Poor communication and too many hoops to jump through to be a Covid vaccinator volunterr

That's interesting B9exchange, you'd think a GP would be snapped up. Another week has passed and my friend still hasn't heard, I wonder if she will.

I have a retired GP friend who applied to go back to work at the beginning of the pandemic, and was never called. He then applied to do the vaccinations, worked through submitting the 23 pieces of evidence, including FGM and diversity training, and has still not been called. They must obviously be spoilt for choice!

Here's the info Calandargirl.
You need 2 A'levels or equivalent to vaccinate people.

My OH said that there were lots of volunteers wandering about but the system was well organised and very efficient.

If they have too many volunteers who are superfluous, it’s going to make social distancing more difficult.

Some volunteers may drop out and others will be asked if they wish to step up.

Me too with this one. I recently had an e-mail from NHS Professionals which said they were overwhelmed with applications and were working their way through them. So thats all good then.

Imagine if the“ little ships” that left the south coast of England to rescue thousands of troops stranded at Dunkirk in 1940 had been subject to this ridiculous level of bureaucracy.

We are in a dire situation and need an army of volunteers
to find a way to fast track this.

What have we become?

They aren’t so picky when they are giving out high value contracts and cushy jobs to their mates!

My physio thought she would volunteer as a vaccinator and also discovered she needed to do 20 hours of online training. This included diversity training and how to spot possible cases of FGM.
Conversely my daughter has had to administer her B12 injections following 2 minutes instruction from the practice nurse, and I have recently left hospital with a month’s supply of blood thinning injections and a couple of minutes instruction. It’s not difficult - why is it being made so complicated? Fear of repercussions/litigation? Whatever it is there are wouid be vaccinators who have just given up on the process. Not what is needed.

NotSpaghetti

I read about someone turned down because they "didn't have two A levels".
They have applied to be a marshal instead.

I’m sure many vaccinators don’t have 2 A levels.

I think the whole process has become unnecessarily complex. They are applying the same criteria as if they were offering permanent jobs and not short term volunteer places.

It is unfortunately a sign of our times. There is very little one can do these days without mounds of paperwork.

If they were gong to so picky about whom they employed for these jobs they should have started the process months ago so that they had an army of volunteers ready when they were needed.

It's not just in health either. I have been a private tutor for years and have had to go through a lengthy recruitment process to enable me to go and work in a school on the National Tutoring Programme.

Almost threw in the towel today - it's been a bad day for technology. But will keep going a little longer.

I read about someone turned down because they "didn't have two A levels".
They have applied to be a marshal instead.

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