Tips for not losing job when taking sick leave /navigating sick leave appropriately dealing with manager ?
I don't know if anyone lost their job through this please give me all the tips.
I had a less than a month sick leave for pain and ifnextion. I'm patient facing clinician.
Then I have multiple appts for some investigations which when I got back after a month I told him this was going to be case and I asked how many days notice he needs he said they'll work around it they are fine with it as long is it a week. He needs proof.
* So the other month I had an appt made I informed him directly after my back to work and the scheduling manager
Which was 3 weeks notice.
* Then I informed them of a 2 month time appt
* The other day I gave them 1 week notice because It's very urgent ones I've been waiting a long time . All the band 7 keep telling me reassuring me it's fine to take that day. I didn't have a choice since it was given.
The other day he got arsey and responded that he needs the appt letter, embarrassing and said he will contact hr because they will need to cancel 6 patients (a lie). It would be 4 but they had cover. But to write something so inaccurate made me nervous because I'm already nervous about my appt. He said I shouldn't be messaging him unless it's urgent so I thought this was urgent but he seems to be unapproachable to me with this. But I was under impression to text him as well as email. I told him I did both, I asked in future what he wants me to do, he said email is better.
**Anyway just curious if people lost their jobs due to sick leave and how to mitigate this.**
**The first sick leave which triggered my informal period**
The Manager became really arsey the first time because they'd join our site, months prior, to summarise what he put on my back to work form.
* They wanted to be informed of my sick, so me inform 2 band 7 I'm site wasn't good enough as well as he wanted to be notified while on his annual leave and none working day I think.
* He wanted me to say I'm sick on my non working day and inform someone.
* I didn't answer his msg at 9 pm on time and waited a few hours.
* he accuses me of not giving enough notice of at least 2 hrs when I replied saying everyday and time I gave the department appropriate notice and why I didn't contact people or annual leave and days off and didn't know I had to do that.
* I didn't inform the appropriate managers. To be honest. I didn't know I had to inform a band 8 but when I had a phone call with them till the end of my sick that's when I started doing that like they asked. So my manager, band 8 , needs to be informed and my line manager who is the scheduler. It's vague because he wrote I was not complying so I feel like I can't ask and double check who to inform.
* in the verbal meeting he didn't write all this only in the notes. In the verbal meeting he said its my issues being managed and I said I'll be having some appointments and he said they'll support me etc.