Let people do more of what they like and they’re good at..? Very novel thinking, I know.
Why do we make our most experienced people do less and less of what they’ve spent years getting good at? I think it’s even more pronounced with nurses, some of the best clinical nurses I know are forced to do unending mountains of admin rather than interacting with patients. Managers, contrary to the common trope, are also highly trained and experienced, with a totally different skill set to me. I’m not cut out for being a manager, and that’s okay to admit. We can’t all be good at everything. Whenever conversations come up about “upskilling” people to do doctors’ work, it’s always about the interesting stuff like operations, strange that no one wants to upskill into taking on medicolegal responsibility and onerous administrative tasks. Anyway, rambling nonsense as usual from me. Slept like a baby last night, 9 hours! That’s literally double my usual but oh my days the sleep after a long on call, where I can just turn my phone off, is glorious beyond words.
