I work for the NHS, the team I work in was restructured last year, after the white paper on NHS reforms came out, although planning started beforehand.

The idea was (the official idea at least) was to streamline the team (there are actually several small teams under one senior manager), and to give us all generic job descriptions and titles so that we'd all be on a level playing field when the the reforms started to kick in.

Anyway, we are at the point now where the whole organisation is changing and people are moving out to join GP consortia, people are taking redundancy etc etc.

My query is that no one had the new job descriptions we should have had, although we all adopted new titles and effectively moved into our new roles.

The role I ended up in, which I didn't really want but felt pressured to take, leaves me at a serious disadvantage and potentially with my job at threat, not now but in the future, however, my old role would have allowed me to easily move into a new role with a GP consortia, without even having to apply. If I'd stayed where I was I could have claim that my work will be moving to one of the new organisations and I could have moved with it.

What I'm wondering is does the fact that I never got a new JD help at all? Can I claim that it is still officially my role? Am I clutching at straws?

[PDog]

Hi, sorry but I don't think the lack of job description makes much difference. You say that you accepted, albeit grudgingly, a new title and have been working to the new jd. I therefore don't think that not having a physcial document matters.

A few questions though:

Did you make your views known at the time?
Presumably your previous experience would stand you in good stead for opportnities that may come up in the new arrangements?
How long have you been doing the new duties? You could consider raising a grievance but I don't imagine you would very far if you didn't complain at the time.

HTH

[TiredNHSWorker]

I thought I might be clutching at straws.

I did make my views known at the time, but didn't really get much choice, plus there was the promise that no one would be disadvantage.

In time there might be an opportunity to apply for a post in the new system, but at the moment I'm stuck as my current role is considered essential, I can't easily be released.

I've been in the new role for about 9 months.

There will be records which show that I wasn't happy at the time the changes happened, I had several 121s.

Thanks for your comments.

[PDog]

It might be worth having a chat with your manager, explaining that even though you weren't happy, you accepted the changes for the good of the team on the assurance that no-one would be disadvantaged.

explain how you feel that have been put at a disadvantage - you never know, there might be some flexibility.

Good luck whatever happens.