About Us

Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is situated in a beautiful and remarkable part of the country – close to London yet surrounded by royal parks, historic buildings and the River Thames. We are located on a single site in Kingston upon Thames, Surrey and run several outpatient clinics in neighboring areas including Raynes Park Health Centre and Teddington Memorial Hospital. We employ 3,300+ staff who proudly and efficiently support over 350,000 people locally through a full range of diagnostic and treatment services and we have a national reputation for innovative developments in healthcare. The South West London Collaborative Bank Kingston Hospital is a part of the local South West London Collaborative and offer competitive bank rates to work across the three NHS trusts: St Georges, Kingston Hospital and Epsom & St Helier. Our Smart App booking system makes life easier for flexible working! Health and Wellbeing & Staff Benefits The Trust understands that benefits go beyond just financial rewards and offers a wide range of benefits that recognize staff contribution, provide opportunities for career development and offer initiatives to promote a healthy work-life balance • Our Health Heroes Awards 2018 – Staff Retention and Wellbeing Employer of the Year. • HPMA Vivup Award for Well Being 2019. Trust Values Kingston Hospital NHS Trust has five key values and we want to employ and work with people who share these values and demonstrate behaviors that support them. They are: • Caring – Design and deliver care around each individual patient’s needs and wants. • Safe – Make the safety of patients and staff our prime concern as safety comes first • Responsible – All staff take responsibility for the hospital, its services and reputation • Value Each Other – Value each other's contribution • Application: Please ensure that you have read the job description and person specification and that your supporting statement reflects this, as your application will be assessed against these criteria. • References: You will be required to provide 3 years of employment/educational history. We do not accept references from personal email addresses such as Hotmail, Gmail etc. therefore please ensure you are providing professional working email addresses within your application form. • Closing date: we reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications. • Shortlisting: You will only be contacted by the Recruitment Team via email if you are shortlisted for this post. Please ensure therefore that you check your e-mail account/mobile regularly. • DBS: Kingston Hospital NHS Trust is committed to safeguarding children and adults who are at risk of abuse. As such, if the appointee to this post will have access to children or vulnerable adults, he/she will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check. However, all employees have a responsibility for safeguarding children and vulnerable adults in the course of their duties and for ensuring that they are aware of the specific duties relating to their role. • Salary: For applicants without prior NHS experience at the same Pay Band or higher, the salary will start at the lower value within the advertised range and increase every year up to the maximum value within the banding (subject to review meetings). For those with NHS experience, we do not match inner London HCAS. If you are hired within a lower band, your salary will not be matched, instead your previous years of service will be taken into consideration. • NHS Jobs: Completed applications will be transferred to our preferred third party recruitment management system. All communications will be via trac.jobs, unfortunately, you will not receive responses to queries sent via NHS Jobs.