Handed in my notice

[Vdrunk]

Please can you give me your honest opinions I have handed in my notice this week at work.
I am struggling so much. I work in healthcare but resources are so limited and I feel helpless and angry at times when I can't help patients. My colleagues all have young children and requires time off through school holidays etc. my team leader always gives this at the detriment of staffing. Please help

Well done. It takes a lot to walk away from a role that essentially becomes part of your identity. If it's a role you love, could you look for a similar job in a slower paced/less busy service? Or are you completely done?

To be honest, if you are feeling anything like I am just now I would start looking for something out of healthcare and just take this as a minute to breathe and regroup. I haven't plucked up the courage to resign yet but I am considering every option for my exit. It isn't getting better and, please excuse the Game of Thrones reference, winter is coming.

inantwerpitrains thank you for replying I have given my all to my job but feel like I can't make a difference anymore and feel burnt out I just want a complete break really my teamleader told me to get signed off but that felt dishonest to nhs

@Vdrunk if you have handed in your notice then there isn't much else to do. If you want to could you stay on the bank and pick up shifts to keep your foot in the door? Good luck finding something else, you will have lots of transferable skills.

Hello yes I'm in the process of signing onto the bank as Nd have also applied to an agency. Onwards and upwards

You’ve done the right thing if you’re burnt out. You need to take a step back and look after yourself. There are plenty of jobs in healthcare, you won’t struggle to find another role. Just take some time to consider your options.

You've definitely done the right thing. I feel your pain. It's hard to step away from somewhere you've worked a long time, but if it isn't getting any better and it's making you ill and 'angry', then your health comes first. Good luck for your next adventure 🙂

Well done.

Many would have done the same as you.

Best of luck.

Well done. Needs more like you.

I'm in healthcare, fairly senior position and we have picked up on weak rubbish managers giving preference to arguments from staff with children and also those from overseas who want to return home for extended periods, but then the same workhorses end up covering and never having any leave when weather is half decent.

Unfortunately, along with all the other rubbish managers, a lot of front line management are very good clinically, but clueless at leading and managing. They just get moved around each time they make a screw up and those that are good, work hard and deliver....just get given more.

How Streeting sorts out this mess, god only knows but I have come to the conclusion that until there is some private sector discipline, he will never move forward, and that won't happen.

Shame you are going

Omg, so true! Each day I am getting to the point where I want to walk out. We have 2 direct mangers, and 2 more above them, and goodness knows how many above them. The actual team is small, 9 of us. My colleagues all have annual leave of 3weeks at least to return home, which I don’t begrudge them, they miss their families. But it’s every year. I’ve not had more than a few days off at a time this year, because someone else is on long leave. This is a management issues, not a colleague issue. One colleague is off regularly from August to October. As the most senior nurse, who is not a manager, the burden of covering falls on me, and I don’t want the service or our patients to suffer. I’m burnt out, still standing. OP, you’re doing the right thing for yourself, wish I was able to do the same. Good luck to you. 👍💐

Well done!

Sounds like you made the right decision to leave before you completely burn out.

Thank you everyone for replying
Use of weapons I nearly walked out in September but tried to keep going. Not sure what I'm going to do maybe bank work I don't know. Quite right about management will not say no, October holidays have arrived and another horrendous 2 weeks are ahead. This week I had to contact my teamleader to ask where she was as on offduty but didn't turn up says it was a mistake but certainly not the first time this has happened at work.

Sorry to hear you have had to leave your job but you do need to think about your own well-being. take some time out and look for other teams / opportunities as there are some pockets of rewarding jobs out there. Try some bank work and use that to see how different hospitals/ specialities work.

Main thing is to look after your self and try and regain some confidence ( believe me if you burn out and then break , it can be terrible and very very hard to come back from , so sounds like you made the right move).

The NHS is really tough at the moment. You mention working in a team- unfortunately the attitude of the upcoming work force has changed and are very self centred ( rather than considering the team/ patient care) - put that with weak management ( who can’t say no/ be fair) good staff suffer as they are left to prop things up. (Just making the point that you are not alone and as other posters have added).

Good luck and think outside the box with regards to different roles to keep your options open.

Thanks Gorrasoreknee I'm sorry you've had issues as well. I thought it was just the team I was in, interesting to hear from other posters that they're having the same problems. I've always been happy to pick up an extra shift so colleagues are not left struggling but I'm so tired now I need my days off. I'm definitely going to try some bank shifts.