Help! Do I tell manager?

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I’ve got an interview tomorrow somewhere else. I can’t pull a sickie (I’m just not that sort of person I struggle to tell lies and see it as stealing. have thought about inventing a child sickness and offering to make the time up to ease my conscious but this is an absolute last resort)
I worry if I tell them I’m going for an interview they will get their back up as they struggled a lot to fill my role. (Advertised full and part time person and only managed me at part time)

I can currently only work term time part time and those jobs are few and far between (in fact this is the first one I’ve see in over 1.5 years)
I’m going for it because it’s a grade higher on slightly less hours and I’m hoping I will get some sort of order in my life as I’m really struggling at the moment. I see other staff members overloaded with work and it’s a common theme. I can’t stay over my usual hours because of the negative impact it’s having on me and my home life- hence looking elsewhere.

what should I do??
Im feeling a bit down about it

please help!

I only found out about interview for tomorrow over weekend. Missed it in my inbox on late Friday

I think I would say it was a medical appointment. I wouldn't say it was an interview.

Don't say it's an interview.
You are allowed to tell white lies you know. Sometimes we have to, to work within social boundaries.
If your company couldn't fill your role easily then there's reasons for that. Reasons they control, not you.
The employer is responsible for covering the work.
Your relationship with inner guilt needs a bit of work. You are feeling guilty for things that are not your responsibility, and are outside of your control. Things that have nothing to do with you.
Tell employer tomorrow you were sick overnight and won't be in. Best of luck in the interview!

So you could do what DH did once.
Arrange for a family member to ring you today when your manager is within earshot.
Say on the phone "just a minute until I get to a private area".
When you return ask your manager for some annual leave tomorrow for an urgent personal reason.

They probably won't ask any more!

Go for medical appointment to avoid a bad reaction that would stress you out. I'm very relaxed about my team going for interviews but I swear when people ask they find that more stressful than the actual interview!

New staff policy is to provide proof