Guy's and St Thomas' Jobs, Pay & Visa Sponsorship

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust runs five hospitals in London: Guy's, St Thomas', Evelina London Children's Hospital, Royal Brompton and Harefield, alongside community services.

The trust describes itself as one of the UK's largest NHS foundation trusts and one of the largest employers in London.

In 2025/26 the trust reports 23,900 staff, 3.1 million patient contacts, 86,000 inpatients, 207,000 emergency department attendances and an annual turnover of £3.3 billion. Royal Brompton and Harefield, a specialist heart and lung service, joined the trust on 1 February 2021.

With King's College London and its partners in King's Health Partners, the trust forms one of the UK's eight Academic Health Science Centres. Its teaching hospitals train doctors, nurses and other health professionals, and it is a large centre for clinical research.

For an internationally trained professional, the practical points are that the trust holds a Home Office sponsor licence and recruits through Trac. Its one published international programme is for nurses; doctors, midwives and allied health professionals apply to advertised posts. You still need UK registration with the NMC, GMC or HCPC before you can practise in a registered role.

Run by

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

Leadership

• Amanda Pritchard DBE, Chief Executive
• Professor Ian Abbs, Chief Medical Officer
• Professor Avey Bhatia OBE, Chief Nurse

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• Heart and lung (Royal Brompton and Harefield)

  Specialist heart and lung services for adults and children, part of the trust since February 2021.

• Cardiovascular care

  Listed by the trust among its specialist departments.

• Cancer

  Cancer treatment is one of the specialist services the trust names.

• Children's services (Evelina London)

  Evelina London Children's Hospital is one of the trust's five hospitals.

• Kidney services

  Named by the trust among its specialist departments.

• Dental services

  The trust lists dental services among its specialist departments.

• Maternity

  Maternity care is one of the services the trust highlights.

• The trust's nursing and midwifery careers page has a section for nurses who trained outside the UK. It directs them to the NMC for registration and says that information and contact details for 'our international nurse programme' are on the Capital Nurse website.
• We did not find a separate international recruitment page for doctors or allied health professionals on the trust's careers site. Doctors and allied health professionals usually apply directly to advertised posts once they hold, or are close to holding, GMC or HCPC registration.
• The trust's job offer guidance says it checks that every new starter has the legal right to work in the UK as part of its pre-employment checks.
• 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. Guy's and St. Thomas' NHS Foundation 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.

• Pre-employment checks: the trust lists right to work, references, criminal record and occupational health checks among the checks it completes before you start.

1. 1

   Get registration under way

   Start your NMC, GMC or HCPC application first, including the English test, because most registered posts need registration (or a clear path to it) before you can start.
2. 2

   Read the international nurse programme details

   If you are a nurse trained abroad, follow the link on the trust's nursing and midwifery careers page to the Capital Nurse information on its international nurse programme.
3. 3

   Search current vacancies

   Browse current vacancies from the careers pages at guysandstthomas.nhs.uk/careers and check each advert for the band, site and whether sponsorship is possible.
4. 4

   Apply through Trac

   The trust's recruitment process sends you to Trac Jobs to complete the online application form. Register for a Trac account and write a supporting statement against the person specification.
5. 5

   Interview and conditional offer

   If you are offered a post, the trust carries out pre-employment checks, including right to work. Ask the recruitment team about a certificate of sponsorship if you need one.
6. 6

   Apply for your visa

   Use the certificate of sponsorship to apply for the Health and Care Worker visa on GOV.UK, up to 3 months before your start date.

• 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.