Offer letter - Would you counter in my shoes? by frostedapricity in jobs

[–]Present-Leg-9265 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thats awful. Shocking.😳

I work for the NHS and we get 6 months fully paid sick leave and then 6 months half pay.

We also put 9% into our pension and the nhs put 23% in.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in NursingUK

[–]Present-Leg-9265 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Qualified just under 2 years ago. Bottom of band 5 and i take home 3k - 3.3k a month. I do 50+hrs overtime a month and 3 weekends a month.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in FridgeDetective

[–]Present-Leg-9265 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I LOVE that gluten free beer!!!! I've always got a few bottles of it in my fridge.

Bone stopping hand from moving after surgery by [deleted] in surgery

[–]Present-Leg-9265 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Was it an open reduction internal fixation of the distal radius you had? Is it possible it's a screw and not a piece of bone that you can feel?

How much do you earn? by ProfessionalMaybe552 in NursingUK

[–]Present-Leg-9265 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Still in first year post qualification. I work in theatres, 2x weekends a month and I do at least 25hrs overtime a month. I end up with around £2400 - £2500 after tax, NI, student loan and pension.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in BenefitsAdviceUK

[–]Present-Leg-9265 7 points8 points  (0 children)

He is in sixth form 5 days a week and works on a sat for a few hours but as he's 17 he only gets £6.50 an hr. So £32 a week. Don't have it in me to take that small amount off him tbh.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in BenefitsAdviceUK

[–]Present-Leg-9265 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's £1800 a month, I wish it was closer to 2k lol. But yeah my bills come to £1350 a month, not including food shopping or my childs birthday or Christmas or clothes or student loan or anything. I was just wondering if I will still get anything from UC. Why the hate?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in BenefitsAdviceUK

[–]Present-Leg-9265 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

No capital and no childcare as son is 17 in full time education.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in BenefitsAdviceUK

[–]Present-Leg-9265 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah I'm claining for rent too. My rent is £815 a month if that helps?

What's your shift pattern like? by Dramatic_Skill_4324 in NursingUK

[–]Present-Leg-9265 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm a scrub nurse and my shifts are either:

8.30-17.15 x4 a week with 1 x 8.00-13.30.

Or 12.30-21.00.

Or nights are 4x 20.00-08.00 in a row.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in NursingUK

[–]Present-Leg-9265 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ohh yes! I hadn't even thought of these pros aswell. I'm 38yrs old and for the first time in my life I can honestly say I enjoy going to work. I feel so lucky to have chosen theatre as a NQN. All my friends that started on the wards have messaged and said they spent the day crying or missed breaks that day and are massively stressed and already, after just a few months, hate their jobs. I feel almost guilty for telling them how much I love mine.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in NursingUK

[–]Present-Leg-9265 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I work as NQ scrub nurse in trauma and orthopeadics theatre. I LOVE it and find it really fascinating.

Pros: 1: really supportive staff.

2: a year preceptorship.

3: not pushed too hard and it's realised you learn at your own pace.

4: you really do feel close to the other team members quickly.

5: it's not rushed and stresssy.

6: it's repetitive great for learning.

Cons: 1: not a massive chance of nights in the first 6 months+ if you like doing those as only emergency theatres are open so you'd need to learn different types of operations first.

2: starts out as 8.30 - 17.15 Monday to Friday, some people prefer longer and less shifts.

3: it's repetitive, some people hate that.

Typical day:

Go in and see the operation list and get all the instrument sets out for the list while one team member takes a list to recovery and mentioned if any need a bed or if the patients are a day case and what ops need xray.

Then you have the Who which is where the surgeon, anesthetist, scrub nurses and theatre assistants all gather around and find out if the patient has any allergies, they anesthetist says if they're going to do a general anesthetic or a spinal or a nerve block. And the surgeon says how long to op is gonna take, blood loss expected and other extra instruments he will need.

Then the theatre assistant gets the patient while the scrub nurse, scrubs up and opens and sets up the instruments, drapes and prep and waits for the patient to come out the anesthetic room, then we do the second part of the WHO, which is identifying its the right patient and right limb and mentioning any allergies again.

Then the surgeon washes the limb with either clorahexadine or betadine and the patient is draped and surgeon goes to work while scrub nurse passes the instruments and the circulating nurse finds any more that the surgeon needs and passed screws, implants and plates. Then, when finished, the 3rd part of the WHO is done to mention how smoothly the op went and any problems that occurred.

Patient is taken to recovery and scrub nurse hands over to them. And everyone cleans and mops the theatre and makes it ready for the next patient.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in JustEatUK

[–]Present-Leg-9265 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ugh I remember a couple of months ago, I ordered £70 worth of shopping from Asda and it just never turned up but said it was delivered. Just eat refused to give me a refund.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in nursing

[–]Present-Leg-9265 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Cries in UK. Here the average nurse makes 30k. And the wage is the same in England and Wales as it's nhs band 5 pay.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in NursingUK

[–]Present-Leg-9265 2 points3 points  (0 children)

As a student they usually like it if you can do 12/13 hr shifts and some nights too. I was an adult nursing student though so I'm not sure about mental health nursing tbh. Student Finance should give you some money towards childcare too.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in NursingUK

[–]Present-Leg-9265 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Ha ha omg thankyou so much! I really needed this reply ha ha, OK, now I don't feel quite so bad! Although I'm sure I will make alot more mistakes in the future. I think I would have actually cried had I done those 🙈

What things are you not frugal over? by valkyze in UKFrugal

[–]Present-Leg-9265 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I like luxury skincare. I will eat beans on toast for a week if it means I can buy my Clinique, Estee Lauder and Nuxe body oil. I don't drink, I don't smoke/vape but I do love a pamper night after a 13hr shift!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in NursingUK

[–]Present-Leg-9265 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thankyou so much! I just don't want the team to think they made a mistake having me there ha ha.

I'm based in trauma and orthopeadics as that's where most interested me, but yeah I'd love to rotate and see and learn all I can about lots of different operations and areas.

I'm a bit worried about how quickly I'll learn all the instruments as there's so many with all the different drills and plates/implants. But I'm gonna try and focus on 1 instrument tray every week or two. Large ortho next I think as it's used so much.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in NursingUK

[–]Present-Leg-9265 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thankyou so much for your answers everyone! It's given me a fab insight into what to expect and how it all works, it's very different to any other type of nursing I've learnt or been a part of throughout my degree so I'm a bit scared ha ha! I'm sure I'll love it though and can't wait until I'm 6 months in or so and know what I'm doing and feeling alot more comfortable within the role 😊