Finishing a colleague's work

It is something of an imposition.

However... is there a good reason for asking one of you to order the equipment. For example, if the person doing the assessment is now going to be off work for several days the patients might have to wait an inordinate length of time for what they need. Consequently it would be more efficient to ask someone else to deal with the order.

I'd do it, but I'd make the comment that it's better for the assessor to follow the process through so that all the correct things are supplied to the right people.

Don't you all support each other? When I worked in the NHS as part of a team we all helped each other..

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hate all the bollocks but if it isn't your problem or job <shrug>

Is it perhaps because she did not want to work more overtime on Sunday, or should it have been done at the same time?

If it is your manager asking you to do it, I would, with an inquiry on why it wasn't done at the same time as the assessment.

Dear me, is this such a big ask? No wonder the NHS has problems - what happened to team work?

I don't actually see the problem but perhaps more context is needed. If you don't order the equipment the patient will ultimately suffer. My conscience wouldn't allow that to happen for the want of a task which (I presume) is not overly difficult to perform.

Germanshepherdsmum

Dear me, is this such a big ask? No wonder the NHS has problems - what happened to team work?

I’m more concerned that someone who assess people in the community hasn’t got the wherewithal to sort out such an inconsequential non problem.

I can’t believe that someone in the OP’s position would decline to order equipment for a patient because they didn’t consider it their job, and then take to social media to ask if they were being unreasonable. I’m horrified at such an attitude in the NHS. I’m glad I’m not the patient in question.

I have known my DH, an NHS management professional to collect equipment and deliver it for patients in her own time and at her own expense so that they could go home...

I am a retired District Nurse, I would happily help out colleagues for the benefit of patient care...its called teamwork!
Why on earth is this being discussed on social media, if you have a problem discuss within your team.

When I was on holiday in Lincolnshire, I had a toothache - an abscess - and needed an antibiotic that the local chemist did not have in stock.

The dentist said, never mind - I have a colleague who works in the hospital in Lincoln city and lives in this village... I'll get him to drop it into your B&B on his way home.

Which he did. He wasn't just a 'colleague' he was a consultant surgeon at Lincoln Hospital I later discovered.

Teamwork.

I honestly don't understand the problem here. What is the big deal ordering the equipment? Surely everyone pulls together and works as a team.

Sorry but I think you are being petty here.

I've just posted on the thread about the blood contamination.
Feel like saying the same here!!

Good grief - you are being unreasonable - no wonder the NHS is in such a state if it's manned by the "not my monkey" brigade!

When I worked in the community in the NHS that would have been commonplace and not worthy of comment....and I was the manager of the team! The only thing I would say is do you have to take clinical responsibility for perscribing he equipment and is the assessment you colleague did, enough for you to do this?

seadragon

I have known my DH, an NHS management professional to collect equipment and deliver it for patients in her own time and at her own expense so that they could go home...

umm you have to be careful doing this.....especially if you are a manager and not a clinician....working outside of working hours may not be covered by appropriate insurance and the equipment might need a proper clinical assessment.

Just get on with it.

For various reasons, I cant do a specific piece of work with a child, I was discussing this with someone on my team. They immediately said oh I am in that school next week, I will do it.
I thanked her and made her a cup of tea. I dont think this was a particularly unusual exchange.

I don't understand the problem, but maybe there are more facts?

Like you disagree with the request?

I'm guessing you feel the Sunday worker should have gone well into overtime to complete something? Generally weekend work is emergency or crisis cover and greatly under strain.

It's not about you it's about the client who may be needing the equipment urgently.

For heavens sake! You work for the nhs. Think of the patient and their needs please . What on earth is your problem???

Good grief. I’m shocked that you regard this as a problem. I worked in a Community team before I retired and wouldn’t have batted an eyelid at being asked. If an assessment has been undertaken and equipment deemed necessary, our objective would have been to get it delivered to the patient as soon as possible.

GrandmaLorna

I am a retired District Nurse, I would happily help out colleagues for the benefit of patient care...its called teamwork!
Why on earth is this being discussed on social media, if you have a problem discuss within your team.

This. On a busy day occasionally tasks can’t be completed. Why won’t you complete this for the patients. It sounds petty to me

OP disappeared over the horizon?