Job overview
The post holder is a key team member in the delivery of and occupational health service to the service to Kings College Hospital NHS Trust and associated external contracts. The post holder will ensure that a proactive comprehensive Occupational Health Service is provided and is delivered to the highest standard of evidence based best practice.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be a registered and practicing clinician with significant knowledge and specialist experience in Mental Health Nursing and ideally, occupational health nursing. This is the first post of its kind in our service, and it was created as a need to support the prevalence of staff cases impacted by mental health as a leading condition(s), alongside other comorbidities. As an organisation, we are genuinely committed to helping our staff be enabled in their employment journey.
The post holder will provide professional nursing leadership and take responsibility for the personal and professional development of nursing staff that they manage.
The post holder will help implement and monitor policies, standards and guidelines within the King’s College Hospital NHS Trust Occupational Health, Wellbeing and Staff Psychology department, sharing and learning from best practice across the multi-disciplinary team.
Working for our organisation
King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s largest and busiest teaching Trusts with a turnover of c£ billion, million patient contacts a year and more than 15,000 staff based across South East London. The Trust provides a full range of local and specialist services across its five sites. The trust-wide strategy of Strong Roots, Global Reach is our Vision to be BOLD, Brilliant people, Outstanding care, Leaders in Research, Innovation and Education, Diversity, Equality and Inclusion at the heart of everything we do. By being person-centred, digitally-enabled, and focused on sustainability, we aim to take Team King’s to another level.
We are at a pivotal point in our history and we require individuals who are ready to join a highly professional team and make a real, lasting difference to our patients and our people.
King’s is committed to delivering Sustainable Healthcare for All via our Green Plan. In line with national Greener NHS ambitions, we have set net zero carbon targets of 2040 for our NHS Carbon Footprint and 2045 for our NHS Carbon Footprint Plus. Everyone’s contribution is required in order to meet the goals set out in our Green Plan and we encourage all staff to work responsibly, minimising their contributions to the Trust’s carbon emissions, waste and pollution wherever possible.