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I’m quitting my job in law to go and work for the NHS, AMA.

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NHSinterviewupcoming · 25/06/2025 15:41

As the title says.

OP posts:
HotCrossBunplease · 27/06/2025 10:22

You said AMA so I am going to ask again- what is the actual NHS job? “Admin booking in patients” could be any number of things. Is it in a hospital, a GP surgery, a specialist diagnostic service? Nationwide admin or a local area? Big team, small team, WFH, in an office? Liaising with clinical staff in person, working in a team of administrators, managing any more junior staff?

You may as well have said “I’m going to work in a shop”, it’s that vague.

coolbreezes · 27/06/2025 10:32

HotCrossBunplease · 27/06/2025 10:22

You said AMA so I am going to ask again- what is the actual NHS job? “Admin booking in patients” could be any number of things. Is it in a hospital, a GP surgery, a specialist diagnostic service? Nationwide admin or a local area? Big team, small team, WFH, in an office? Liaising with clinical staff in person, working in a team of administrators, managing any more junior staff?

You may as well have said “I’m going to work in a shop”, it’s that vague.

It's kind of reasonable for the op to be fairly vague though given there aren't going to be hoardes of lawyers shifting to NHS admin roles each month

tralalal · 27/06/2025 10:32

why were you only paid £35k? That’s a fairly low wage even if you’re not in law?

HotCrossBunplease · 27/06/2025 14:28

coolbreezes · 27/06/2025 10:32

It's kind of reasonable for the op to be fairly vague though given there aren't going to be hoardes of lawyers shifting to NHS admin roles each month

She may as well have just said she was changing from a 35k high pressure job to a lower paid NHS one. There is no info here that remotely explains the similarities and difference between her old and new jobs. (I’m a lawyer so the detail would be interesting). This isn’t an AMA, it’s a chat topic at best.

ranthanbore · 27/06/2025 14:34

HotCrossBunplease · 27/06/2025 10:22

You said AMA so I am going to ask again- what is the actual NHS job? “Admin booking in patients” could be any number of things. Is it in a hospital, a GP surgery, a specialist diagnostic service? Nationwide admin or a local area? Big team, small team, WFH, in an office? Liaising with clinical staff in person, working in a team of administrators, managing any more junior staff?

You may as well have said “I’m going to work in a shop”, it’s that vague.

The OP doesn’t seem to actually want to answer these sort questions.

Snowangel23 · 27/06/2025 14:38

I work in admin in the NHS. I moved from a very stressful sector. Best thing I ever did. Worked in a band 2 role for 3 years now in a band 3. It's not perfect but I have no desire to move anywhere else.

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