chapter three;
As he showed me the way to Mr Jordan's office, there was a comfortable silence between us.
"How well do you know Gramps?" He asked eventually breaking the silence between us. I looked at him and raised an eyebrow.
"Gramps?" I repeated before it occurred to me he may have been talking about Charlie, "You mean Charlie?
"Yeah." He replied and I shrugged my shoulders; "Friend of a friend."
"You must have some old friends gorgeous." I laughed but didn't correct him that Charlie was actually my father.
After all, some things were best left unsaid for now.
We stopped outside an office door and he told me this was Mr Jordan's office. Turning to him, I thanked him for showing me the way and I heard him answer that it was no problem and heard his footsteps disappear down the corridor.
I looked back at the door. The plaque read, Mr N. Jordan, Clinical Lead and I knocked on the door, worrying about my sticky and sweaty palms. Hearing a gentle voice telling me to come in, I took a deep breath and opened the door.
I felt like I was back at school, standing in front of the Headmaster for breaking the school rules and I bit the inside of my mouth before telling myself to get a grip and not to show I was too nervous.
He gestured for me to sit down and I sat down on the chair that was opposite his desk and I couldn't help but notice the overflowing piles of paperwork. I wondered how he could work in such conditions.
He began to explain to me why he chose me for the job, rather than the sixty-nine that had applied with me. He told me it was due to my commitment, my enthusiasm and my personality which would make me a unique member of the team.
I thought I'd get on with the team after all, they seemed alright.
He talked to me about some more stuff, mainly to do with rules and regulations then stood up and told me to follow him. I stood up from the chair, picked up my bag and followed him out of the office. I hitched the handbag over my shoulder and he led me back to the place where I was earlier, except we went through another set of doors.
"Listen up everyone!" He shouted and everyone stopped what they were doing and looked at him.
"This is our newest member of the team, Doctor Henderson." I smiled softly as I felt their eyes on me, watching me; "Make her feel welcome. Oh and Mr Trueman, would you kindly show Doctor Henderson the ropes for today?"
So Mr Trueman introduced me to the rest of the team. There's Charlie Fairhead, my father who's the Senior Charge Nurse. Tess Bateman who's the Ward Sister followed by Jay Faldren and Mads Durrani who are both Staff Nurses, Kirsty Clements who is a Senior Staff Nurse and Linda Andrews who works as Clinical Nurse Manager.
Then there's Adam Trueman, Zoe Hanna and Nick Jordan who were all Consultants of Emergency Medicine. Ruth Winters and Dylan Keogh are the Trust Doctors and Lenny Lyons is in his first year of Core Training. Then there's Noel Garcia on Reception and Big Mac who's the hospital porter and Jeff and Dixie who are the Paramedics.
One big happy family? Possibly although I wouldn't count on me settling in straight away.
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i've got a busy day tomorrow. up at five, on three buses. seven hours job training, three buses home. gonna be totally exhausted by the time i get home so if you don't get an update for a while, you'll know why.