Back to Practice with Covid-19

  Spent an hour or two in a series of queues to get my first Covid vaccine, sign a range of induction checklists, get a new NHS ID badge, and pick up a bunch lateral flow test kits for personal home use. The session was generally well organised on the day even if the advance support information was only received on the bus home rather than prior to the induction. It would have helped to have got this prior to attending as I would less often have had to say, “no I’ve not got, or done, or seen that”. Despite this I was still able to blag my way past the various hurdles when I did not have the right information, or paperwork, that staff were after but promised I would have had, if I had been known   in advance! Everybody was very positive and helpful and very hard to recognise behind their facemasks. I did however chat to a couple of former colleagues briefly. Next up will be to organise some NHS Lothian login details to access some additional...

After rather a long hiatus the blog is back. Just before Christmas I received an email from NHS Lothian asking if I would be willing and available to support the Covid-19 mass vaccination programme over the first half of 2021. I answered in the positive. Ten days ago I was asked for details of the hours and locations I would be willing/able to work. Yesterday I was offered a short-term, part-time contract at the vaccination centre being set up at Queen Margaret University Campus in Musselburgh with a start date of week of the 8 th  Feb. All that’s needed now is some basic induction details followed by some online education and learning about current vaccination theory practice and hopefully I can begin to contribute to the vaccination effort. A separate email directed me towards the required online learning resources. Hopefully I will only be required to complete those that are directly relevant to vaccination theory and practice. If I have to look at a ...