Working at Barts and The London

Model employer

Barts and The London employs nearly 7,000 staff, and an additional 1,000 are employed by our private-sector partner in the new hospitals programme to provide vital non-clinical support services across our hospitals. Our ability to recruit and retain staff of the highest calibre in all areas is crucial to our ongoing ability to offer patients the best possible care. To this end, we offer a range of training, development and educational opportunities for staff at all levels.

We were one of the first trusts to be awarded Practice Plus accreditation in the national Improving Working Lives initiative in recognition of our achievement as a good employer, offering support to our staff with a strong emphasis on work-life balance.

A great place to work

Barts and The London is committed to ensuring that both clinical and non-clinical staff are valued by recognising their achievements and giving them opportunities to develop their skills and careers to a high standard.

Recruiting the best and recruiting locally

As well as attracting motivated, high-quality staff, we want Barts and The London’s workforce to reflect the local population – the most diverse in Europe in terms of language, culture, religion and ethnicity – so that our services are more culturally and linguistically sensitive.  In addition, a more local workforce contributes to regeneration, especially around Whitechapel, by providing sustainable development opportunities for local people.

Innovative learning and development

Our dedicated learning and development team offers training and support to ensure that departments have the right staff and skills to enable them to respond quickly to future changes in healthcare provision.

Developing the clinical workforce

Barts and The London work collaboratively with our academic partners, especially those at Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry and at St Bartholomew School of Nursing and Midwifery, to support the effective planning and commissioning of education to meet the changing workforce needs of healthcare organisations across north-east London in the future.

Building strong leadership and management skills

Barts and The London needs good managers and leaders to sustain the high performance of our teams and individuals, and we have focused resources on developing our senior staff to the highest standards.