8b NHS - what kind of work do they do?

[Plugitinthen]

Is it high up or low down?

I’ve tried googling but just get a lot of agenda for change stuff! Potential date, asked him what he did for work and he said 8b NHS?!

Bit vague and I didn’t want to push!

Weird that he'd give you his grade...

I agreed with the pp saying it’s an odd way to describe himself. Sounds like a nob.

OP please come back and tell is when you find out!

I would have pushed it, I’m a bit annoying at times🤗

I’d automatically go off him from reading these replies.

Quite arrogant sounding. If someone said those exact words to me I’d have to ask them what they actually meant by 8b. Dick.

It’s like a financial dick pic isn’t it?.

Surely the reply to that is "well I've met drs and nurses and HCPs and therapists. I've never met an 8b. What is that?"

Am laughing at "financial dick pic"

What's the job title and what org? 8b is mid-management grade for NHS admin roles ie not in a hospital. It's roughly equivalent to a grade 7 in the civil service.

Financial dick pic

That’s exactly what it is!!!

I’m sending that back to him

You’re welcome 😂

Maybe he’s a psychologist and thinks you’ll be put off him because you think he’ll try to read your innermost thoughts

Oh I know!! He works in gynaecology!

Could be a Clinical Scientist, I know a few.

But yeah, that would totally put me off. You asked his what his job was, not his salary.

I'm an 8b. When people ask what I do I used to say Director of Operations...and even that doesn't exactly explain what I do. So now I just say NHS senior manager. I think saying the band is just trying to impress you as it's a wide salary range.

It’s a bit weird that he told you his pay grade instead of what he does. Smacks of showing off. But yes prob senior management level or if clinical very specialist.

I work for the NHS as a band 5, our team who run the hospital (we call them site managers) are mostly band 8's.. They are matrons/sisters/charge nurses mostly at our hospital but I think there's quite a few jobs which are paid a band 8 rate.

If you've got his full name then try looking it up in LinkedIn, will probably be on there and it'll give you his job title.

I’m going to guess a non-clinical role that irritates clinicians.

Who says their pay scale when they’re asked what they do?

You could also check the nmc he'll be there if he's a registered nurse.

Or just ask him.

Then tell us, obviously.

Band 8 was a service manager when I worked in the NHS (I was band 4).

Financial Dick pic is wonderful.

I used to be an 8c and it was in a management role trying to make sense of certain teaching trusts’ spiralling finances.

Anyone who describes themselves as an 8c kind of needs to get a life.

Especially if he knows you’re NHS too (are you?)

*8b

chrissakes

Very weird to just tell you his grade - I work in nhs finance and employ 8b finance business partners - he could be an accountant and just not want to say cause it's really boring
(I'm an accountant )

I'd never in a million years tell people what grade I'm on (unless they specifically asked)

No I’m not nhs! It was in answer to usual “what do you do” kind of thing

“Oh NHS, 8b, been there for years”

Vague. I don’t think he’s clinical

Did you reply?

Maybe he works in room 8b?