South London And Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust Employee Reviews

It can be stressful, but interesting. Sometimes feels poorly managed but it really depends on your manager and team. Long hours, 12-14 hours. It can be dangerous sometimes.

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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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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

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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RMN (Former Employee) - BETHLEM - 25 September 2018

After 20 years plus of service i resigned from my post on sickness following frequent and severe assaults. These incidents were compounded by a lack of suitable trained staff on shift and e.g. staff maintaining composure during incidents.Management support was to ask if i wanted counselling and that i should seek police involvement My GP asked if anyone had been in contact with me to enquire about my well being. I replied they had not and in fact never did.I was required to write in twice in order to obtain a response to my resignation. A termination letter was sent to me with a post it note slapped on simply saying Hi name do you want a leaving do on this date ? As to how i was meant to engage with a post it note i do not know. Despite several requests no references were provided for me. Breaks were difficult to take and were disturbed by patient demands, telephone calls, emergency bleeps and alarms. I was finally paid for working shifts after a five month wait with numerous emails and phone calls. Near to leaving i was given a passed on message that i would not in future have any input into my off duty with a new off duty not reflecting any of the requests i had asked for.This was not helpful as i took a relative to frequent hospital appointments and that of assisting in a community group As i was sick i rang an HR individual asking for an exit interview form however they were unclear as to what this was and was sure i could obtain this from the intranet.!!. Had i felt listened to, valued and looked after i would have continued in service.

Pros

i was left to wonder

Cons

please see comments.

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Friendly

Phlebotomist (Former Employee) - Suite 1 - 20 August 2018

There was a good relationship with most of my colleagues, most of whom were friendly, funny but supportive. The work was hard and demanding at times but working with the patients and helping them as much as possible was a comfort and a joy to the patients and myself. The hardest part was losing patients who became familiar and friendly but at least their suffering was over. Management is what it is wherever you go. There are always the ones who appear friendly and supportive when in reality you are just a body who is there to do a job. There are some people who need more support than others but it is not always there.

Pros

Tea breaks

Cons

Demanding patients

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Volunteer (Former Employee) - Lambeth, Greater London - 16 August 2018

this great workplace to work at it if you have interests to having a career in the medical department.also will give information about this career that you may have not known about

Pros

workers were very helpful when i was volunteering

Cons

none

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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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Enjoyed my working years.

Team Manager (Former Employee) - Croydon - 1 April 2018

Spent most of my working years for this employer and enjoyed most of my working experience. Started off as a staff nurse and finished off as team manager. I have seen the delivery of mental health service evolve.

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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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i enjoyed to work there

Catering (Former Employee) - London - 14 February 2018

very nice people that work with me , the place that i work was very good but i find out that i was pregnant and was a heavy work and a dangerous place to a pregnant to work

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A place with many opportunities if you are motivated

Clinical Nurse (Current Employee) - London, Greater London - 9 January 2018

This organisation offers lots of opportunity to develop. It is an equal opportunities employer with a multi-cultural workforce. As many Trust in the UK there is nurse shortages but the organisation still strives to offer the best possible care to our client group or service users and carer's. No day is the same and there is enough to challenge and develop you as an individual. If you are intrinsically motivated and passionate about quality care, there are always great developmental opportunities within the organisation, particularly in research and quality improvement. There are things that we can improve but overall it is a good place to work in terms of personal development, equal opportunity and flexibility.

Pros

Childcare Vouchers, NHS Pension, Centrally Located, Bike Scheme, links to the Institute of Psychiatry

Cons

Shortage of nurses

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Productive

Porter (Current Employee) - London, Greater London - 20 October 2017

Fun work place with friendly staff. Grate opportunity to develop and learn new skills along the way. Shifts may vary and salary is ok. Grate opportunity to get promoted.

Pros

Fun place friendly people

Cons

Shifs may varry

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Not a very good place for central administration

Business Manager (Former Employee) - Denmark Hill - 6 October 2017

Can't talk for the clinical services but the central services are appalling. Senior line management is done by whitewashing mainly. There are people there that do not justify their salary and nastiness is common. The only good thing to say about the place is if you find people with the same outlook as you then they usually become friends for life due to what you have collectively been through.

Pros

Not a lot is expected of you and good salary

Cons

virtually everything else

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Good place to Work

Project Assistant (Former Employee) - london - 26 September 2017

Everyday was different. I gained valuable experience and enjoyed my work. The job can be challenging and clients can be demanding but It also was exciting and well engaging.

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Adult Mental Health social activities

Unpaid Events Volunteer (Current Employee) - Beckham - London - 2 August 2017

As a volunteer, my duty is to assist the management to support social activities to patients from Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) service users in Peckham South London.The activities intended to enhance the quality of service users' lives. I participate in activities, promoting events and workshops Interaction of social activities with service users such as playing table tennis, conversing, dominoes, playing cards, theatre trips and organise wakings and serving them with refreshments, drinks and hot meals reduce their social isolation and loneliness experienced by BME. Workplace culture reflects African Caribbean social activities mentioned above and West Indies hot meal cuisines. The hardest part of the job is listening about their moving real stories and the effects of their medical condition while the most enjoyable part is when they are enjoying their home made food, listening reggae music and playing dominoes games. I really enjoy the moment and feel I have contributed to their well-being.

Pros

enhancing their quality of lie by simple social activities

Cons

Service users' Unsuitable hours

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productive and great experiance

Ward Hostess (Former Employee) - Lewisham, Greater London - 2 August 2017

voluntary job role to gain more experience and help out in the community by giving back free time. was a pleasure to work within the nhs and gain more experience while meeting new people.

Pros

experiance

Cons

20 hrs a week

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Productive and fun workplace

Volunteer (Former Employee) - Lewisham, Greater London - 24 July 2017

Good experience. The nurses and health assistants i worked with were patient, supportive and very helpful. the experience was a hand-on experience so I got to experience things. The service users and the health professionals have an amazing working relationship. Overall was an interesting, fun and an excellent learning experience.

Pros

Flexible shifts

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Domestic Assistant Interserve (Former Employee) - London - 11 July 2017

It was a okay please to work but the managers could be quiet patronizing and ask to much of you. Breaks are very short and mostly intercepted. Overall not nice but that was just the team interserve as a company its self is amazing and there are many perks.

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very educational

Student Social Worker (Former Employee) - London - 10 July 2017

This was my first placement as a social work student, this organisation provided me with the opportunity to develop as a student and learning about integrative working and professional boundary

Pros

provided good social work learning and care

Cons

Lack means of providing leadership role to students

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Interesting

Support Time & Recovery Worker (Former Employee) - London, Greater London - 6 July 2017

Very interesting role working with outpatients. I was a part time worker. I loved working with the patients who had complex needs. I had a lot of job satisfaction working here

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