Mrs B has got a new job.
A bit of a complicated saga. I've been telling her to for a few years, before she got stuck forever, & she's finally done it. She wanted to pass a particular exam first. Taken & passed in December.
She applied for, & got, a part time (3 days per week) NHS post based in Oxford, hoping to be able to reduce hours in her current job. After all, others have gone from full-time to part-time working, she's been told in the past there's no objection in principle to her doing it, & her current employer is trying to fill a part-time slot with just the right hours: she could fit into that, leaving them free to advertise a full-time post. But she was told that no, she
can't cut her hours. If she wants to work part-time, she must apply for the advertised part-time post, "and you might not get it".
Not good news? Read on . . .
She decided to go for the new NHS job anyway. It should be much better for her career in the long term, & she's sick of her current place, & her boss. We can survive with less money, & she can look for another part-time post, or locum work. She'd told the NHS she couldn't work specific days, to fit in with the minimum requirements of her current job, but as that no longer applies, she told 'em that she is now free to work whatever days are most convenient.
Next day (yesterday) - they said that they now have funding for another two days a week, which were about to be advertised internally - would she like to be considered? Damn right she would!
Everything's falling into place . . . .
