University Hospitals Birmingham Jobs, Pay & Visa Sponsorship

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust (UHB) runs four main hospitals: Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham (QEHB), Heartlands, Good Hope and Solihull, plus community locations.

Its careers site says it treats more than 2.2 million patients a year with more than 20,000 members of staff.

QEHB opened in June 2010 as Birmingham's first new acute hospital for 70 years. It is a Level 1 trauma centre, treats military casualties alongside the Royal Centre for Defence Medicine, and hosts the NIHR Surgical Reconstruction and Microbiology Research Centre.

The trust says QEHB is one of only two centres in the UK to perform all four solid organ transplants (heart, lung, liver and kidney) and now completes over 400 transplants a year. Its 100-bed single-floor critical care unit was the largest in the world when it opened.

For internationally trained professionals, UHB is a licensed sponsor that recruits through advertised posts. Its published international programme is for nurses: the International Nursing Education Team won 'Best International Recruitment Experience' at the Nursing Times Workforce Summit and Awards 2022, with judges highlighting how it recognises international nurses' prior experience in their salary. Doctors, midwives and allied health professionals apply to advertised posts.

Founded

June 2010 (Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham opened)

Run by

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

Leadership

• Jonathan Brotherton, Chief Executive
• Professor Kiran Patel, Chief Medical Officer
• Margaret Garbett, Chief Nurse

Awards and rankings

• Best International Recruitment Experience, Nursing Times Workforce Summit and Awards 2022, won by the International Nursing Education Team (as reported by UHB)

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• Solid organ transplantation

  QEHB performs heart, lung, liver and kidney transplants, over 400 a year.

• Major trauma

  QEHB is designated a Level 1 Trauma Centre.

• Military medicine and reconstruction

  QEHB treats military casualties and hosts the NIHR Surgical Reconstruction and Microbiology Research Centre.

• Critical care

  A 100-bed single-floor critical care unit at QEHB.

• Clinical research

  QEHB has delivered over 1,850 clinical trials, according to the trust.

• Sexual health and respiratory clinics

  Community services include the Umbrella sexual health service and Birmingham Chest Clinic.

• UHB has an International Nursing Education Team. The trust says it is based in a training environment in Birmingham where recruits from around the world get tailored support and training to prepare for their entry exams and beyond, and that it delivered its programme to 281 new employees between August 2021 and its 2022 award.
• The programme won 'Best International Recruitment Experience' at the Nursing Times Workforce Summit and Awards 2022. The judges praised its 'excellent competency framework and salary variation for international nurses with prior experience'.
• We did not find a current international recruitment page on the trust's careers site describing open intakes, relocation packages or visa costs, so check live adverts and ask the recruitment 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. University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust is listed in Edgbaston, Birmingham 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

   Prepare your registration

   Book your English test and start NMC, GMC or HCPC registration. Nurses should pass the NMC computer-based test early.
2. 2

   Search vacancies

   Go to jobs.uhb.nhs.uk and use the Search and apply link, which opens the trust's job board.
3. 3

   Create an account and apply

   The trust's How to apply page asks you to create an account and complete the online application form.
4. 4

   Ask about sponsorship and international support

   If you need a visa or OSCE support, confirm with the recruiting team that the post can be sponsored and whether you join the international nursing education programme.
5. 5

   Offer, checks and visa

   After an offer and pre-employment checks, apply for the Health and Care Worker visa on GOV.UK with your certificate of sponsorship.

• 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.

• 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.