Job summary
The post holder is a key team member in the delivery of occupational health services 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 delivered to the highest standard of evidence-based best practice.
The post holder will work with the wider service multidisciplinary team:
OH medical consultants, OH psychiatrist, OH Staff Psychology, OH Allied Healthcare Practitioners, OH Advisers and the business support team.
The postholder will be required to travel across our sites as required and should, ideally, have access to a car and a full driving licence.
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, in an occupational health nursing.
This post is needed 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
About us
The Trust provides a full range of local and specialist services across its five sites. In June 2026, we launched our new strategy for 2026-31. Our vision is to transform healthcare, and we have agreed six strategic ambitions to help us improve care for patients, and the working lives of our staff.
Our six strategic ambitions are delivering high-quality patient care; creating a great place to work; leading pioneering research, innovation and education; building strong and successful partnerships; providing timely and efficient care; and ensuring long-term financial sustainability.
We have also agreed four new organisational values - Caring, Collaborative, Inclusive, Innovative - and these underpin everything we do, and how our teams interact with the patients under our care.
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.
Details
Date posted: 09 September 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 7
Salary: £58,133 to £65,261 a year
pa, including HCAS
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: 213-CORP-8198294
Job locations: Denmark Hill Primary Base - but all sites covered
Kings College Hospital NHSFT 34 Love Walk - Jennie Lee House - Occupational Health
London
SE5 8AD
United Kingdom
Job responsibilities
- To deputise for the Deputy Head of Nursing as required.
- Provide professional mentorship to the Occupational Health nursing staff.
- Act as a team leader, maintaining clinical responsibility for overseeing the Band 6 special nurse advisors, Band 5 practice nurses, administrators and bank/agency staff work on a day-to-day basis, ensuring clinical activity is delivered.
- Carry out supervision, support, and appraisal and lead on any project work as directed by the HoN/GM and Deputy Head of Nursing.
- To monitor the work of all Occupational Health Nurses in training and practice nurses to ensure high clinical standards are maintained.
- To lead in the development of policies, procedures, SOPs and clinical operating guidelines which are in line with evidence-based best practice.
- To ensure agreed standards are met by participating in clinical audit.
- To monitor Occupational Health activity and produce activity reports as directed by the HoN/GM.
- To attend Infection Control, Risk Management and Health & Safety forums for the Trust, and undertake advisory work on behalf of these as directed by the HoN/GM and Deputy Head of Nursing.
To ensure active and effective delivery of Occupational Health services to the Trust and external clients.
- Work with the HoN/GM to be responsible for rolling out National initiatives and standards produced by the Department of health and other Government bodies.
- Promote equity and valuing diversity.
- To work closely with the Occupational Health Physicians and OH therapists to case manage referrals and implement care within prescribed parameters.
- Contract management and assistance with SLA development as directed by the Service Manager.
- To delegate work streams to junior staff as appropriate.
Person Specification
Education and Qualification Essential
- Registered Mental Health Nurse/Registered Nurse with SCPHN(OH) and extensive complex mental health case experience
- Occupational Health Certificate/Diploma/BSc.
Desirable
- Management qualification
- Evidence of OH post qualification study at BSc/MSc level
Knowledge and Experience Essential
- Drafting policies and procedures or service guidelines using evidence-based practice
- Supervising, teaching and mentorship skills
- Health and Safety legislation
- Safeguarding in complex mental health and general health cases
Skills and Competencies Essential
- Leadership and influencing skills
- Experience in writing reports and collating statistics
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- The ability to act dynamically and respond to work challenges with high levels of personal resilience and the maintenance of professional standards.
Person Specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Mental Health Nurse _ if applying as a mental health nurse
- Registered Nurse (SCPH-OH) - if applying as a Senior OHA with extensive mental health complex case experience
- Occupational Health Certificate/Diploma/BSc.
Desirable
- Management qualification
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- Drafting policies and procedures or service guidelines using evidence-based practice
- Supervising, teaching and mentorship skills
- Health and Safety legislation
- Experience of working with a variety of complex psychiatric, psychological and neurodivergent cases within an MDT structure
Skills and Competencies
Essential
- Leadership and influencing skills
- Experience in writing reports and collating statistics
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Ability to assess and support five cases per day on a 7.5hrs shift
- Ability to manage own boundaries and resilience when supporting complex mental health cases, some of whom will require a degree of safeguarding referrals onwards
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details
Employer name: King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Address: Denmark Hill Primary Base - but all sites covered
Kings College Hospital NHSFT 34 Love Walk - Jennie Lee House - Occupational Health
London
SE5 8AD
United Kingdom
Employer's website: https://www.kch.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact:
Head of Nursing and General Manager
Iain Docherty
iain.docherty1@nhs.net
07808024525
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