Secondment to fixed term - NHS

[Sobloodytired09]

I'm currently on a secondment role in the NHS. It keeps being extending (I'm in a long line of people in secondment roles) but I am unsure how long it will be extended for and it makes me feel really anxious as I can't plan for the future if that makes sense. If I go back to my old job after this ends I will drop a band. I've been told another job in the department will be coming up but it hasn't yet.

I've applied for a similar job in a different department and have an interview, but this is fixed term for a year, so I may have this all happen again in a ywar

I really love where I work - I love the actual work, my boss is really kind and the team are lovely, but I'm super conscious of the fact I could be going back to my prior role with little notice. Would I be daft to go for this new role and potentially lose out on a permanent role in my current role, or should I go for it? It sounds like an interesting job and I do think I could do it well.

I also don't know what to say to my current boss and will need to get part of the day off and I'm worried that I won't be considered for future roles if he knows that I'm going for new roles

Any advice would be so much appreciated, my head feels like it's going in circles!

If your old role is a permanent contract, then I'd be staying put on the temp secondment until it either runs out or a permanent position is made available for you there.

Moving to a new role with a very definite end date would take away any and all job security you have.

Even if you did have to return to your old role, you would only need to stay there until you got a new permanent job, wherever that would be.

Forgot to add, that you don't need to tell your current boss why you need the time off. Just tell them you have an appointment that cannot be changed (and if they question it then just say it's personal, because it could be for anything e.g medical/ mental health/ family issues/ therapy session/ solicitor etc )