Did you guess which one of the two fepic job offers I decided to take? Once I’d made my decision and made that all important call, I felt like the whole world had been lifted off my shoulders. The call seemed to go on forever as I scribbled down all of the things I needed to do next. In typical style for me, I couldn’t find anything to write on so had to make do with ripping apart a jaffa cake box and scribbling with my favourite eyebrow pencil – and of course, I couldn’t resist a couple of those jaffa beauties! There really is so much to do and they’re keen to get me started as soon as possible. They have provisionally pencilled my induction days in for 2 weeks time so I really need to get my ass in gear. I’ve got to take my documents in for my DBS to be processed. I’m pretty confident that I haven’t committed any crimes in the last year since I had my last one but apparently, it’s just protocol. My last DBS isn’t portable (whatever that m...

‘Eeny Meeny Miney Mo, catch a nursey by the toe. If she squeals let her go, Eeny meeny miney mo’. Not the ideal way to choose between two epic job offers but that’s the position I find myself in! Who’d have thought it – little old me being in demand!! I’m still on cloud nine and I haven’t even spoken to my buddy at Recruitment Panda yet to tell her the good news. She will be made up for me, I’m sure. After the hours of preparation that she put into me to give me the confidence to even go along, she will be delighted that her hard work has paid off – and I will have a proper job. Both of them were quite tough interviews. There was none of that ‘pin, pulse, you’ll do’ attitude, they were proper in depth. The hospital role really explored my knowledge of what it meant to be a nurse but thankfully my angel from Recruitment Panda had advised me to revisit the NMC Code of Practice and I knew it cover to cover. When they asked me about being accountable for my actions and omis...