South London And Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust Employee Reviews in London

I have worked within many roles within this organisation. I feel there is a lot of career progression opportunities in terms of learning and development. They offer apprenticeships and further training to enhance your knowledge. They remain up to date in terms of pay scale and advancements.

Pros

Development opportunities

Cons

Poor work life balance

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Extremely stressful and no support from management

Clinical Support Worker (Former Employee) - London - 31 May 2023

What is the best part of working at the company?Staff works very hard for the patients and give their all on every shift. They work as a team What is the most stressful part about working at the company?Lack of support when staff get injured during work, lack of duty of care towards staff What is the work environment and culture like at the company?There is no support from management What is a typical day like for you at the company?Extremely hectic and stressful shifts

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Insights into South London And Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust

Based on 22 survey responses

What people like

Ability to meet personal goals
Clear sense of purpose
Feeling of personal appreciation

OT service

Occupational Therapist (Current Employee) - London, Greater London - 16 March 2023

Well supported OT service with great CPD and progression opportunities. There is also opportunities to build connections with OTs across the boroughs.

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Toxic workplace

Support Worker (Former Employee) - London, Greater London - 7 December 2022

Ironically SLAM is a mental health trust and the community mental health team ruined my mental health to the point of no return. On initial introduction, I realised that there is no regard for newbies and you shadow your way through the job. CPN’s are overworked and have unrealistic caseload numbers. Management is lax and lack professionalism. There are cliques and a lack of respect for staff. Support workers are under appreciated and micromanaged to the point where you feel bullied and singled out

Pros

None

Cons

9/5, lucky if your attendance is acknowledged

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Good place

BME Volunteer Befriender (Former Employee) - London - 2 December 2021

I loved working for the BME mental health SLam. They care for their staff, inform you asap on new changes. You learn a lot, training is amazing. The enjoyable part is helping the community

Pros

Free Dinner

Cons

None

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productive and serious working environment.

Care Assistant (Former Employee) - London - 20 January 2021

Working at the hospital was a complete different expectation to what i imagined it to be. its well maintained and everyone is very determined. of course they would be, its a hospital! but for some reason i imagined it to be very scary and all the workers are moving quickly. A Typical day at work is spending time with the elderly patients and just speaking with them about their life's and latest news. it was a very sweet environment and despite being at a mental ward it was a very calming atmosphere which made me feel safe. the most enjoyable part of the job was when i completed care packages and supported patients with their meal times.

Pros

free lunches

Cons

long hours of hard work

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Great

Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service User Mentor (Former Employee) - London - 23 March 2020

It was a great experience, and I received amazing training too which allowed me to succeed in my role as a volunteer. The role was also great, and I received support throughout.

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You must be able to use common sense

Porter/Driver (Former Employee) - London - 21 March 2020

I throughly enjoyed my time with Slam The work culture Also being a Mental hospital there are very in tune with the mental health of their employees, Which I found was a great help in dealing with The Stress full nature of inpatient, and Outpatients clients.

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Staff Nurse

Staff Nurse Band 5 (Former Employee) - London - 6 December 2019

Daily duties is assessment of patients' care needs, planning patients on-going care and treatments and administering of medication. I enjoy nursing and love to work as a team.

Cons

long hours

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Professional and values-oriented workplace

Charge Nurse (Former Employee) - London - 18 October 2019

Professional working environment where the pursuit of evidence-based practice and quality care delivery was always demanded. Great opportunities for professional development and growth.

Pros

Excellent professional development opportunities

Cons

Less support for staff wellbeing

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very good

Voluntary Kitchen Porter (Former Employee) - england-london - 12 October 2019

its was a well learned and gained experience working with this noble hospital

Pros

a lot

Cons

rarely

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i was always told that i am a good worker and the other staff was fun to work with we always had a laugh

Assisting chef (Former Employee) - South East London, Greater London - 9 September 2019

working at Maudsley Hospital. was fun i learned how to do alot of things in the kitchen and the staff was very help full it was a job i would love to get into as a full time staff working at maudsley hospital in the kitchen as an assistant was great fun.

Pros

free lunch

Cons

5 hours a day

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As temporary worker who worked there for a short period, I liked how the staff and management were friendly, helpful, understanding and I was trained

Temp Administrator (Former Employee) - London - 19 April 2019

The staff and management were very friendly, helpful. I was trained, given support when required. I enjoyed learning about what illnesses the clients can have, how the teams seek to support them and the various services available.

Pros

Training, good salary

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Good

Recovery Worker (Current Employee) - London - 19 March 2019

I enjoyed working there and it's have a patient's centred approached in place which guide the staffs as a tool. Amazing site both the Bethlehem Royal Hospital and the maudsley

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ITs ok

Deputy Dispensary Manager - Maudsley (Current Employee) - South East London, Greater London - 21 February 2019

No room for advancement this trust is not for me its really does not meet my need and my family needs any longer. I just have to move on since upper management is an old boys club.

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No two days the same

Education & Training Administrator (Former Employee) - London - 6 February 2019

Typical days would involve advise and guidance. I learned numerous things including payroll calculations, clinical audit, the implication of national legislation at local levels. How to combat staff conflict. Team management. Event organisation. I forged numerous sucessful working relationships it was an unofficial given when issues arose 'ask Andrea'.

Pros

Varied working days, pro activity appreciated

Cons

None that I can readily think of

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all areas

Mental Health Care Assistant (Former Employee) - London - 5 November 2018

Enjoyed working here, also with staff and all patients My job was as I expected, manager and staff were all very helpful towards each other manager was considerate of staff needs and provided staff training as required.

Pros

hard working staff

Cons

none

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Good training to build your skills

Care and Support Assistant (Former Employee) - London - 10 October 2018

Working in mhoa could be challenging at times but also very rewarding to achieve making a difference to someone's life. Every day could bring different challenges but we all supported one another. When you have good team you can accomplish so much. I've met so many people from all walks of life and found it so interesting to find out patients life stories.

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good workng environment with nice co-workers

Catering assistant (Former Employee) - London - 12 July 2018

conducive working place with very good team members. However some time it gets challenging and difficult when there a short of staff or absent. we all working as a team with the support of the manager.

Pros

free to use the facilities such as canteen

Cons

some stays longer to finish work

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good place of work

Peer Mentor (Former Employee) - London - 9 June 2018

good experience in the short time I volunteered. Learned action plans and enjoyed talking to clients who used the service .

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NHS struggles impacting all aspects

Psychiatry Doctor (Current Employee) - London - 6 March 2018

Unfortunately like large parts of NHS, especially Mental Health - struggling with understaffing. This then impacts on the efficiency of the services and even on the safety of staff, with often extremely unwell patients being managed by less staff than required. This can result in low morale.

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