Imperial College Healthcare Jobs, Pay & Visa Sponsorship

Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust was formed in 2007 and runs five hospitals in central and west London: Charing Cross, Hammersmith, Queen Charlotte's and Chelsea, St Mary's and the Western Eye.

It provides acute and specialist care for over one million people a year and has more than 15,000 staff.

The trust describes itself as one of the UK's first academic health science centres and is a member of the Shelford Group of ten NHS multi-specialty academic healthcare organisations. Its hospitals have a long record in research; penicillin was discovered at St Mary's in 1928.

The trust says it has a global reputation in areas including cardiology, haematology, renal and transplantation, infectious diseases, neurology and trauma care. All three main sites are in the government's New Hospital Programme.

Imperial publishes the roles it will sponsor for overseas applicants and states that it covers the cost of the certificate of sponsorship but not the visa. It also offers on-site staff accommodation at three hospitals.

Founded

2007

Run by

Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust

Leadership

• Professor Julian Redhead, Trust chief executive
• Professor Raymond Anakwe, Medical director
• Dr David O'Callaghan, Medical director
• Professor Dame Janice Sigsworth, Chief nursing officer

Switchboard

020 3311 3311

• Cardiology

  Named by the trust as an area where it has a global reputation.

• Haematology

  One of the specialties the trust highlights on its careers pages.

• Renal medicine and transplantation

  Renal and transplant services, highlighted by the trust.

• Infectious diseases

  An area of expertise the trust names, with a long research history at St Mary's.

• Neurology

  Listed among the trust's areas of expertise.

• Trauma care

  The trust names trauma care among its strengths and its response to major incidents in London.

• Maternity and eye care

  Queen Charlotte's and Chelsea Hospital and the Western Eye Hospital are part of the trust.

• The trust's Help to apply page has an 'Overseas applicants' section. It lists the roles for which it would provide a certificate of sponsorship: trust grade doctors; nurses and midwives at Band 6 and above; allied health professionals and healthcare scientists at Band 6 and above; and administrative and clerical roles at Band 7 and above.
• On right to work, the trust says it will request sponsorship 'only if it meets the appropriate home office requirements', that it covers the cost of a certificate of sponsorship but not the visa, and that applicants coming from overseas need a recent police check.
• We did not find a dedicated international nurse or doctor programme page on the trust's careers site. Its pay and benefits page says staff can rent on-site accommodation at Hammersmith, Charing Cross or St Mary's hospitals.
• Because the published list starts at Band 6 for nurses and midwives, newly registered nurses at Band 5 should not assume a post can be sponsored; check with the recruiting team.
• 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. Imperial College Healthcare NHS 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.

• Overseas police check: the trust asks applicants coming from overseas for a recent police check as part of pre-employment screening.

1. 1

   Check you fit a sponsorable role

   If you need a visa, read the Overseas applicants list on the trust's Help to apply page: trust grade doctors, nurses and midwives at Band 6 and above, and allied health professionals and healthcare scientists at Band 6 and above.
2. 2

   Get UK registration moving

   Apply to the NMC, GMC or HCPC and book your English test. Doctors applying for trust grade posts need GMC registration with a licence to practise.
3. 3

   Search vacancies

   View vacancies on the trust's careers site at imperial.nhs.uk/careers. Posts are also advertised on NHS Jobs and the Find a Job website, and you can set up email alerts.
4. 4

   Create an account and apply

   Use the apply button on the advert to create an Application Centre account, then complete the form with your qualifications, employment history, referees and a supporting statement.
5. 5

   Interview, references and checks

   After interview the trust requests references and completes pre-employment checks, including right to work and, for overseas applicants, a recent police check.
6. 6

   Certificate of sponsorship and visa

   If the role is sponsorable, the trust covers the certificate of sponsorship and you apply and pay for the Health and Care Worker visa on GOV.UK.

• 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.