Asking quite last minute for advice on offchance anyone around to help..
Meeting HR tomorrow. I work as a hospital doctor in a junior-middle grade training role which generally comprises in reality a 55-60 hour working week with lots of out of hours on call commitments.
I would like to return to work part time, ideally working only about 20-24 hours a week while my dd is small.
I will ask for less than full time training. There are two issues with this- firstly, I've heard it's a bit of a battle to get it approved and secondly, I believe it's a minimum of 60% of the normal working pattern which is really more than I want to work with unpredictable hours which I will struggle to find childcare for.
My questions is this- am I right in thinking you can ask for hours to suit your family life? If so, if they are not able to provide this and thus you can't return to your old job are you still obliged to pay back mat pay?
If I can't get a working pattern to suit I will likely do bank shifts for the hospital but I worry about having to pay back my occupational mat pay.
Sorry for the ramble! Any advice gratefully received.. This is causing sleepless nights over and above that of having a two month old dd..