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Grumpy old man strikes again

 

Grumpy old man strikes again. Decided to have a go at the clueless in the NHS who seem to have great fun at the expense of the hard-pressed angels at the sharp-end who are on a quarter of the salary being offered for this non-job.
 

 

Dear Liz
 
I hope you are well.
 
 
Nice to see £110,000+ salaries on offer in the NHS for frankly ridiculous jobs (well, I for one cannot understand what on earth you need a "bridge-builder" or "amplification specialist" for! You can't conduct heart surgery, or ask severely underpaid nurses to change bed-pans on a bridge using a microphone).
 
And does the "lived experience" title imply the past and that we're talking about the hospital morgue, or is it just that the post-holder is expected to work in the the HR office and juggle out-of-body experiences?
 
Perhaps it might be better for your Trust to concentrate on allowing life-saving nurses (rather than overpaid "bridge-building", "microphone holding" keyboard pushers) free parking for a start, instead of inventing unbelievably crass six-figure jobs such as this when the NHS is in such a state of crisis at the sharp end.
 
And you say it's "an exciting new post" (HR-speak for not being able to describe it as anything in particular) according to your job description.
 
Are you not embarrassed, or do you all have no shame?
 
This is as astounding as it is reprehensible.
 
Yours in total despair.
 
May I suggest you read a copy of my book, "The HR Cynics Reader" https://www.amazon.co.uk/HR-Cynics-Reader.../dp/B0788B39YB - the only reference to the NHS therein is the exceptionally stupid, time-wasting habit of having several roster employment agencies (all of whom will claim the NHS as "my client") providing candidates for the one identical job - been there and done that myself as a victim.

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