Revisiting an old career - how to be taken seriously

[thepeoplespal]

Having left the world of logistics, vehicle scheduling and tenders thinking that having a margin of 1.5 to 2.5% for a good company and 5%+ for an exceptional one was just one mistake from bankruptcy, to the heady margins of fat cat GP practice, I've now after 11 odd years taken voluntary redundancy from my job as a GP practice manager (margins being decimated by changes in contracts, lack of new partners and locums knowing what they can extract), the ultimate jack of all trades, master of none job.

While I've had thoughts of specialising on the computer side of GP Practice (I am pretty good at getting anything out that has been put in, no matter how obscure and I can train one to one to really improve staff and GP productivity), it isn't what I'm really hankering after. I've kept upto date with vehicles, legislation, and the move from a single national depot to more regionalised depots and getting Commercial Motor I might even know about a Daf XF or a Mitsubishi Canter, I've also got my all important Freight Managers CPC (Certificate of Professional Competence). I'd like to get back into transport of some sort, but my attempts so far seem to me to have been overlooked by the agencies I've applied to and you probably can't blame them.

So how am I to be taken seriously, as someone who isn't just clutching at straws in order to get any job, but someone who genuinely wants to get back to the logistics industry? I was thinking that an account manager, or transport co-ordinator might be one way, but open to suggestions from the PH collective. :-)

[rog007]

Exploiting your clinical insights:

NHS Supply Chain

Ambulance service

Fire service

NHS provider estates jobs

Then:

MOD logistics

Police service


Google should lead you to existing vacancies

Good luck!

PS. I presume you ruled out considering becoming a partner in a practice? Might be worth considering if you hadn't.

[thepeoplespal]

rog007 said:

Exploiting your clinical insights:

NHS Supply Chain

Ambulance service

Fire service

NHS provider estates jobs

Then:

MOD logistics

Police service


Google should lead you to existing vacancies

Good luck!

PS. I presume you ruled out considering becoming a partner in a practice? Might be worth considering if you hadn't.

Thanks, I've also went back to an old mentor to "sense check" whether the changes to scheduling packages, depot location packages etc are within my grasp to pickup again and I'm pretty sure, if given the opportunity I'll be more than fine.

I had an idea that I'd actually like to introduce proper vehicle scheduling and depot location software to various NHS services like district nursing (to prevent overwork and model changes to bases with proper costings) and model changes to hospital services before they happen, but it doesn't look like the NHS Innovations funding is up and running these days in a way I can access it and I don't have the funds to pitch for it via another route.

As for a partner in a practice - nah have a few colleagues in that position and while the money is not bad, its a constant worry too, with the viability of smaller 3-5 GP partner practices becoming untenable and the difficulty in recruiting enough GPs in the larger practices.