5th staff

Our department was joined by another staff 1+ month ago. It was struggle for us having our 5^th colleague.

The new staff G is someone I knew. He was a trainee resident (not registered, pending examination) during my days in AT hospital. He had passed his exam and later shifted to north where he completed his training in emergency medicine.

We were desperate to have a 5^th staff joining since earlier this year as we could barely cover the 3 person shift during weekend.

The management had a problem with our shifts arrangement after G agreed to join us . They had only approved a 3 person/d setting on only weekend; thence 5 of us will be facing a deficit of 1-2 shifts per month. The management told us to accumulate the deficit and pay the hospital back in February during the Chinese new year period. In other sense, we need to do more shift during the CNY; paying back each shift as holiday shift.

None of us agree with the decision. After a few round of negotiation, the management had finally agreed with our proposal.

The pros ->less night shift(2-3 less/month). The cons, more holiday shift(1-2more/month). But as holiday shifts will be 3 ED/d, the work load will be less.

It had been 1 months since G joined, and I enjoyed the luxury of doing less night calls. But It won't last for long....