King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Lead Allied Healthcare Professional / Occupational Therapist
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Band 8a Occupational Health AHP Lead
The Band 8a Occupational Health AHP Lead is a senior clinical and managerial role responsible for the leadership, governance and development of the Occupational Health Therapy service within the organisation.
The post holder provides day-to-day operational and strategic management of the Therapy Team, acts as the clinical lead for specialist therapy services within Occupational Health, and delivers high-quality, evidence-based therapeutic interventions, including the assessment and treatment of a highly complex personal caseload across a variety of settings.
Working collaboratively with other healthcare professionals and senior AHP partners, the post holder provides professional and operational supervision to the therapies team and ensures access to appropriate specialist supervision for themselves and their staff. The role contributes to the overall success of the Occupational Health, Wellbeing & Staff Psychology department by ensuring Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) are met, service outcomes are monitored, and continuous learning and development is embedded within the team, subject to available funding.
The post requires a flexible approach to working, including the ability to undertake weekend commitments when required, to meet service demands.
The post holder must have access to a car for business purposes and have a full, clean UK driver's licence.
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- Manage and deliver a highly complex personal caseload within Occupational Health and Wellbeing (OHW), including assessment, intervention planning and monitoring of complex conditions; senior clinician for the most complex cases.
- Provide highly specialist Occupational Health advice to patients/clients, carers and other health professionals, including expert input linked to clinical governance considerations.
- Develop and coordinate delivery of specialist programmes of care across Occupational Therapy and Physiotherapy services.
- Complete outreach and project-based clinical work aligned to Trust priorities (e.g. hotspot initiatives).
- Apply advanced professional knowledge gained through degree-level education and postgraduate or Master’s-equivalent training to specialist practice.
Leadership
- Provide professional and operational leadership for the Occupational Health Therapy team.
- Coordinate supervision and appraisal of senior and junior therapy staff in line with local guidelines.
- Provide oversight of junior staff clinical delivery, including observation of assessments where required.
- Review and reflect on own practice through professional and operational supervision.
- Contribute to national-level guidance for Occupational Health and Work-focused Therapists.
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.
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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.
For further details / informal visits contact:
- Name: Docherty, Iain (KCH_Iain Docherty)
- Job title: Head of Nursing and General Manager
- Email address: iain.docherty1@nhs.net
- Telephone number: 02032993387
Iain Docherty is on annual leave until 15 June 2026. For an informal site visit and more specific details of the role, please contact the Head of Therapies, Veronica Swainson.- veronica.swainson@nhs.net
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