Did you miss me ???

I am sure nobody has really noticed that I have been gone for a while..... eight months to be exact.
Quite a bit has changed during this time. I have left my previous job and some other poor sucker now has the pleasure of dealing with the misdemeanors of my previous team and undergoing the daily ritual of thinking of reasons not to go to work and/or leave early.

I still work in primary care as an advanced practitioner, but now actually get to work as a practitioner rather than spending my days managing a service and a team.  Its fabulous; not having the buck stop with me when something goes wrong, and being able to sleep at night without the aid of alcohol.

I am now the lead nurse for the team I work with, but we also have a lead GP and a practice manager, so we take collective responsibility for leading and dealing.  I thought I would I miss 'being in charge' (or rather everyone doing what I say because I am the boss), but I really don't.  We do have some 'quirky' team members, and its likely that they will pop up from now and then in this blog.

I am loving spending time with patients; some patients ground me, and really put my grumbles into perspective, whilst many amuse me in some way or another, and mostly in ways that I would never tell them as I really dont think that they intend their  idiosyncrasies’ to be entertaining....... However, unless they read this blog or drink in my local they are unlikely to ever find out ...... but, if you do read this blog and think you recognise yourself, then perhaps its time for a long hard think