Barts Health NHS Trust Jobs, Pay & Visa Sponsorship

Barts Health NHS Trust runs five hospitals in east London: The Royal London, St Bartholomew's, Whipps Cross, Newham and Mile End.

The trust says it provides specialist and routine care for over 7,000 people a day and serves more than 2.5 million people across east London.

St Bartholomew's is described by the trust as the oldest hospital in the country and is home to Barts Heart Centre, which the trust calls the largest heart hospital in the UK, and Barts Cancer Centre. The Royal London hosts a major trauma centre, hyper-acute stroke services and the London Air Ambulance, and has one of the UK's largest children's hospitals.

The trust is part of UCLPartners and works with Queen Mary University of London on research and teaching. The trust describes the population it serves as one of the most diverse and fast-growing in the country.

For internationally trained doctors, nurses, midwives and allied health professionals, the trust is a licensed sponsor that recruits through advertised posts. Its one dedicated international programme is for nurses: the education academy runs a nursing OSCE programme for internationally hired nurses and a 12-month preceptorship they can join once registered.

Founded

2012 (the five hospitals have worked together as Barts Health since then)

Run by

Barts Health NHS Trust

Leadership

• Shane DeGaris, Group chief executive
• Professor Sanjiv Sharma, Group chief medical officer
• Rachael Corser, Chief nursing officer

Switchboard

020 7377 7000

• Cardiac care (Barts Heart Centre)

  At St Bartholomew's, described by the trust as the largest heart hospital in the UK.

• Cancer (Barts Cancer Centre)

  A cancer centre at St Bartholomew's serving patients from beyond London.

• Major trauma

  The Royal London is home to a major trauma centre and the London Air Ambulance.

• Stroke

  Hyper-acute stroke services at The Royal London.

• Children's services

  The Royal London has one of the UK's largest children's hospitals, according to the trust.

• Renal services and dentistry

  Complex surgery, critical care, renal services and dentistry at The Royal London.

• Planned orthopaedic surgery

  Newham Hospital is a centre for planned orthopaedic surgery.

• The Barts Health Academy runs a nursing OSCE programme 'designed for Barts Health's internationally hired nurses and internal candidates to prepare for the Nursing OSCE and register in the NMC'.
• Internationally hired nurses who have joined the UK register are eligible for the trust's 12-month preceptorship programme, which supports newly registered practitioners in their first year.
• The trust's main careers pages do not describe a recruitment scheme for international doctors or allied health professionals, and we found no statement about relocation packages. These staff usually apply directly to advertised posts once they hold, or are close to holding, UK registration.
• Home Office sponsor register: we checked the register of licensed sponsors (workers) on GOV.UK on 21 October 2026, in the version dated 20 October 2026. Barts Health National Health Service Trust is listed in London with an A rating for the Skilled Worker route. Being listed means the organisation can assign certificates of sponsorship; it does not mean every vacancy is open to sponsorship, so check the advert and ask the recruiting team.

• Nurses and midwives: registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC). If you trained outside the UK you pass the NMC test of competence (a computer-based test and the OSCE) and show English at NMC level, for example IELTS Academic 7 in listening, reading and speaking and 6.5 in writing, or OET grade B with C+ in writing.

• Doctors: registration with a licence to practise from the General Medical Council (GMC). Most international graduates qualify through PLAB 1 and PLAB 2 or an acceptable postgraduate qualification, and the GMC asks for IELTS Academic 7.5 overall with at least 7.0 in each area, or OET Medicine grade B in every skill.

• Allied health professionals such as physiotherapists and radiographers: registration with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) through its international route, with an HCPC-accepted English test unless you qualified in a country on its list.

• Visa: if you do not already have the right to work in the UK, you need a job offer and a certificate of sponsorship from an approved employer, then usually the Health and Care Worker visa. GOV.UK sets the eligibility, salary and fee rules, not the employer.

1. 1

   Start registration and English testing

   Begin your NMC, GMC or HCPC application and book IELTS or OET. Nurses also need to pass the NMC computer-based test before most employers will hire them from abroad.
2. 2

   Find a vacancy

   Search current vacancies on the trust's jobs page at bartshealth.nhs.uk/jobs, which also links to recruitment pages for each hospital. Barts Health posts are also advertised on NHS Jobs.
3. 3

   Check sponsorship

   Read the advert and, if you need a visa, confirm with the recruiting manager that the post can be sponsored before you invest time in the application.
4. 4

   Apply and interview

   Complete the online application against the person specification, then attend the interview if shortlisted.
5. 5

   Pre-employment checks and visa

   After a conditional offer, complete the trust's checks. If sponsored, you receive a certificate of sponsorship and apply for the Health and Care Worker visa on GOV.UK.
6. 6

   Join the OSCE and preceptorship programmes

   Nurses hired from abroad prepare for the NMC OSCE through the Barts Health Academy and can then join the 12-month preceptorship.

• Band 5 (newly registered nurse or midwife)

  £32,073 to £39,043

  Agenda for Change 2026/27. Intermediate point £34,592 after 2 years, top after a further 2 years.

• Band 6

  £39,959 to £48,117

  Agenda for Change 2026/27. Intermediate point £42,170 after 2 years.

• Band 7

  £49,387 to £56,515

  Agenda for Change 2026/27. Intermediate point £51,932 after 2 years.

• Inner London High Cost Area Supplement

  20% of basic salary

  Minimum £5,794, maximum £8,746 a year (2026/27).

• Outer London High Cost Area Supplement

  15% of basic salary

  Minimum £4,870, maximum £6,137 a year (2026/27).

• Resident doctor, FY1 and FY2

  £41,226 and £47,610

  2016 contract nodal points from 1 April 2026, as restructured to ten points in the July 2026 circular.

• Resident doctor, ST1 to ST8

  £55,355 to £77,348

  ST1 and ST2 £55,355; ST3 £67,325; ST4 and ST5 £67,998; ST6 £76,582; ST7 and ST8 £77,348.

• Specialty doctor (2021 contract)

  £63,696 to £102,689

  2026/27, by years of experience.

• Consultant (2003 contract)

  £113,565 to £150,569

  2026/27, by years completed as a consultant.