Well - that's it!
Discussion
Another retirement thread - oh yippee!
I've just got home after my last ever shift as a nurse - a job I've done for almost 36 years. One too many assaults and a few back injuries has left me unable to continue so I've bit the bullet and taken early retirement.
It's been a very surreal last shift - very busy, giving advice to the juniors on shift, knowing I now won't be the one who people will look to for advice.
I've got 2 zero hour contract jobs lined up. One in First Aid training and another in a Funeral Parlour. Money will be a bit of a worry until I get into the swing of things, but I'm looking forward to this new chapter.
Plans include getting a classic (hopefully a P5B coupe) and spending more time with my partner and my grand daughter. I've got loads of volunteering sorted out - instructing with the Army Cadets and as a volunteer with the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Any tips on how not to drink myself to death with all the whisky my colleagues have bought me?
SD.
I've just got home after my last ever shift as a nurse - a job I've done for almost 36 years. One too many assaults and a few back injuries has left me unable to continue so I've bit the bullet and taken early retirement.
It's been a very surreal last shift - very busy, giving advice to the juniors on shift, knowing I now won't be the one who people will look to for advice.
I've got 2 zero hour contract jobs lined up. One in First Aid training and another in a Funeral Parlour. Money will be a bit of a worry until I get into the swing of things, but I'm looking forward to this new chapter.
Plans include getting a classic (hopefully a P5B coupe) and spending more time with my partner and my grand daughter. I've got loads of volunteering sorted out - instructing with the Army Cadets and as a volunteer with the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Any tips on how not to drink myself to death with all the whisky my colleagues have bought me?
SD.
ds 
Just turned 50 in March. dingg said:
Stopping one job and starting two new ones isn't retirement, not by a long chalk.
Just saying, enjoy the whisky and punt those 2 new jobs, as quickly as possible...
Sadly the pension isn't enough to live on so being a wage slave is still a necessity. The two jobs are both zero hours - I've got my first funeral next week, just a quick out and back to the local crematorium. It's expected that I'll be working at most two or three half days a week - probably about six funerals maximum.Just saying, enjoy the whisky and punt those 2 new jobs, as quickly as possible...
The training job is likely to be about six days a month.
For me the fact I don't have to work christmas, bank holidays and nights is a massive positive.
I will of course be enjoying the whisky!
SD.
You might already have considered this, or you might not have even thought about it as it's generally seen as a more female nurse type job, but you could think about going into practice nursing. Out of hours services are totally separate contracts so you wouldn't be required to do any weekends, bank holidays or nights, and with your experience, especially if you've spent time in surgical wards, it'd be an easy conversion. Demand varies by location, but there's a big shortage in most areas. Depending on your current band, pay would be a bit lower, but it's usually a much more pleasant and supportive environment, so it's swings and roundabouts. You could also do prescribing and ANP courses for better jobs and much better pay too.
There's a big world outside of the hospital building that can still make much better use of your existing skills than a funeral parlour, and probably pay you a lot better, too.
There's a big world outside of the hospital building that can still make much better use of your existing skills than a funeral parlour, and probably pay you a lot better, too.
First day at the funeral parlour today. Just a simple out and back to the local crematorium - the family was meeting there. Myself and two other funeral operatives went out in the Rolls Royce hearse and met the family there.
Sadly too many had turned up for the service so that 3 had to stay outside due to covid restrictions.
After the service, back to the funeral parlour - I got to drive back. First time driving a Rolls!
A few more funerals booked for the rest of the month.
A real change of pace from nursing!
SD.
Sadly too many had turned up for the service so that 3 had to stay outside due to covid restrictions.
After the service, back to the funeral parlour - I got to drive back. First time driving a Rolls!
A few more funerals booked for the rest of the month.
A real change of pace from nursing!
SD.
Cotty said:
Which Rolls Royce hearse is it? I have just been Googling them, some are ok others are shockling ugly.
Some look like a finished car that was converted onto a hearse rather than one that was built from the ground up to be a hearse.
It's a Silver Spirit - not sure of the year. Some look like a finished car that was converted onto a hearse rather than one that was built from the ground up to be a hearse.
SD.
Gassing Station | Jobs & Employment Matters | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff