King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Employee Reviews for Registered Nurse

Fast paced.Good learning opportunities and upgrading of skills.Short induction period.Unfortunately understaff. Need to hire more staff to support workload in a shift.

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Exhausting

Staff Nurse (Former Employee) - Camberwell - 11 October 2022

Cliquey, bullied by colleagues. Unreasonable expectations during heatwave. Management don’t care when your struggling with workload. Upper management can be helpful in resolving issues. Great place if we weren’t under so much pressure.

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Insights into King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Based on 40 survey responses

What people like

Clear sense of purpose
Feeling of personal appreciation
Ability to learn new things

Fast pace that is demanding incongruent to their staff ratios. They expect to do more with a few heads.

Staff Nurse (Current Employee) - Ruskin Wing - 8 January 2022

Poorly managed. Not uniform with other areas. Other areas are managed well, like their staff rooms, no designated sleeping quarters for night staff compared to other trusts, some are just physically there but not doing the work. Poor when it comes to resolution and solving root cause of the problems (e.g. infection control, broken communication with staff, etc.).Resources are being wasted.

Pros

Supportive when it comes to staff problems

Cons

Poor solutions with staff problems Slow in finding solutions

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Great place to learn, teaching quality excellent

Band 5 Staff Nurse (Former Employee) - denmark hill - 21 June 2021

A really good place to learn and be familiar with the latest evidence based practice. Technology in health really good, safety is a priority. If you want to learn and put in practice your nursing skills supported by technology and autonomy Kings is the right place to be. Nursing in Kings is tough job but people and your colleagues make everything easier. Not everyone will be a sweet candy as in any other job. I found working for Kings College as the best experience I had in nursing. Please apply do not hesitate to gain the experience to work for one of the best Hospitals in London.

Pros

learning, training, nursing skills, Technology, people, values

Cons

shortage in nursing workfoce, move to other wards constantly

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Great Hospital, toxic leadership

Registered Nurse (RN) (Former Employee) - united kingdom - 31 July 2020

Lovely hospital and clinical staff are passionate to deliver the best quality care possible which managers do not appreciate and often do give credit unless it benefits them. Toxic senior management who are more interested in their own legacy or progression they are not aware the negative impact they have on patient care. Whilst the messages of delivering patient care is their and we are reminded everyday, it does not reflect reality. The ward staff not so much more credit for the amazing care they deliver

Pros

Passionate nursing and medical staff, friendly and open

Cons

Toxic management who are blinded by their own ambition

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Very poor management

Staff Nurse (Former Employee) - Princess Royal University Hospital - 11 May 2020

Very poor management. Lazy staff could get on with their customs...Every time I have raised a concern about some staff members I felt like it was just brushed behind the door.

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stressless

Staff Nurse Band 5 (Current Employee) - pruh - 20 February 2020

it was good I am enjoying to work there team are brilliant management helpful only sometimes patient relatives make stressful situation but still manageable

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Fast paced, busy and short staffed.

Staff Nurse (Current Employee) - London - 24 August 2017

Care that is effective and efficient is paramount in King's ethos, however resources are incredibly stretched and there is a major deficit in staffing levels.

Pros

Prestigious establishment

Cons

Poor staffing levels

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It can be fun to work there and some time it is not

Am just using the website for the first time so I don't know how effect is going to be. I was not happy in my old post after I came back from long time illness . So I can not really give true review at the moment.

Pros

The environment can be conducive to work in

Cons

Long hours and busy

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NHS ward

Staff Nurse (Former Employee) - London, UK - 30 June 2017

This is a really really great place to work- very interesting and good place to learn. Central London Location. Good Views. This is a very busy department.

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Staff Nurse (Former Employee) - London, UK - 30 June 2017

Lots to learn, great management and support. Good forward thinking team. Good culture, high morale. NHS ward. Good progression opportunities within cardiology.

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Busy but fun LITU

Staff Nurse (Current Employee) - London - 17 March 2017

Very multiculture LITU. busy but fun working. Considerable on childcare schedule. Supportive seniors. Line managers and pdn are making sure that cpd are up to date.

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