My job has no relation to what I’m actually employed to do

[JeannyDont]

NHS. Part time.

I was employed to do A. A being a very specific admin role. I changed the way A was done to make it more efficient and ended up with capacity.

I was then given B to do. I didn’t mind as I had the time and the person who’s job it was was snowed under with work.

Someone left and I was given C to do. C had nothing whatsoever to do with me. I was asked if I would do it short term as a favour. This was 6 months ago. C is now the main thing I do with A&B on the side.

A month ago I was given D to do. D is so widely out of anything I am employed to do it isn’t funny. It’s a completely separate job all on its own. And much much bigger than it was made out to be.

C is 1 band above my pay grade.
D is 2 bands above my pay grade.

On top of all this is do a mish mash of adhoc pieces of work which people give me as its “in my wheelhouse”

A month ago I requested a meeting with my manager and they agreed to give back some of the work. I emailed them a week later to tell them I would contact the people it was going back to and they said to wait as they needed to talk to them. I’ve had two emails ignored since then and I still have all the work with me.

I am literally doing 3 peoples work on part time hours, being paid less money than the people who are employed to do it. I went above my line manager and they said talk to your manager. I said I had, they said they would speak to them. Didn’t hear another word and they’ve ignored the last email I’ve now sent them.

What the hell do I do here? I’ve also applied for two other roles in the same trust. Not even been given an interview which absolutely stinks as they are less responsibility than I have now. My application was checked by a senior manager who is also a friend and they couldn’t understand why I hadn’t been shortlisted either.

I’m being screwed here aren’t I?

Can you phone your line manager and ask for a meeting or to talk about it.

I don't know what's going on your trust, but in mine, people are being redeployed left right and centre to try and manage demand - not just clinical staff, but administrators, managers, everyone. And we are being asked to do the job of 2 or sometimes 3 people to cover while they are redeployed. I am (badly) doing the job of 3 full time members of staff at the moment as they have been redeployed to various other areas.

Personally, I would probably ask your manager what your priorities are, explain you are one person and can't do it all, you can only do as much as you are able and therefore he or she needs to help you prioritise.

Also, look at your contract, because it probably says "and other duties to meet the need of service" which is basically a catch all so whatever needs to be done can be done by someone who has the skills to do it.

I’m not covering redeployed people. B&C are still in post but don’t have capacity. D was dissolved and the work shared out. The bulk of it to me.

Line manager picks their phone up once in a blue moon (you have to turn off caller ID if you really need to speak to them!)

Sounds pretty normal for the NHS To be honest. I'm also admin and some of the tasks I've been given to do recently to "help out" resemble nothing like my job description. I also regularly do things above my pay band. Par for the course I think.

What outcome are you seeking more pay or less work?