NHS workers - when are you telling your employer?

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Hi everyone,

I work in a patient-facing NHS job, very rarely work with covid-positive patients. I work in an x-ray department so will be contacting the radiation protection team with regards to helping avoid radiation doses.

However, I have not told my boss yet (I am only 4+4), I had been planning on telling them confidentially at perhaps 8 weeks or so, so that they can start organising the on-call rota.

We have just gone into full lockdown in Scotland so I am now wondering whether to tell them this week? When were you planning on telling them? Should I be calling Occ Health too?

TIA

Hi, I work in theatres and because of risks such as x-ray and bone cement and heavy lifting etc I told my manager pretty much straight away so a risk assessment could be done. I'm on a green site too so shouldn't come into contact with covid positive but they did a covid risk assessment too.

In not sure about occy health, no one has mentioned that to me. Hope this helps a bit?

Hiya, I work patient facing too, in the NHS doing Agps so was a bit worried about covid etc.. have let my line manager know today. I felt its best to let them know as soon as possible so my risk assessment could be completed

Hi lady's I'm an odp in theatres and told manger straight away in both pregnancy's, so risk assessments can be carried out, adjustments made and referral to occ health can made, was even more important this time as I'm a high risk pregnancy due to having 1ds 12 weeks Premature.
Also find that it's easier if my collages know so they can take care of u and most guess pretty quickly
And even on green sites still need to follow covid rules and risk assessment