Pay cut to move to co,eo

Just look at it as a temporary thing.

Put in the effort for about 3 (from EO) - 5 (from CO) years at the most and get promoted to HEO and you’ll be making more than you are now.

I took a paycut (not as substantial as yours) to join the CS as an EO and I'm happy I did. Much less stress and I work with great people.

Yeah Public Jobs is best place to keep an eye out

Or something like a triage nurse on the out of hours GP service?

My first thought here is the HSE should be doing whatever they can to accommodate you to stay in nursing. But sure that would make too much sense I suppose. EO point 1 will be about 37K by end of this year. I think other posters are right in that you would have to prove you were doing similar work. Definitely fight your case with DPER though.

I currently work part time in the private sector. On decent enough money for the hours I do. No real stability, no pension - the usual cons that go with private sector employment. I have been offered a permanent part time position with the HSE for more or less the same hours but it would mean a huge drop of wages but obviously there are the perks of a pension, etc. I’m 54 at the moment so just wondering if it’s worth taking up the HSE position at this stage of my life or am I better off staying where I am for now? My wages would be more or less halved. I know there are yearly increments but not sure by how much. Any advice from anyone who’d know if the perks would be worth the move?

Employers are only legally required to provide you access to a pension, they don't have to contribute.

However, it's a small point as auto enrollment is on its way.

If you aren't unhappy in your current job you would be better off starting a pension there. You can get tax relief on up to 30% of your salary and when you're 55 that'll go up to 35%. The issue is that you haven't got a huge amount of time until retirement so a HSE pension won't have enough time to grow but if you can start putting as close to 30% of your salary as possible into a private pension you will have a much better pension pot in ten years.

You could pay extra in the HSE pension in the form of AVC. However, the modern HSE pension would not be a patch on on the 'gold plated' pensions of old. Remember, if you are on half the money will not be able to pay much into it. You also have to pay the public sector Pension Levy/ASC when working for the HSE.

Would any experts on the current HSE pension (SPSPS?) be able to comment on the returns vs a private pension, with a max of 14 years contributions? I don't think there would much in it.

You also pay into the HSE pension an the benefits on low salaries are not great. Might be better off paying the same into a private pension in a private sector job.

Exactly this, I'm in the current CO campaign and I'm going to be taking a decent paycut, but I know within 2 years I won't be too far off.

what are the chances of moving up that quick with the current freeze that’s on? Is it a bit easier internally once you’re in there?

The increment scale is publicly available. If you have a bit of drive and cop on, EO is probably achievable.

Is HSE your only option? Any civil service locations close by.

Don’t seem to have any vacancies in my area at the moment

With the HSE, it's really variable: you maybe be unlucky and get placed in a section with a bad reputation, that no one ever moves out of. Or you could get something with opportunities.

In the wider public service there are sometimes more opportunities, just because they don't need to maintain a small army of clinic receptionists and ward clerks.