Tue, 11 Mar 2003

author Liz	location Cricklewood, Greater London, England
posted 09:27 GMT 16/03/2003	section Europe2002/Europe/UK/England/London/Working in London 1 ( all photos )

Some Work for Liz ( No photos )
On Tuesday I had a shift (!) at the Harley Medical Group - a private clinic near Oxford Street. They have one operating theatre, and seemed to specialse in plastic surgery. The staff were really nice, and despite being nervous, I had a great day. And as a bonus I got to see liposuction for the first time! Sorry, you probably arn't quite as excited about that as I am, so I won't go into details. They also payed for my lunch - simply because they had more than two patients that morning. Sweet! I am really hoping that I get a few more shifts there.
After work I headed off to the Royal Free Hospital At Hampstead because I have been declared disease free (see previous entry), and I am now officially on their nurse bank. This is like a casual pool, where they just send me anywhere in the hospital that requires a nurse, so I am hoping to get work from that (again, more about that in a bit!). I was supposed to pick up my uniform and id card, but there were no id cards left, which meant I couldn't get a uniform either, so I went home.
Once I got to our front door, I found I couldn't get in. There are three locks on the door, and the deadlock isn't working (if you shoulder barge the door, it will open), so at the moment we are also locking the bottom lock. For some reason my key wasn't working and I couldn't get the door open. No-one was home, so I did what any sensible aussie would do, and headed across the road to the pub, to wait for someone to arrive home. I had a glass of wine, read the paper and chatted to some old Irish guy at the bar, before heading home to find that now the front door miraculously opened (?).

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