Loss of faith

[hearthfire]

Last night I came back to work positive happy and well refreshed after my holiday, after only 48hrs of dealing with the public I find myself back to feeling very disheartened with my job. I have had torrents of abuse, threats of violence and at least one person spit at me. In bad moments this makes me feel like I am bad at my job, most of the time

Comments

[metame]

Hmmm - there can't be many worse jobs for being underappreciated by the clients.

I guess the flip side is you get to see the results of your work actually achieving something which many, many jobs miss out on due to either having a project too large and monolithic to feel personal, or too small and puny to feel like it's much use to anyone.

I guess superbitch is the natural reaction to idiot patients - the rest of the world (like us) knows you do a great job though, and who knows maybe the gov't will get round to paying you guys more...

[hearthfire]

I doubt there is ever going to be great money in Healthcare work, its wierd how we under value health.
I suppose that since most people do things which are bad for them and are just hoping those things don't come back to bite them on the butt, they are not really considering their health. Its hard to value your health without thinking about all the things you shouldn't do and thats no fun.

Providing a service that nobody really wants but everyone needs, I am glad I don't have to balance the books!

[lathany]

The general public really suck at times.

Do you get a greater proportion in A&E than elsewhere (because of all the post-alcohol arrivals)? And, if so, could you arrange to move to another department? I haven't a clue how post changing works in the NHS I'm afraid, so this could be really naff advice.

[hearthfire]

Unfortunately I am in a bit of a catch 22 situation, I could go and work in a different speciality but I would probably have to take a massive pay cut.
Also there are parts of A&E work that I actually still enjoy. I am in an odd middle grade job at the moment which is the worst of all possible worlds, junior manager role and part expert clinician. I am hoping to start a course in September which will help me to become a Nurse Practitioner. More responsibility but also more clinically focussed which I enjoy.

I should probably just put up and shut up but every now and again I begin to wonder about the human race. (Apparently natural selection has got us this far and now medical science can meddle with the future!)

Thanks for the moral support though it does help, My wise flatmate was saying only today that he doesn't understand why people think its acceptable to abuse anyone who's trying to help them.