Work Dilema

[Mrs CW]

Hi all,

I just wanted to get some advice. I finish work in 3 weeks time, taking leave and then starting mat leave mid december.
I work in a busy hospital department where I'm currently working on set which invovles walking in and out of a room, setting the room up for patients with set equipment, and setting up patients in position for treatment. I seem to have the majority of afternoons sat in the office but not all of them. The last girl who was expecting was in the office all the time for the last 5/6 weeks of working so I asked why I've been put onset and I've been told its because it is not my role. I'm shattered and been feeling pretty crap which I think is because I'm over doing it being on my feet for most of the day. On friday I went into another section and was asked by the staff when I was being moved offset and when I said that I wasn't, the risk assessor said that I should not be onset and really should be in the office as I shouldn't be moving patients or the equipment. She offered to do a risk assessment for me (my manager has done them up until now) but as she's in a different section I don't know if she can.
I feel that I'm being treated differently because I'm not the kind of person to speak out, theres other issues that I've been told by my mum, as a former union rep, that I need to record. I don't know whether to take up the offer of the risk assessment from the other section and I don't know whether to contact my union - the work rep is awful so I would prefer to go to them directly if I needed to. Does anyone have any advice? I've tried talking to my boss but it just seems to go in one ear and out the other !

Thanks for any replies

x x x

 

[Lilelephant]

it's the same in our place Hun must be a rt thing. I am the same too and don't speak up! Can the risk Assesor talk to ur manager?
No way u can be running all day when ur heavy preggers! Grrr am mad! Can u suggest swell as being in the office doing first day chats and sorting out the queries, tbs' etc?

 

[Lilelephant]

Don't let them make u do stuff u arent able to do!!!

 

[jojo_2012]

When I go back to work from sick leave I'll be 30 weeks, I had my risk assessment (Im a nurse too) and they told me not to push or lift anything, push wheelchairs or beds etc.

My risk-assessment was done by my team leader (band 6), if I hadn't been happy with it I'd have gone straight to matron. Do you have that option?

I wouldn;t let someone from another section do it though, wouldn't be professional.

 

[Mrs CW]

Its my manager (8A) doing the risk assessment so thats as high as I can go unless I go to directorate manager which I don't think I can do. Should I mention to my manager that the risk assessor isn't happy with me being onset?
We have a set area for first day chats and I am in there a couple of times but the woman that runs it is so lazy and won't do anything if theres someone else in there. We run Dr clinics from there too so it can be even busier than being onset at times! I have asked to go in there more when its quiet but its been declined. x x x

 

[Lilelephant]

I would def try and talk to manager again if ur finding it hard!
Is sim an option? I found it was a little less demanding than onset.

 

[Mrs CW]

I've got my 32 week meeting with my manager on tuesday so I'm going to bring it up again. Sim would be an option but my manager is being really stubborn! I think I might email the SOR for some advice too x

 

[Lilelephant]

Def I had sor involved with me and they were really good