> BTW, Danny- if your position is untenable, threaten to leave if there's no
> improvement. If that doesn't work, leave. There's plenty of jobs elsewhere.
I would agree with this approach, Danny.
If your workload has reached the point where it is damaging your health (ie:
you are getting more and more tired) then you will either die suddenly or
have to go off long term sick. Most management don't have that kind of
imagination, so it may focus their attention if you tell them the workload
is too high for you and you will resign on date w if you don't get x,y and
z.
You should point out they have failed to get a 2nd consultant after 3
attempts then (a) there are obviously lots of better jobs out there for
someone of your experience and you might as well be doing one of them, and
(b) they will have great difficulty replacing you.
Calculate how much the dept will need to run on consultant locums at agency
rates for 6 months - [I'm guessing around £150,000k per annum if you include
agency fees and accommodation/travel]. Also work out how much the hospital
would stand to lose if your dept had to be downgraded to MIU because they
could not recruit sufficient senior cover.
Like I've already said, I spend a lot of time covering for long term
sickness/suicide/death/pissed-off-ness in GP-land. Doctors are voting with
their feet in large numbers - until recently the problem of adverts only
attracting replies from unsuitable or unpalatable candidates was common, now
it is common for no-one to apply for posts even after several adverts.
[SCOTSMAN DOING IRSIH ACCENT, BADLY]
"Lesson number one - at the end of the shift make sure you go home to your
family alive." Sean Connery, The Untouchables (from memory, so may be
paraphrased!).
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Robbie Coull
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