- Hand in on Oct 15th

- Viva defense by Nov 15th

- IF I get minor corrections: make these, hand in my thesis and pass my viva by December 1st.

I'm in the UK and I am only being funded for 3 years (although I am allowed 1 extra year to finish).

I have:

- Three out of four empirical chapters written up

- A Fourth empirical chapter that needs to be written up

- Unedited Intro (First) and Discussion (Last) chapters in serious need of reference checks.

Also: I volunteer in a hospital for 3 hours on a Tuesday and in the community for 3 hours on a Friday (These have really helped me to get the interview).

I've been offered an interview for a full time job which I need to pay the bills! The power dynamic is a bit weird between me and my advisor, with him advising me along the way with everything I should do to become a researcher without really asking what I want out of the process - he is highly assertive and at times downright irritable. I want to become a clinician and getting this job will put me on the right path (although a PhD that is dragging on a bit might not paint me out in a great light either).

Can anyone offer me any advice on how to approach this situation with my advisor? I require him to be my reference too, so I really can't afford to upset him. What is the best way to communicate all of this to him?