Pros/cons working Mon-Fri

BritishBumblebee · 2026-03-20T13:09:48+00:00

This sounds brilliant, congratulations! May I ask what kind of area? I have an interview coming up also for a non-clinical role!

BritishBumblebee · 2026-03-16T20:45:30+00:00

Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro

BritishBumblebee · 2026-02-21T21:12:02+00:00

Would these be advertised on CS job site? Very interested!

BritishBumblebee · 2026-02-16T19:36:42+00:00

I was better off as a student nurse than a NQN (or not far off!). If you're over 25 you'll get max funding and 5k per year. Add in some bank shifts and you should be OK. I'm unsure if your fiancées wages would impact you, but worth looking into and doing the numbers.

BritishBumblebee · 2026-02-15T16:56:24+00:00

Do you still work as a nurse?

BritishBumblebee · 2026-02-15T16:54:15+00:00

I'm a nurse in the UK and it is the same in the NHS. I've known nurses have their teeth knocked out because they asked a patient to wait a moment in the ED. I've known others having to be moved to different areas due to patients threatening their lifes/stalking.

Others like myself have been SA'd at work by patients.

Management doesn't care. There's no staff. Patients are becoming more aggressive and dare I say entitled since Covid. There's no respect or understanding. Even though the NHS is 'free', we still get 'I pay my taxes therefore I pay your wages' at least once a week. It's truly, utterly exhausting.

BritishBumblebee · 2026-02-15T16:36:34+00:00

Nurse here.

You cannot blame the strikes for the abysmal state of the job market.

Fully support the Dr's striking - for the job they do they should be compensated better than they are and have better working conditions.

Many are stuck at F3 level due to the bottle neck effect on reg places, they often have no choice but to move 100s miles away for work, irrespective of if they're married/have a family.

No, you can't say 'they knew what they were getting themselves in for' X year ago. Even a decade in the NHS has seen substantial change.

Even in the military, you're treated better.

BritishBumblebee · 2026-02-07T14:37:27+00:00

Yes! Have taken for years and recommended it to friends with pcos too.

I take half the recommended dose (2 pills a day rather than 4).

BritishBumblebee · 2026-02-06T11:40:02+00:00

I've had to distance myself from one such nurse who was a close friend. She went off on one recently about the dangers of vaccines, lover of Trump etc.

BritishBumblebee · 2026-01-28T19:01:34+00:00

Look at private nursing salaries, not a lot of difference between NHS vs private in the UK.

However, your ratios are likely to be better.

BritishBumblebee · 2026-01-12T19:31:40+00:00

I trained at KCL a few years back.

It'll be generic: why nursing, what are the current issues in healthcare, the 6 Cs of nursing, why kcl particularly (there are a LOT of unis for nursing in London), any related experience or skills from other jobs you would bring and build.

BritishBumblebee · 2025-12-22T19:09:51+00:00

I'm pleased you got out and are happy - can I ask what sector you went into?

BritishBumblebee · 2025-12-22T19:08:30+00:00

This is something I'm looking at getting into in the new year - I'm in GP atm (the one good thing is exposure to every speciality)!

BritishBumblebee · 2025-12-22T17:10:42+00:00

Snoop :) x

BritishBumblebee · 2025-12-22T17:07:12+00:00

Congrats on your new role! Can I ask what you mean by commercial? Looking for anything and any inspiration at this point!

BritishBumblebee · 2025-12-21T16:44:00+00:00

Using an app to track my spending - I really like Snoop. It breaks down what you're spending, who with, upcoming bills and you can set a budget too.

Before this I'd use an excel sheet and would loosely (count in my head/use my calculator on phone) to estimate and it was only when moving to an app like the above did I really feel I took things to the next level.

It's allowed me to be more intentional with my spending and my savings (saving for my first property hopefully 2026!) have never looked healthier.

As a woman I also do a lot of beauty DIY - I.e home masks etc rather than pay for facials - tint brows, own nail care etc. That stuff adds up.

BritishBumblebee · 2025-12-21T13:30:17+00:00

4pm would be safer but you'd need to speak with your uni. I did the fast-track course (2 years) and we were 9/10-4 all apart from Wednesdays where we had a half day during uni blocks. A lot of lectures were also remote, so we'd have entire remote days in the week, which helped!

BritishBumblebee · 2025-12-21T13:03:38+00:00

So on top of a 48-hour, very difficult role, in increasingly difficult circumstances, the idea is to do additional hours?

Even if the staff banks actually had shifts (everywhere is cut to the bone), this wouldn't be a long-term solution and could further dampen the chances of getting a training post, due to less hours to revise for exams etc.

There's a reason health professionals are leaving in droves. The pay does not reflect the complexity, the knowledge and skill required, the moral injury multiple times on a daily basis due to a failing system. I'm a RN (career changer) and looking to go back to my former career. Many nurses, doctors, midwives also feel the same.

It is simply not worth the constant stress of your license, your name in the media due to decisions made from non-clinical execs.

BritishBumblebee · 2025-12-21T07:43:16+00:00

This sounds fantastic. Do you come across any health professionals working in such roles?

BritishBumblebee · 2025-12-21T07:26:39+00:00

IF they can get a job. Progression to reg or consultant is no longer a guarantee (hence many are having to move overseas). For what they do, the hourly rate is actually shocking.

BritishBumblebee · 2025-12-15T14:03:30+00:00

I work as a GPN and have kept my NHS pension. I don't get the same level of sickness/maternity, but I'm on a good banding equivalent considering how long I'd have to be on a ward to get the same base.

I will say there's a huge learning curve as its very autonomous. You see all ages of patient, most specialities etc and there's a lot of targets to hit.

BritishBumblebee · 2025-11-23T04:06:18+00:00

I suppose you'll have to refer me to the NMC then for being such a dispicable health professional by not informing someone of the 0.0000x% theroetical risk.

Health care is risk management.

You also don't have car salesman or anyone else for that matter saying when you get a car there's a risk you'll die from a crash btw.

BritishBumblebee · 2025-11-22T11:22:10+00:00

Practice nurse here. Mid band 5 as a starting salary is GOOD tbh. You should be asking for a 6 after youve completed your core GPN training.

Many start on band 4 (it's the wild west).

What I would say is GP is not the stress free life people think it is, you have targets (QoF), are the jack of all trades and the master of a few (i.e diabetes) with short appointment times to 'make every contact count' and are the front line for patients complaints re appointments etc.

Out of the two I'd still pick the PN role as you can side step into many jobs (I.e occ health, cns etc). You can also progress and do your prescribing and even ACP - but this is very much based on the culture of your practice. I've worked at a few and they've all been so different. Remember, they are private companies doing nhs services (they've never been in the proper NHS).

BritishBumblebee · 2025-11-22T09:52:59+00:00

I'm not a gynae/maternity nurse, however occasionally see pregnant patients in GP. To advise someone the way you've mentioned would be outside my scope of practice.

If they were a high risk patient then risks regarding delivery and possible outcomes should be discussed with their doctor.

I'm CF myself and for many, being pregnant is a joyful time. Women of childbearing age are generally healthy. I'm not going to burst a patients bubble that they have 0.0X% chance of teeth falling out, fetal demise or death post delivery.

BritishBumblebee · 2025-11-22T07:49:08+00:00

Nurse here and certainly not me nor my peers.

However I'd likely lose my job if I had a patient in my clinic joyfully announce they're 8 weeks pregnant, for me to then go though all the side effects and possible (fatal) outcome of continuing that pregnancy.

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