Remote working ideas - healthcare and quality

[Anidealworkplace]

I am job hunting as I’m working away from home (mainly from home though) and the travelling/hotel stays are at my expense. The role is super demanding and I’m getting put on a lot. NHS, so no surprise!!

I am hoping to spend more time in London in the future - my youngest is going off to university next year (hopefully) and she hasn’t applied to any local universities. I am also through a. divorce and have bought a new house up in the north so want to keep that as my base.

I’m looking for suggestions/ideas on what I could do that would allow me to stay at either end of the country and work, mainly remotely. Also, I can’t really afford a drop in salary, being on my own (currently on £54k). For the amount, and level, of work I am doing in the NHS, I’m underpaid anyway but I’m not necessarily looking for a pay rise.

I am highly qualified in my field. Many years of experience. Just looking for that change!

Any ideas? Something with a bit of travel to London. I’m close to the airport and the LNER mainline.

Something in or related to your mysterious field which you haven’t disclosed so literally no one can be any more specific than that?! 🤦‍♀️

Care Quality Commission? - They certainly used to recruit for remote workers.

She did day healthcare-quality.

Have you looked at the pharma / biotech industries? Or contract providers of quality services. A lot of positions are hybrid now.

Now is a really difficult time! Don't resign until you have a plan.

Bear in mind that NHS "package" includes the equivalent pension of an additional 25% of your salary (e.g. you would be accruing 1k p.a. on your B8 salary - that would need around 22k to buy with a private pension. So total package is more like 75k).

CQC and the regulators are a good place to start - but they ARE really in disarray at the moment and their salaries are probably 2/3 of NHS. Also most will want on-site working.

The problem is that B8 is not really senior enough to move into something in the private sector that is going to be well enough paid. Moving to a different Trust is probably your best bet, although most have recruitment freezes on for non-clinical staff. Unfortunately you are unlikely to match your NHS terms and conditions, particularly in a remote role.

Sorry if this sounds negative, but the jobs market is carnage right now.

Healthcare - I have worked in different areas of healthcare but don’t want to out myself by saying what.

That’s what has always kept me in the NHS - the pension.

Depending on your experience how about clinical case management?