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A Returning Doctor
@ReturningDoctor
Dr Eleanor Morris ~ NHS returner following a long career break ~ Specialty Doctor (SAS) ~ Anaesthetics ~ Threads: @returning_doctor ~ #ReturningDoctor
Jul 28 • 11 tweets • 4 min read
To post or not to post?

I have been lucky - returning to medicine has been such a positive experience overall.

But it has sometimes felt very difficult, with practical and emotional challenges.

and unpublished or anon. posts, and deleted drafts.

💭🧵

1/10

#ReturningDoctor Image
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Image Is this possible?

Where do I even start?

Has anyone else done this before?

Where can I find help, resources, support, guidance?

Who can I ask?

Will they be supportive?

Or will they laugh and tell me it's an impossibly daft idea?

2/
May 1 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
💷 Let's talk money 💷
£££££££££££££££££££££££££

Last month I was underpaid £hundreds.

As a returning doctor, it can be difficult to know what your pay scale should be, and whether you are being paid correctly.

And employers can get it wrong too.

1/5 Previous service affects pay scale, annual leave entitlement and - depending on length of absence - sick leave.

Tips 👇

• if you can, keep and provide evidence of previous service.

• check your payslip : pay scale, banding (if applicable), increment date, tax code.

2/5
Jun 24, 2023 • 11 tweets • 4 min read
Interview fear 🧵

1/
 Prior to my successful interview, I had an interview for a different role which was awful - really awful.

I'm sure I will cringe to think of it for a long time to come.

Needless to say, I didn't get the job.

2/
 I realised I wasn't properly prepared for a clinical interview, and as my confidence diminished throughout the whole horrible experience my responses became more floundering and unstructured.

I was so embarrassed.

Thinking back on it has kept me awake at night - literally!
Jan 29, 2023 • 13 tweets • 4 min read
When I was considering leaving hospital medicine, I was feeling lost.

I didn't ask for support but I wasn't offered any either.

What advice would have helped me?

A thread 🧵 1:Take time ⏰

At the time I saw the choice as binary - stay/leave - which in hindsight it probably wasn't.

There may well have been other options e.g. portfolio career, locum, planned break.

Take time to consider options and balance the pros and cons as fully as possible.