Absenteeism, especially in public health roles, can result in extra workload for those who are still on deck.
As a hospital specialist I am often saddled with the additional supervision of junior doctors to make up for sick colleagues. It’s exhausting and dispiriting to keep being asked to make up for absentees when my work is already highly demanding.
I spoke with Professor Paul Dugdale from the School of Medicine and Psychology at Australian National University about your situation. He addressed the problem at the heart of your question from three perspectives: your personal circumstances, what management might do to improve the staffing system, and the factors that might be affecting all public hospitals around Australia.
Professor Dugdale said that, apart from anything else, management needs to address the situation in your workplace for safety reasons. “Our correspondent has identified un-collegial behaviour in their close colleagues. This should be tackled. The unit head – who usually oversights the specialist rosters – should be able and willing to do this.”
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