Head of Inclusion and WellbeingNHS

Job summary

The Head of Wellbeing and Inclusion is the Trust wide senior professional lead for workforce wellbeing, inclusion and equality. The postholder is accountable for the strategic direction, delivery, performance and assurance of these portfolios across all divisions and corporate services, leading two Band 8b portfolio leads and the teams reporting through them.

Main duties of the job

As a member of the Culture and Organisational Development Senior Management Team, the postholder will contribute to the strategic leadership of the wider Culture and OD portfolio and lead the wellbeing, inclusion and belonging priorities within the Trust's Culture and OD Strategy. Working alongside the Heads of Organisational Development and Engagement and Learning, Leadership and Talent, the postholder will ensure that specialist expertise contributes to integrated culture improvement and workforce experience priorities.

The postholder will provide authoritative professional advice and constructive challenge to Executive Directors, King's Executive and Board committees. The role will work through a matrix and commissioned model with Divisional People Directors, HR Business Partners, operational leaders and colleagues across the Culture and OD portfolio to agree priorities, mobilise specialist expertise and assure delivery. The postholder will contribute to shared portfolio planning, prioritisation and evaluation arrangements that support delivery across the wider Culture and OD function.

Job description

The postholder is accountable for: Delivery of the wellbeing, inclusion and belonging priorities within the Trusts Culture and OD Strategy and associated multi-year and annual delivery plans The workforce elements of the Trusts Equality Objectives and corporate equality duties Leadership and assurance of WRES, WDES, gender pay gap reporting and other relevant workforce equality requirements Development and delivery of the Trusts Race Equity Plan and targeted race equity interventions Strategic direction and assurance of the Trusts organisational wellbeing and psychological safety approaches

Lead the development, implementation and review of Trust wide workforce policies, frameworks, standards and improvement plans relating to wellbeing, inclusion, belonging, equality and psychological safety. Interpret equality legislation, NHS policy, workforce evidence and emerging practice, determining the implications for Kings and the action required where there is no clear precedent. Lead highly complex and sensitive discussions where there may be significant disagreement, resistance or competing organisational priorities. Reconcile different perspectives from staff, networks, trade unions, operational leaders, executives and external stakeholders and provide clear recommendations on the appropriate course of action.

The postholder will operate with a high degree of professional and managerial autonomy within theTrusts strategic and governance framework. They will independently interpret legislation, nationalpolicy and emerging evidence, determine functional priorities and make decisions within delegatedfinancial and professional authority. The postholder will be accountable for the performance and deployment of the Wellbeing, Inclusion and Belonging function and for providing authoritative advice where established policy or precedentdoes not provide a clear course of action. Matters carrying significant corporate, legal, financial or reputational risk will be escalated through the agreed governance arrangements. Lead the Trust's approach to reducing workforce inequalities. Provide strategic oversight of Trust Equality Objectives and associated action plans. Oversee delivery of WRES, WDES and other workforce equality improvement frameworks. Ensure inclusive practices are embedded across leadership, recruitment, talent management and organisational development processes. Lead strategic engagement with staff networks and ensure network intelligence informs decisionmaking. Lead the development and delivery of the Trusts approach to race equity, including actions to address disparities in recruitment, progression, employee experience, formal processes and senior representation.

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 deliveringhigh-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.