Another NHS one!

[Mammaslittlebakery]

I've been applying to NHS jobs and had an interview this week and was offered the job... however! I'm waiting to hear the outcome of a different NHS application and I don't know whether if I accept the current offer if my application for the other position be automatically withdrawn? Does anyone have any experience or knowledge of this?
I think I would prefer the job I haven't heard anything from as yet but don't want to turn down the one that's been offered as obviously don't know if I'll even get an interview for the other one! It's a minefield 😂

Personally, as a NHS recruiter, I would suggest you are honest as the first offer can either give you a couple more days to decide, and/ or put second choice on reserve list for if you do pull out rather than telling them they were unsuccessful.

Unless it’s with the same service they probably won’t be aware of the other application

Tricky when you don’t yet know if you have an interview for the second post. If you did you could be honest about it.

Employment checks are taking ages at the moment so in theory you’ll have time to find out if you have another interview. However if you let the first people down very late they may have lost their second choice.

That’s not much help is it?

In my experience apply for all NHS jobs you see. The recruitment time is so long its unbelievable. You will have plenty of time to go for all interviews, wait on the outcomes, make a choice on what job you want then still wait at least 6 months on starting the job you accepted. Everything in the NHS takes so so long.

Wishing you lots of luck

No the other won’t automatically be withdrawn. The recruitment process can take a long time in my experience!

I would accept the job offer. See what happens with the other application and go from there. You don't need to tell them, and your application for the other job won't be withdrawn.

I also work in recruitment in the NHS and this happens a lot, its frustrating but it's life, we need to chose the best option for ourselves.

I've also done exactly that in the past, I accepted both job offers as both were same jobs in different organisations, went with the one that could start me quickest as like someone else said, sometimes it's painfully slow!

Thanks for all your replies, really useful. I think I'm going to accept the job and then see what happens with the other one. Like a pp said you have to choose what's best for you and although I wouldn't want to let people down I wouldn't not accept a better job just to not upset anyone.

I've had an interview invite for the second, better, job and now don't know whether to accept first job and not say anything or be upfront and tell them I have an interview for another job.

I asked a few friends and got quite a mixed response. I guess it depends what sector people work in and what they're used to when applying for jobs or recruiting for roles.

I'm tempted to go down the route of accepting the job and just see what happens with the interview for the other one but then I think it's a small world and don't want to piss people off who I may end up working with one day.

Thoughts?!

Accept the first job. Say nothing about the interview!

NHS recruitment takes so long and is so disjointed people are used to successful applicants having several different offers and making a choice.

Accept the first one, then see what pans out with the second. It’ll be weeks yet before you’ve had a response to all the paperwork you have to send them.

@Noglassjustthebottleandastraw

In my experience apply for all NHS jobs you see. The recruitment time is so long its unbelievable. You will have plenty of time to go for all interviews, wait on the outcomes, make a choice on what job you want then still wait at least 6 months on starting the job you accepted. Everything in the NHS takes so so long.

Wishing you lots of luck

I agree with this. My recent experience of NHS recruitment has been dire. I had to turn one down as I had been offered something else ( non NHS) whilst the NHS one had taken so long. No one seemed to bat an eyelid when I turned it down a few weeks after accepting. I felt bad as I felt I had messed them about but if they hadn't take so long/ forgot about me for 3 weeks etc, things would have been different.