Trust Doctor (eqv to ST3) in Cardiothoracic & Critical Care | Barts Health NHS Trust
| Posting date: | 19 February 2026 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £50,175 - £67,610 per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 21 March 2026 |
| Location: | London, EC1A7BE |
| Company: | Barts Health NHS Trust |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 7819158/259-MED7819158SBH |
Summary
Trust Doctor (eqv to ST3+) in Cardiothoracic Anaesthesia and Critical Care
We are recruiting Trust Doctor to join our middle grade tier in Cardiothoracic Anaesthesia and Cardiothoracic Critical Care. We are looking for enthusiastic people who can either start right away, or in May or August.
This is a unique opportunity to be a part of the UK’s premier cardiac centre - Barts Heart Centre. The Barts Heart Centre (BHC) was formed by the merging of cardiothoracic services from the London Chest Hospital, St Bartholomew’s Hospital and the Heart Hospital. This has created the UK’s largest cardiothoracic centre with nearly all specialist cardiac services for North Central and North East London and beyond, as well as highly specialised national services, brought together in the newly built hospital on the St Bartholomew’s site.
Barts Heart Centre has 10 operating theatres, 10 catheter labs and over 250 cardiac, vascular and thoracic beds, creating one of Europe’s largest Cardiothoracic Centres. The new hospital contains 58 critical care beds. 2 ICUs and 1 HDU comprising 42 beds form the surgical cardiothoracic surgical critical care unit, adjacent to theatres. A fourth ICU of 16 beds on the 6th floor provides dedicated General ICU, admitting complex cardiac patients, together with cardiology and respiratory patients in addition to patients suffering from haematological disease.
Following changes to the North East London School of Anaesthesia training programme, we
are now able to offer a few short term fellowships in cardiothoracic anaesthesia and critical
care.
These posts would be suitable for those individuals aiming to complete the CESR in
anaesthe-sia or who simply want to increase their experience in cardiothoracic anaesthesia.
Successful candidates will be required to have undergone extensive basic training in
anaesthesia (equivalent to core anaesthetic training in the UK) and ideally have some
experience at specialist registrar level. They would be expected to have the Primary FRCA
or equivalent as a minimum, but would not be expected to have undertaken any
cardiothoracic training prior to joining the department.
The workload would be split between time spent in the cardiothoracic critical care units and
op-erating theatres and cath labs and would involve all aspects of perioperative care of the
cardio-thoracic surgical and cardiology patient.
On call commitment would be as resident on one of the two CICUs working as part of a full
shift, 9 person rota complaint with both EWTD and 2016 UK junior doctor contract
guidelines.
These fellows will be appointed to the anaesthetic department and will be accountable to the
clinical director of the department. Clinical and educational supervisors will be allocated on
commencement of the job.
Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers.
The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.
Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.
We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.
Teaching, Training and Audit:
Audit Day, Morbidity and Mortality Meetings and Teachings
Multi-Disciplinary Team Meetings with Surgeons and Cardiologists.
There is weekly teaching and journal club programme in which trainees actively participate, chaired by a Consultant
Weekly consultant led echo teaching
Advanced teaching in cardiothoraic anaesthesia is provided by the Cardiac London Anaesthesia Partnership (CAP) (http://www.cardiothoracicanaesthesia.com/)
This advert closes on Sunday 8 Mar 2026
We are recruiting Trust Doctor to join our middle grade tier in Cardiothoracic Anaesthesia and Cardiothoracic Critical Care. We are looking for enthusiastic people who can either start right away, or in May or August.
This is a unique opportunity to be a part of the UK’s premier cardiac centre - Barts Heart Centre. The Barts Heart Centre (BHC) was formed by the merging of cardiothoracic services from the London Chest Hospital, St Bartholomew’s Hospital and the Heart Hospital. This has created the UK’s largest cardiothoracic centre with nearly all specialist cardiac services for North Central and North East London and beyond, as well as highly specialised national services, brought together in the newly built hospital on the St Bartholomew’s site.
Barts Heart Centre has 10 operating theatres, 10 catheter labs and over 250 cardiac, vascular and thoracic beds, creating one of Europe’s largest Cardiothoracic Centres. The new hospital contains 58 critical care beds. 2 ICUs and 1 HDU comprising 42 beds form the surgical cardiothoracic surgical critical care unit, adjacent to theatres. A fourth ICU of 16 beds on the 6th floor provides dedicated General ICU, admitting complex cardiac patients, together with cardiology and respiratory patients in addition to patients suffering from haematological disease.
Following changes to the North East London School of Anaesthesia training programme, we
are now able to offer a few short term fellowships in cardiothoracic anaesthesia and critical
care.
These posts would be suitable for those individuals aiming to complete the CESR in
anaesthe-sia or who simply want to increase their experience in cardiothoracic anaesthesia.
Successful candidates will be required to have undergone extensive basic training in
anaesthesia (equivalent to core anaesthetic training in the UK) and ideally have some
experience at specialist registrar level. They would be expected to have the Primary FRCA
or equivalent as a minimum, but would not be expected to have undertaken any
cardiothoracic training prior to joining the department.
The workload would be split between time spent in the cardiothoracic critical care units and
op-erating theatres and cath labs and would involve all aspects of perioperative care of the
cardio-thoracic surgical and cardiology patient.
On call commitment would be as resident on one of the two CICUs working as part of a full
shift, 9 person rota complaint with both EWTD and 2016 UK junior doctor contract
guidelines.
These fellows will be appointed to the anaesthetic department and will be accountable to the
clinical director of the department. Clinical and educational supervisors will be allocated on
commencement of the job.
Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers.
The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.
Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.
We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.
Teaching, Training and Audit:
Audit Day, Morbidity and Mortality Meetings and Teachings
Multi-Disciplinary Team Meetings with Surgeons and Cardiologists.
There is weekly teaching and journal club programme in which trainees actively participate, chaired by a Consultant
Weekly consultant led echo teaching
Advanced teaching in cardiothoraic anaesthesia is provided by the Cardiac London Anaesthesia Partnership (CAP) (http://www.cardiothoracicanaesthesia.com/)
This advert closes on Sunday 8 Mar 2026