Finally!!!!

tallaght01

Anyone who's heard me ranting in the past will be aware that i'm In Queensland, where I've had a job as a paeds registrar waiting for me since mid january.

I applied for registration in Australia in october while working in New Zealand.

Due to a number of admin cockups, I've been sitting on me arse for the last 4 weeks in Oz. not allowed to work.

Today, I finally got sick of it. I decided I was going away for a week to visit relatives in cairns. I told the hospital. They said "fine, your registration will take at LEAST another week, so go and enjoy your trip".

I threatened to resign and go back to work in New Zealand if it didn't happen within the next 2 weeks.

Then I booked a flight to Cairns, leaving tomorrow morning.

Then I got an email to say my regstration has been finalised and I'm free to start work.

So...questions.....

Should I stay in cairns for the week anyway, and let the locum carry on as she is, covering me?

Do I win a prize for the longest registration process ever? :P

hunnymonster

Congrats on finally getting it sorted. <hands tallaght01 his prize for patience and calmness in the face of bureaucracy> I would be inclined to take the trip if your employer is happy to allow the locum to continue and you can afford it.

Traumadoc

Have you been paid while you were waiting who was responsible for the holdup??

Dr Galen

what happened? why did they take so long?

good to hear its sorted though mate, did you take the trip?

eth0_

Take the trip! It's paid for and they TOLD you you wouldn't be starting this week. Not your fault imo

ergo

where in QLD are you...? I'm so jealous, I spent a year in Brisbane back in '03-'04.......

and take the trip, you'll be working long enough!

Chunky Monkey

tallaght01 wrote: »

I threatened to resign and go back to work in New Zealand if it didn't happen within the next 2 weeks.

Then I booked a flight to Cairns, leaving tomorrow morning.

Then I got an email to say my regstration has been finalised and I'm free to start work.

Good work, hope you're on the trip and enjoying yourself

tallaght01

I went on the trip

Just back. Had a great time. Spent lots of time on the great barrier reef, and ate lots of nice food, while th elocum earned twice what I woild have earned for the week!

Start work tomorrow though. At least I'll be getting paid now. Been living off savings for the last while, which wasn't exactly what they were intended for..

ergo

ergo wrote: »

where in QLD are you...? I'm so jealous, I spent a year in Brisbane back in '03-'04.......

hate to quote myself, but: as above.......

tallaght01

ergo wrote: »

hate to quote myself, but: as above.......

I can't really say because I'm very obviously linked to the boards blog. I do my best to avoid any possible breach of patient confidentiality, so I'm trying to keep my location quiet, as each city (at the most) will only have one neonatal unit. Therefore, it could be possible to identify a patient if my location was known (though I always alter dates and names, aswell as some of the detail in the blog)

I may not even be in Queensland

tallaght01

I stayed late in work yesterday....and I got paid for it! Never happened to me before!

I was about to leave after staying for a few hours to help deal with some pretty sick twins, wne my colleague asked me if I'd signed the "overtime book".

The over time book???

So, if you stay late, you write it in the book. You get paid double time (double and a half time last night, as it was a saturday night).

Couldn't believe it. I've never had a penny overtime so far in my career, despite having probbaly done the equivalent of a few months OT in total.

Next thing you know I'll be getting study leave!

Chunky Monkey

I was shocked when I heard docs in the UK don't get paid outside of their set hours. Are you getting paid an hourly rate over there?