Job interview NHS bank

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Good morning
I have a job interview today for NHSP Care Support Worker. Its Band 2 and its Flexible Workers, the first 6 months is training and at least 30 hours per week, then you can pick up shifts on the Bank as and when you want. The reason I'm going for it is I eventually want to be a paramedic and I think it would be great to have experience in a relevant setting, plus atm I work 50/58 hrs a week and never see my son (and my nursery costs are nearly £1k) so a bit more home / work balance. My question is does anyone here manage to work full time like this? And can anyone offer any guidance on how the shift patterns / rotas work? I currently earn a lot more, but I'm hoping if I can pick up some anticocial hours shifts coupled with less nursery to pay, we may not have that much of a financial loss. Thanks for reading

Sorry, no knowledge - best of luck though.

Thank you @LouiseNW

Did you find out everything you wanted from the interview? I worked as a care support worker on the bank when I was a student nurse- and tbh most of us students did! Certainly good experience and helped me get a job when I qualified. Shifts vary depending on the unit, some are 9-5 but most will be 12.5 hour day or night shift. Usually 7:30- 8. I don’t have kids so not sure about fitting in with family life but if you can get childcare 3-4 long shifts a week equals full time hours so more days off.
This is probably pointless info as you’ve had the interview now - hope it went well!!

Not NHSP but I ised to work for a NHS MH trusts own staff bank. Myself and several of my colleagues worked almost FT and were never short of shifts, especially day shifts, and if you are not picky on wards. Personally I used to avoid the MHOP wards if I could help it, and usually I was able to. Nights were less available because they would get snapped up so quickly, but for me this wasn't an issue.

Thank you for your input @TravellingSpoon @AluckyEllie! I got the job! It's a trainee program basically, so it's 6 months of training as a CSW at the end of which I will be a HCA. The training is 30hrs a week, they've said probably 2 long days and a short day / night. More days than nights in the beginning due to training etc. I'm chuffed!

When I was a mental health nurse ,our bank staff could more or less pick their own hours and work as little or as much as possible.