NHS Admin - Need to move Department

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Joined my local NHS trust as a Band 4 Admin 6 weeks ago. I took an £8k a year pay cut (after being made redundant from a senior office manager role). On my first day I was met by a Band 2 who informed me that my line manager was off sick with stress and that he would be looking after me. 6 weeks later she is still off sick and I have an 'acting line manager' who I have met once on day 2. She actually manages an other department and works entirely from home.

I have had no training. Am left to manage a whole team by myself and regularly feel totally overwhelmed. The other band 4 in the team works in a different hospital 60 miles away and has just returned on reduced hours after being off with......stress.

My question is, I have seen a new role come up in a smaller team, managing an actual ward and a lot more suitable for my skills. Its still a Band 4 but looks more appealing. Would I be crazy to apply for it so early? I have no one to talk to in my office for advice and have no clue who or where HR is.

Help?

HR contact details will be on the global email. Or whatever your staff website is called will have a link.

What would you be losing by applying for the other role???

Gosh that sounds horrendous!

I would make a formal note of what's going on, there should be a concerns raising process or incident reporting system. Both should have anonymous options for reporting if it makes you feel more comfortable but obvs you may need to be specific to your actual circumstances.

Within your division, are you able to find a senior manager within your outlook address book? Do they know what's going on? Are they approachable?

Absolutely not crazy to cut and run. It sounds like the alternative will be signing off with stress and a band 4 role is absolutely not worth it op!

I'm very surprised that any band 4 role has managerial responsibility to be honest, should be looking at band 7 and up.

Thank you - I will do that tomorrow. I was told in the interview that I would have no line reports and thats why I accepted the lower salary. I am now left running a team of 4 all but 1 of whom has been with the team less than 6 months, and 1 has just returned from being off sick with stress.

Truth is I don't want to leave the nhs as really wanted to make a contruibution now that I am older and more secure in life. Other teams seem a lot happier and think I just joined the wrong one.

Go for it, you have nothing to lose and who knows when the next opportunity will arise!