Something happened at work today that just drove home a
point to me. I used to be the team
leader in one of our organizations clinics.
I was leader for 2 full-time family practice physician’s (one of whom
not only perform multiple specialty procedures but did so in 2 offices), 3
full-time behavioral health practitioners (again one that went to 2 offices), 1
part-time psychiatrist (once a month), and a dietician (whom I really did not
do much for). This included managing the
staff that assisted those providers as well as administrative duties such as
budgets and discipline. While I was
doing that, there were many times when I went to my manager asking for
something as I was feeling overwhelmed.
I was told multiple times to “join the team” and that all the team
leaders were busy. I ended up going on medications to help manage
my anxiety at dealing with it all. I was
a bitch to my family. Something had to
change.
Then the opportunity came up to change my position to
essentially the same, but not having to deal with the administrative
stuff. This left my former position open, but they
rolled that into the other team leaders responsibilities. I changed positions, taking a large pay cut,
but I have not regretted that change. I
love working with her and all of the staff at the new clinic. The providers are a joy to work with and it
is like an extended family. We know what
is going on in each other’s lives. My
first team leader I worked under was great and when she left, the woman who
replaced her is just as wonderful.
But, I know that things behind the scenes are not improved
from when I was a team leader and it seemed like it is getting worse. Then this morning we came to work to an email
that one of the other team leaders had received a new job title of assistant
practice manager of the clinic where I previously worked. However, the job description is essentially
the same as the one for my team leader with a few sentences of BS added on. Oh, and my team leader is responsible for 2
separate clinics.
The newly promoted person has never been able to participate in
committees; always saying that she is too busy.
This is even when I was there that she was too busy to do this even
though I was a member of 2 committees in addition to my regular duties. She is still not a member of any committee of
which I am aware.
This just seems to be a slap in the face of the other team
leaders in our organization and unfortunately, it is indicative of how things
are being done lately. Recently, in the
span of a couple of months we had over 10 staff members leave their jobs. Someone needs to wake up and see that the
clinics are not being managed in an effective manner and ultimately the staff
and patients will be adversely affected.
Maybe it is time to look for another job?
