If you work in a local hospital, how do you avoid an abusive ex?

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I'm thinking of applying for a hospital role (not clinical )but my abuser ex has moved back to same town as me. Now it's ruined because if he needed treatment I would want to avoid him. He would make a scene I'm sure. How do hospital staff (in any roles) manage situations where they come across patients they had a relationship with who they don't want to even see?

I think you are overthinking this.

What makes you certain you would come face-to-face with him if he needed treatment?

I’ve not been in such a position myself to offer any advice but hospitals do have Security teams to deal with abusive patients.

I was a receptionist in A&E and would often see people I knew. You remain professional and get your job done. If you really couldn't bare to interact with a person you'd have to ask a colleague to deal with them, I suppose.

What role is it that you're looking to apply for?

Thanks for replies, I'm not applying, don't want to come across him in that situation.

Your choice and your mind is made up. Good luck with your new job/role where ever it is.

In the small chance you had to see him I would tell my manager. You can refuse to look after patients if it’s a conflict of interests.

Unless it’s in a&e I would have thought it was extremely unlikely that you’d meet? Even then, quite unlikely I suspect. Is he accident prone or have ill health?
Surely your just as likely to bump into him in the supermarket.

Exactly this. I was told in training at my job due to sensitive information etc that if someone comes in that I know I needed to make my manager aware immediately. Should my manager not be available then to let any senior person aware and they will deal with said person and or ensure one of my colleagues does so

Thank you for the replies again, you've been helpful. It was a facilities type role.

In facilities how much would you even see the general public?

He would have to be ill, and on a day you are working, and need to spend time in an area you were visiting.

It's a lot of coincidences - surely you are more likely to bump into him in the supermarket?

Good point shopping in town would be my concern. Friend a social worker in a prison encountered an ex prisoner in her Tesco. That threw her because of his history.