Categories: nursing
Date: 31 July 2009 19:27:24
I've just written a very long entry about my interview and the ins and outs of it all, but decided that there was such a lot of soul-searching and gut-spilling that I didn't really want public that I have kept it but made it a for-my-eyes-only thing, and I'm afraid I'm just going to write a shorter entry here for general consumption.
So, in short: I had an interview yesterday for a health visiting job in an exciting place (am a bit tired and emotional so photos will have to happen another time). I loved the place, but also am more sure now that I don't want to spend my life as a health visitor, plus the particular place is quite remote and there wouldn't be that many opportunities for HD, or many for me other than as a health visitor. So I found myself hoping they didn't offer me the job, so I wouldn't have to make a decision! Unfortunately, they didn't play along and went and offered me the job, much to my surprise (having been out of practice for so long and having not ever lived or worked in that type of environment, and having fluffed a couple of the interview questions). A pretty sleepless and troubled night followed, and once I got home today and talked things over with HD I made the decision to turn down the job offer. I really hope I've done the right thing. After months of HD trying and neither of us having anything else on the horizon, turning down the job looks on paper like a reckless thing to do. But I had hardly slept for a week worrying about it, and ultimately, amazing though the location was (and it really really was), there were too many cons along with the pros for me to be entirely happy to accept it.
Our current situation is basically as it was. I have a job application at the university, which I will hopefully hear about soon. There are some health visiting jobs in Glasgow I will apply for as a stop-gap (as although I don't want to do that long-term, it will be fine as something to tide us over if we don't also have to worry about a big move, getting the Stately Pile in a fit state to rent out, etc). One (preferably both) of us needs something really quite soon though.