What part of your job do you enjoy least?

[kalidarkone]

1) Having to explain to people on the emergency trauma and orthopaedic theatre list, that there is a strong possibility that they won't get their op today and will have to come back tomorrow.

2) Stocking up. Essential but tedious.

It's not actually part of my job, but I'm buggered if I'm going to let people sit there all day without knowing what's going on. So when I first meet them I tell em that this is the nature of the emergency list and I will keep them as updated as possible. As soon as I know the order of the list. I let them know where they are on it and how long the wait is. If anything changed that affects them I tell them. If they are cancelled I leave that to the orthopaedic and trauma theatre coordinator. I'm on £11.50 ph.