CRB's and work history

Midway through installing a new harddrive to an incredibly fussy Dell Inspiron my mobile started ringing, an unknown number. Usually I don't answer these due to not wanting to buy anything, but today my interest was piqued. I pressed the receive button and rested the mobile on my shoulder while I continued to argue with the Dell. "Hello?" I mumbled, turned out it was the NHS HR department for the support worker role I'm itching to start; "hello, is that Loui? I'm just calling with regards to your CRB references as we can only use two of the three references given, and they only go to the past 2.5 years and we usually require 3 years". Huh, well, this threw me a little bit as prior to my veterinary nursing training I worked as a bank mental health support worker for......guess who?......yep, the same NHS department that this full time role is for. I explained this to the now clearly embarassed, but friendly, HR lady.

She quickly switched to whether I had completed my Occupational Health form, which I had, which is en route back to them, which also shows I'm out of sync with some of my boosters. No doubt that will be a laugh and a half for me when that rolls around....there will probably be much swearing on twitter. The last time I had a tetanus jab the nurse cleaned a part of my arm, and jabbed another, so my faith with regards to vaccinations is slightly jaded.

*fingers crossed* this CRB hurries up! I want to kick start my neuroscience MSc with a few months of relevant work experience!