DH just been told his contract likely won't be renewed

[MeadowHay]

I am so upset. He is a newly qualified HCP in a role that is quite new in the UK. He took a 1yr temp contract that began 3 months ago and he was led to believe the temp contract was essentially a formality to check he was competent etc and they there would almost certainly be a perm job at the next salary band up at the end of the 12m (NHS). He turned down two other job offers for this one, one was a 2yr fixed contract. 3 months in and 1 of his colleagues was so incompetent she's having extra monitoring and different duties and has been moved to a different department. Now him and his remaining colleague have been told that it's highly unlikely they will be offered jobs at the end of the 12m, but all the other recruits in other departments will. They were told it's nothing to do with performance and purely the Trust's finances. To make it worse, his other colleague was told this days ago and had the opportunity to request a move to another department that are looking to recruit in this role, which all happened without DH's knowledge.

The main reason I am gutted is that were planning to TTC later this year. I get shit mat pay (low wages private sector job) and can only take any enhanced pay if I return after 6 months. DH earns double what I do and we intended for him to take 3-6 months SPL after I go back. We were just waiting for him to get his NHS entitltmenent to enhanced pay before we start TTC. Now I have no idea what to do. I don't feel like we can TTC when he may be unemployed when the baby is born and i wouldn't want to put baby in childcare at 6 months just for my shit low paid job so I would need to only get SMP. And anyway we couldn't afford it, we couldn't afford DD(2)'s nursery fees if I'm on SMP and he's not unemployed. Im gutted as we are already waiting longer than we would have liked for financial reasons and now there is just no end in sight. I didn't want to have a big age gap and I feel like we are being forced into it and it all feels so unfair.

I know I'm not the only one who can't afford to have another child...anyone been in a similar position and it worked out ok in the end? We are both gutted

What is the job market like for his role?

www.jobs.nhs.uk/ look for a new position, it takes forever to get all the paperwork done and start new positions, if he starts now he could be in by the end of the contract. Or is he allowed to leave during the contract? Move sooner.

What does he do? Is he an ODP? If so I'd get him to join NHS Professionals and private agencies as well as look at private hospitals to see if they are are recruiting.

NHS P is a good opportunity to get your face around and hopefully be first pick if something permanent comes up.

He could move sooner yes, 1 month notice period.

Job market...unsure. It doesn't look great to me and certainly not what was sold to him in advertising the course!

I didn't really want to say in case this is outing but...he's a Physician Associate. I might name change after this hah.

There aren't any roles up locally. At all. There are a couple that I wonder may possibly be commutable if we bought a car, which if we do that we can't also save for a house, as the car costs etc would wipe out all the money we are currently saving each for a deposit. So that is gutting too.