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As a librarian, it's my job to help distinguish reliable & accurate sources of information & debunk misinformation (regardless of intent) & disinformation (intended to mislead).With the @theRCN members voting to strike, let’s look at some of the misleading information. A thread🧵
Nursing is a highly skilled graduate profession, not a vocation. It is risk-oriented & patient safety focused. There’s a lot of talk about nurses being paid on average £35,500. That figure is indeed an average; it takes into account the most highly specialised nurses & managers.
In Wales, newly qualified nurses start on band 5 at £27,055 & progress to £32,934 after 4 years, which is the highest salary they can receive, without applying for a new job at a Band 6. Here’s a link to the NHS pay bands 2022-23: bit.ly/3UvgMqN
1/Surely this indicates an overt example of discrimination - in this instance, saneism- against #LXP Peer Support Work roles? Is this discrimination on the part of #AgendaForChange #A4C or is it unscrupulous managers writing job descriptions that use keywords to dumb down roles?>
2/This is why we need #LXP senior roles so that we have recruiting managers who work within our discipline who understand the different levels of skillsets required for each type of job & ensure that these aren’t belittled by conflicting internal agendas. Presently no structures>
3/are in place in most organisations to prevent this and #LXP staff are at the mercy of benevolent individuals rather than a robust system to protect them from discrimination in the workplace structures & working environments. That just isn’t good enough. The other issue is that>
