Pay, pension and leave
We value our staff and encourage and support a healthy work-life balance by offering flexible working opportunities and generous annual leave.
Pay
The Trust offers competitive salaries that match your ability and responsibilities, and which include a high cost area supplement for working in London.
Doctors and dentists
Doctors and dentists have their own pay systems.
All other staff
All other NHS staff are paid under the Agenda for Change pay system, a national framework which sets out consistent terms and conditions and fair payscales for all NHS employees.
Under Agenda for Change, each NHS job has a band, from 1 to 9, which indicates the payscale through which you will progress while in your role. We show the band for each job in all our recruitment advertising.
If you join us from another NHS employer we will place you on the appropriate point on the scale to recognise your current experience. If you join us from an employer outside of the NHS, your manager will be responsible for identifying relevant experience and placing you on the appropriate point on the scale.
Agenda for Change payscales including high cost area supplements
London Living Wage
The Trust is a fully accredited London Living Wage employer.
The London Living Wage is an hourly rate of pay which is calculated independently to reflect the high cost of living in the capital.
For King’s directly employed staff, and our Bank staff, we already pay above the London Living Wage as this is accounted for in the NHS Agenda for Pay salary rates and our local Bank rates. We are committed to increasing Bank rates in line with the London Living Wage.
Our suppliers, such as Medirest and ISS, are also committed to paying the London Living Wage, as part of their contract with the Trust, with the significant majority already doing this. In future all of our contractors will pay the London Living Wage to retain their contract with King’s.
Pension
Employment at King’s gives you automatic access to the many benefits of the NHS pension scheme. The package is worth almost 20% of pay overall and includes an inflation-linked pension payable for life, life assurance cover and family benefits if you die.
Annual leave
Doctors and dentists
Annual leave entitlements for doctors and dentists are set out in the Trust’s Guidelines on Leave Arrangements for Medical and Dental Staff. To ensure the smooth running of our services, we ask the you to liaise with colleagues to arrange cover during your absence.
All other staff
Full-time employees are entitled to 27 days’ annual leave, as well as bank (public) holidays.
This increases to:
- 29 days after 5 years of NHS service
- 33 days after 10 years of NHS service.
If you work part-time your entitlement will be proportional, based on hours worked each week.
You can also choose to buy up to 10 days’ extra leave, with a commensurate reduction in your salary.