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September 04, 2008
New day
At present it is a stressful time on the unit for the employees. Two teams have been forced to merge and overnight be expected to act as one. Face to face there are mostly pleasantries however the tension is palpable in the office. Disagreements about clinical matters are regular and nothing so far has been resolved. It leaves many on the team feeling like they should look after number one and fuck the rest.
In any workplace this is not an ideal situation however it is even less ideal in a place where we are meant to be a therapeutic setting for vulnerable people to recover in.
It is difficult also as I am soon to be leaving and feelings of jealously, discontentment and anger from colleagues are being flung passively my way which I am trying to dodge and not take personally.
I will probably not be there to see it however I really do hope for some kind of resolution and compromise on the unit to come at some point. For the unit to function well there must be a team who act as one and support each other in times of need and difficulty. We must move on from the difficult situation that others above (fucking executives) have placed us in and start afresh.
Posted by Russell at September 4, 2008 04:02 PM