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    NHS Reviews

    Updated 20 September 2018
    1,086 reviews

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    NHS CEO Simon Stevens
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    222 Ratings

    1,086 Employee Reviews

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    • "Long hours too many patients for the number of staff" (in 69 reviews)

    • "Work-life balance can sometimes be less than ideal" (in 21 reviews)

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    1. "Clerical"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee

      I have been working at NHS part-time

      Pros

      Colleagues and hours of work

      Cons

      None supported environment good training

    2. "All here to do good"

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      Current Employee - Dietetic Assistant in Basingstoke, England
      Current Employee - Dietetic Assistant in Basingstoke, England
      Recommends
      Negative Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I have been working at NHS full-time (More than 3 years)

      Pros

      Great Pension
      Great and effective Team working
      There is a general level of Respect for each other
      You do feel Valued, if not by a senior member than another team member or by another team.

      Cons

      Pay
      Inability to implement change fast
      Reluctancy to be innovative
      Tired looking building
      Lack of equipment and staff
      Too much funding on bank/ agency - lack of retention because of this.
      Training needs to be jazzed up a bit

      Advice to Management

      Get more basic/ lower grades as service innovators and listen to their feedback.
      Have management visit teams in their own environment to ask for service growth opportunities, their visions, and any queries they may have to be answered and feel valued.

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    3. "MIxed Bag"

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      Former Employee - Nurse in London, England
      Former Employee - Nurse in London, England
      Recommends
      Neutral Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I worked at NHS (More than 8 years)

      Pros

      Good working conditions in general

      Cons

      Huge and unnecessary management structure

      Advice to Management

      Value workers not just managers

    4. "Very interesting, lots of variety"

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      Current Employee - South of England Procurement Services in Southampton, England
      Current Employee - South of England Procurement Services in Southampton, England
      Recommends
      Neutral Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I have been working at NHS full-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      Lots of work to do with variety. Great people to work with in dept. Lots of learning opportunities. A relaxed work environment with good camaraderie.

      Cons

      Not always making the correct progression decisions. Lack of respect from internal stakeholders

    5. "Network Engineer"

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      Current Employee - Network Engineer in London, England
      Current Employee - Network Engineer in London, England
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I have been working at NHS full-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      Its great and easy going.

      Cons

      Not enough work, politics within staff from other teams

      Advice to Management

      management is great!

    6. "Nhs"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Recommends

      I have been working at NHS full-time

      Pros

      Always has very good benefits

      Cons

      Low pay for jobs that we do

    7. "Good benefits"

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      Current Employee - Physiotherapist in Leeds, England
      Current Employee - Physiotherapist in Leeds, England
      Recommends
      Neutral Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I have been working at NHS full-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      Good maternity benefits
      Good support in some areas

      Cons

      Not flexible with shifts
      Rotations can be cliquey at times.

    8. "Good"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee

      I have been working at NHS part-time

      Pros

      Good in all aspects of work

      Cons

      None so far and depends on what you look for in a job.

    9. "Job"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee

      I have been working at NHS full-time

      Pros

      Have got a broad experience working in health and social care environment. Enhancement of my theoretical knowledge into practical.

      Cons

      Quite demanding and requires lots of patient and commitment

      Advice to Management

      Support and provision of learning development opportunities to their employees.
      Creating of health environment, monitoring and evaluation of working and organisations policies.

    10. "NHS project management"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee

      I worked at NHS full-time

      Pros

      good benefits and perks with job

      Cons

      repetitive work, budget cuts, no flexibility

      Advice to Management

      more funding and better pay!

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