Hate my new job, HELP

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In a total quandary, and 100% stuck between a rock and a hard place.

I spent 8 years frontline with the NHS, patient facing. Completely burnt out after covid, regular night shifts, 3 close bereavements, 3 house moves and family care stress (elderly relative).

So, I applied for a job that was meant to bring me a better work-life balance, give me some breathing space and figure out what I wanted to do with my life.

Started said job in January, and I already despise it. 1.5 months in, and i have the dread the evening before, poor sleep, nausea.

Is it too soon to quit the job? I phoned HR today and apparently my notice is 4 weeks, even though I'm still in training and not signed off to work solo yet.

I still have a bank contract so could go back and do shifts again, not ideal but at least comfortable and will bring in some money, but the issues are still going to be there. Just the lesser of two evils.

Going forwards, an ex colleague has suggested working for 111 as a clinician, with triaging.
Another has suggested applying to work abroad.
Open to a complete career change, but appreciate that will be hard with no money to put towards training, and no idea of what I want to do...

To avoid drip feeding. My new/current job of 1.5 months is a PIP disability assessor.

It has broken my soul already, and I want to stay in it as short a time as possible.

Just order of actions and options are what's confusing me

If you're so anxious you are not sleeping before, feeling nauseous etc. sounds like you are struggling with work related stress so perhaps you could be signed off and then resign so you don't have to work the month.

Does the idea of doing 111 triaging appeal?

Would you like to work directly with service users again? What sort of age group / setting do you enjoy?

It definitely work related stress, as soon as Friday rolls around and the weekend I'm okay until Sunday afternoon then it slowly creeps up again

My only concern with being signed off is that I haven't been there long enough for sick pay, and being signed off would prevent me doing bank shifts in my old job. Which then adds a different/new stress into it all.

It doesn't massively appeal, but for the freedom of not being told what to write/adjust my report to...it seems worth the risk.

No not too soon to quit if you’re not enjoying it and you have other options- life is too short.

I wonder if you actually resign if they'd be up to discussing a reduced notice period - given that you're still training there doesn't seem much benefit to keeping you on once you've resigned?

They may not want to discuss it if you haven't actually resigned, if there's a chance of keeping you longer if they need people...hoping you might stick with it.

If you know you hate it, at least once you resign it will weigh less heavily, even if you do need to push through the next few weeks as there would be light at the end of the tunnel.

And then you could look at bank, or 111, etc. and then you could take some time to about what might make you happy longer term...but sounds like maybe you still need some recovery time given the tough time you've had....

@GoodOnPaper one of my friends has mentioned the possibility of a reduced notice period as well as I'm not independently flying, as it were. More effort/waste of their time to keep me than not..

But i think you're right in that even if I do have another 4 weeks... it's the light at the end of the tunnel. And could maybe be 4 weeks into another job application as well.

@TheOpalMoose unfortunately my job/experience doesn't lend me anything in terms of community work, but working within a GP surgery would be another viable option to add to my list of possibilities. Although not something I had ever wanted to do, again - it is preferable to this and would come with the benefit of further training as well.
I'm glad to hear a positive story though of you leaving and finding a better team!

So, I spoke to my TrainingLineManager last night and today; she spoke to the HR peeps involved with trainees.

She had mentioned and thought it would be a case of garden leave because I am, essentially, useless to them as I am.

Alas, it is not to be. My options are to work my month's notice, or hand notice in with immediate effect. There is the option to go sick but I don't qualify for sick pay.

I have given notice and will work the month left, but if something comes up, or Incan't cope, she did confirm i could then give a second notice with immediate effect.

So job hunting is in full swing - one application done tonight, and I'm going to spend the weekend thinking about what I can go into in a new direction, without any degree or questionable transferable skills to my name...

Would another option be working for a health insurance company?
Not quite the same but I worked in pet insurance for a while and we had qualified vets/vet nurses in our claims team for assessing claims - no direct contact with policyholders, none of it was personal and I’d like to think we were fair with our terms and conditions and paid out where could, no looking for loopholes to get out of paying (like it sounds like there might be with the pip stuff) I’d presume private healthcare has similar needs or medical professionals for helplines etc if that might suit? Training usually given on site too.

@Isanyonereallyanonymous will definitely have s look into that; to be honest that hasn't even crossed my mind as an option so thank you!