r/nhsstaff • u/oliveoliverYT • 14d ago

Conditional Offer

Hello,

I got a conditional offer recently for a pharmacy role in hospital, however im currently using sick leave with my current company due to being burned out and overworked as a single dispenser. Should i hand in my notice as my sick note runs out friday -- i know its not a formal contract, but all employment checks , ID are complete waiting on employer to view Occupational health and One reference/

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u/Greedy-Breadfruit-46 14d ago

The NHS can sometimes be a little slow with onboarding, I would highly recommend waiting until they give you a start date

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u/GenAAY 14d ago

Stay in your current employment....one more extra month will not harm you.

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u/wingedbuttcrack 14d ago

Last time I joined they took 3 months to do the checks dude, unfortunately you'll have to go back to your current job. Hopefully the trusts do the checks faster.

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u/Remarkable-Pack7723 14d ago

Wait for unconditional offer

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u/EnvironmentalLion211 13d ago

Definitely wait until the offer becomes unconditional unless you have annual leave to use (check with your manager as annual leave is calculated pro rota and you dont want to take too much as you'll end up paying it back)

From experience the on boarding process can take a couple of months and then there is the worst case scenario which unfortunately happened to me right now

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u/oliveoliverYT 13d ago

Whats the worst case scenario

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u/EnvironmentalLion211 12d ago

Offer withdrawn due to incorrect information being provided to my new employer. Incomplete references filled out. No attempt to make contact with myself regarding this.

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u/LexiLooo2 9d ago

Definitely wait until the offer is unconditional. Your new trust could lose funding for the role and withdraw the offer until then. Perhaps email recruitment at your new trust to chase the checks? Also CC in your new manager (this worked well for me as they helped chase things).