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To think there must be a job I can do from home?

18 replies

ShittyFingers · 12/02/2022 13:21

I am a nurse and my health is rapidly going downhill, mainly my back and mental health. I’ve never done anything else.
I’m 40.
I’m desperate to work from home - literally desperate. I need to earn around £600 a month. Preferably £1k a month.
I’ve tried to search for work from home jobs but it’s only skilled jobs that come up.
I like to write, good English skills.

Surely there must be something I could do??

OP posts:
minipie · 12/02/2022 13:24

Just googled desk jobs for ex nurse and Nurse Assessor and Disability Assessor came up?

SilverHairedCat · 12/02/2022 13:25

Civil Service Jobs website. Lots of them are remote working.

stuntbubbles · 12/02/2022 13:26

Technical writer, copywriter in the health field, UX writer

FlipFlops4Me · 12/02/2022 13:29

I'm a book-keeper and wfh. I am part time (25 hours) and earn more than £1k p.m. - would it be worth pursuing new qualifications? It is better to be qualified as that gets you access to professional insurance and legal advice, and by the time you qualify you really do know what you're doing.

MargosKaftan · 12/02/2022 13:29

Do you need to work from home or do you need to stop nursing?

I know an ex nurse who works as a pastoral lead at a school, and another who does botox and lipfillers from a private dental practice. I know another ex nurse who has retrained for an IT job and now works from home, but that took a year of full time study.

What interests you?

Lightning020 · 12/02/2022 13:31

Are there call centre jobs at home? Just a few days a week maybe.

titchy · 12/02/2022 13:32

Why do you need to wfh?

NellyDElephant · 12/02/2022 13:32

111 call handler - this can be done from home, my DP’s ExW does exactly this due to her health issues.

PigeonLittle · 12/02/2022 13:33

Lots of work from home Call Handler positions. Even some for the NHS I've seen

BlondeDogLady · 12/02/2022 13:34

I look after dogs in my home, for people who don't like to put them in kennels. I earn WAY more than £1k a month. Is this an option? I currently turn away about 10 wannabe new customers a month because I am almost always fully booked.

ToykotoLosAngeles · 12/02/2022 13:35

Another saying 111. You can pick your shifts.

TheDoveFromAboveCooCoo · 12/02/2022 13:35

Our occ health consultants all work from home. May be worth looking into?

TheDoveFromAboveCooCoo · 12/02/2022 13:36

@titchy

Why do you need to wfh?
It literally says in her OP... back problems and mental health.
MsAgnesDiPesto · 12/02/2022 13:41

Most public sector jobs which aren’t face to face are now advertised as home working or hybrid, where you might spend one day a week in an office and the rest at home. The pension would be broadly in line the NHS one, so you could continue to have that benefit. Have a look at civil service, local authority or any one of many arm’s length public bodies. There’s a good website called jobsgopublic which brings together vacancies in a wide range of public sector and third sector jobs.

chiickenandchiips · 12/02/2022 13:41

Could you look at going part time and into a less stressful nursing role?

For example if you work in a busy hospital, would a community/gp surgery nurse be a little easier in terms of shift patterns and hours?

I hat about telephone triage type roles? They might be possible from home?

yoyo1234 · 12/02/2022 13:53

Civil service do lots of wfh.

sillysmiles · 12/02/2022 14:24

What about things like clinical research associates- often take on nurses. Involves a lot of paperwork-clinic trial monitoring and initiations etc.

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