Hey guys,
Was excited because i received a formal job offer from SA health as a dentist. They gave me a contract to sign (yet to sign) however this morning via email from HR stating that they need to do additonal checks- issue was some misconduct against a patient (which the patient though he received substandard care- and the dentist board suspended me for 3 months and imposed conditions). In the email to the contact person before applying for the job i had disclosed that i was suspended but now uplifted and in general said brief points of the condition (but not everything)- this was an informal email- and i received the general yes please apply.
I applied, there wasn't an area to disclose anything about this, but i had to give my dentist registration number which of course a simple online check would list the conditions . Anyway I assumed they had read the conditions before sending me a job offer and contract to sign. There was no area of the application that needed to disclose any of this.
Now i'm worried they may retract the contract. I haven't actually signed it. If i sign it would they be less likely to retract the contract? What avenues can I take- i really dislike the idea of legal action as I have worked in SA health for a while. My situation is now i am unemployed so I didn't resign from another job so there wasn't really any income lost anyway...but i just feel they should have done the obvious checks prior to sending me a formal job offer and contract
Feeling up and down since all this, Hope someone can provide some advice
Was excited because i received a formal job offer from SA health as a dentist. They gave me a contract to sign (yet to sign) however this morning via email from HR stating that they need to do additonal checks- issue was some misconduct against a patient (which the patient though he received substandard care- and the dentist board suspended me for 3 months and imposed conditions). In the email to the contact person before applying for the job i had disclosed that i was suspended but now uplifted and in general said brief points of the condition (but not everything)- this was an informal email- and i received the general yes please apply.
I applied, there wasn't an area to disclose anything about this, but i had to give my dentist registration number which of course a simple online check would list the conditions . Anyway I assumed they had read the conditions before sending me a job offer and contract to sign. There was no area of the application that needed to disclose any of this.
Now i'm worried they may retract the contract. I haven't actually signed it. If i sign it would they be less likely to retract the contract? What avenues can I take- i really dislike the idea of legal action as I have worked in SA health for a while. My situation is now i am unemployed so I didn't resign from another job so there wasn't really any income lost anyway...but i just feel they should have done the obvious checks prior to sending me a formal job offer and contract
Feeling up and down since all this, Hope someone can provide some advice
