I need advice with regards to what to do at a job interview.
Last year I had a massive mental health break down caused by the still birth of my daughter and it culminated in a period of time in a psychiatric hospital I also was diagnosed with crohns last year and needed a lot of treatment. I am getting better and I'm looking to return to work.
I am a nurse in the NHS and the year I was employed in my previous role I spent most of it off sick. I decided to quit in October and it actually helped hugely! I finally feel well enough now to go back to work and I've got 4 interviews next week :) go me!
However.. my Bradford score from previous job probably doesn't bare thinking about, I know I need to address it at interview or risk the job offer being revoked when they get my references back. I don't how to answer the question 'why did you leave your last position'
It was a combination of poorly managed Crohn's disease, 4 miscarriages and a still birth, I know that technically my pregnancy related sickness can't count against me, and I also know that this position I want will be bloody brilliant for me. I also have a lot of support at home now and a psychiatrist and therapist I see once a week.
What I'm trying to say is I have help I didn't have before, I'm being treated properly for my Crohn's disease and I have coping mechanisms for my mental health so I can try and head off any crisis before it happens.
I am also currently very early on in a pregnancy, but as that has never lasted more than 8 weeks apart from my daughter who was born at 23 weeks. I don't really want to tell them. Do I have to?
Thank you!