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Ideally it would be good for someone in management to have your back on this. If people are expecting things that are not within your remit, have that clarified by someone in authority. I'm assuming here that you've informed people and there's some skepticism, or they think you're shirking responsibilities. Make it clear, preferably with management's concurrence, that what they're asking is their own responsibility.
I can relate to this, it always stinks to inherit problems like this but there's always some baggage when you step into a role I guess
Working at CAMH this happens daily to me as well. I have learned to say politely, "unless the task falls within my skillset, I'm afraid I cannot help". There's also when you really have to push back and I say " sorry, I accepted a specific role with clear expectations, and what is being asked of me appears to fall outside this".
Chief
Can you say that the role has changed?
Chief
I feel like that would make this feeling that I'm not doing my job worse . That's the vibe in getting from the nurses.
I get where they are coming from because I was bedside not that long ago. I know nurses wind up being the catch all and having the person previous to me taking some of that burden was helpful. BUT those tasks aren't mine and doing them would limit my ability to do what I'm there for. Some of those tasks should definitely not be up to bedside nurses, but until someone bedside speaks up there is no motivation for management to reassign them.
Say you aren't "enter name here" and you are doing exactly what your job requires.
That's not rude to do what your job requires and nothing more. I'm sure that person is no longer there for a reason. Being the hard working employee means everyone relies on you to pick up the slack for everyone else, and I've learned it isn't fair to you or those other people.