Bored out my brains nhs job

[ihatemyjob5]

I've worked in admin for the NHS for around 7 years now and I hate it. It bores me to death most days. The 'busiest' I have been is when I worked within a GP surgery but still certainly not rushed of my feet. I now work for a trust and have been within 2 roles, most recent one for a year now. I'm a band 3 and know there are band 2s out there who work a lot harder than me/do a lot more. It's so painfully boring, I finish most my work within an hour or 2. The NHS wastes sooo much money on staff that isn't needed, always have. My manager isn't interested. My colleagues are lazy so they drag there work out as much as humanly possible whilst spending a lot of time browsing the internet and would not dream of being honest about the lack of work. I'm pissed off I'm having to go to work everyday during this situation to do the most mundane unimportant jobs and sit watching the clock as it's the furthest away from essential work. I complained again and was sent to another department and sat filing blank bits of paper all day long. I've just had enough. I desperately need out as it's soul destroying and I have no interest anymore. I'm trying to figure out a plan/career change but it's difficult when I have a mortgage and bills to pay for. Has anyone gone from admin to a different more motivating role, if so what was it?

@JoshLymanIsHotterThanSam @Cordial11 it's utterly soul destroying, putting myself at risk everyday to file paper. I'm at the end of my tether with it all. I did apply for a band 4 role in a gp's a few weeks go but had likely been put on hold now and there's nothing else at all.

I hope all these jobs go after this. The money wasted on them is crazy yet the government gets blamed on underfunding. It isn’t, it’s the thousands of meaningless jobs that’s dragging it under

the admin workers are still going in to work, they wont realise they can do without them but they are not doing without them.

And where do you work where you're still filling paper records??

The NHS is massively paper based. I do research with trusts nationwide, it's not uncommon to speak to trusts who are entirely paper record based.

we are really busy
we do have paper
it all needs scanning
the records may be electronic but they also use paper

I agree so much money is wasted In the NHS and hate to say it a lot of lazy workers but it’s a culture that has to change

It’s almost impossible to get sacked from the NHS

We know of those who go above and beyond and they are plenty. And far too many jobs could easily be done by one person - one change has to be the ridiculous amount of meetings we have. I could be working but often in a meeting discussing what we discussed a few days previously

Think about what direction you want to go in do you want to stay in an admin role ? There are opportunities and it feels as though you need more of a challenge and many roles are challenging and rewarding (and bloody hard work)

We will be seeing a long overdue shake up of the NHS after this crises which is a good thing

Just go for the ambulance dispatch job.

So it'll reduce the time you spend without other half - tough shit. At least you will be busy and offering something to the nhs for the money they give you.

i have worked in departments where they take the piss, do their online banking/shopping and moan if i work too quickly so that jeopardizes any overtime they want!
that is such a shit attitude
but my current role is far busier.
you need a busy job to make the day go by quickly.
there are very few band 3 jobs,

so what other areas would you fancy working in? how about police admin? school nurse/school health admin?

can you go back to a band 2 busy role? the money may be not much different?

When I attend clinic at the hospital, it's extremely hot and there are crowds of nursing staff milling around, everyone walks at snails pace, it certainly isn't a pressured environment. I've been going to clinic for ten years, it's always been the same.

I appreciate it will not be like that at the moment.

I imagine Children's services admin to be really really busy.

Wow Alyic I worked in clinics for years. Often I was the only nurse for 3 clinics, doing obs on all patients, giving vaccines, taking bloods, doing dressings. Tell me where you went to clinic. I want a transfer.

Do you want to continue in admin? Or do you want to do something else? Why not use the time at work to do some personality tests and have a look at retraining opportunities? Try some free courses on coursera (I recommend social psychology from Wesleyan university).

Ah right sorry @ihatemyjob5.

Oh I hear you l. I was on the nhs admin bank when I was younger and I was once sent to a PCT (pre CCG). My boss went off ‘sick’ (whilst interviewing for other jobs) and so I would forward his emails on and that was me done for the day. I ended up just asking to leave early as I would just sit there all day. They offered me a permanent position and I turned it down as I couldn’t stand the thought of actually doing this all the time!

Keep an eye on the intranet for busier departments / job openings if I were you!

The good news is that you have loads of generic, transferable skills and so can work in pretty much any industry. Admin is needed everywhere.

I disagree with the poster who said that underfunding isn’t the problem with NHS, poor organisation, inefficiency and wastage are. You’re wrong. The combination of systematic underfunding, increasing costs PLUS inefficiency, wastage and poor organisation are the problem with the NHS. It’s a multi-factorial issue.

I'm band 4 admin and I'm run off my feet! I regularly stay late to finish urgent stuff and always gulp down lunch at my desk between the endless phone calls. What is your role OP?

NHS admin band 5 here. So bored 🤦‍♀️ I genuinely loath my job. I have a degree in physio so will be getting a placement once the madness is over to update my skills and get back into that. Poor health meant I had to come off the register. Literally the worst decision ever!

@ihatemyjob5 if it’s not too outing, what type of dept do you work in, I want that Band 2s job 😀

I used to be a band 2 admin for the nhs and at one point I was sent to a different department to help them out only they had nothing they needed doing, absolutely nothing. I sat there at a blank computer with literally nothing to do for a few weeks before I just couldn't take it anymore. It was truly soul destroying so I feel your pain. Keep looking, something better will come along. Nhs 111 must surely be looking for people

Police admin would be interesting and I'm sure I wouldn't find that boring, but haven't seen anything available within that service. I only have a an NVQ level 2 business qualification and my GCSEs so although I know I'd be able to do the job, it rules a lot out that I have looked for because they often require more qualifications despite experience. I did find the variety within general practice a lot less boring but full time roles in my area within practices are few and far between. I feel very stuck in a rut and like I just don't know what I want to do with my career. I often get praised at work and have been told a few times by clinical staff that in 'wasted' here, I'm not very academic, never have been so I think I would struggle. If I were to go to uni i would have to do a college course first (2) years and then 3 years at uni but I worry about how we would manage to pay the mortgage. I've got to seriously make a plan soon though once the current situation is over