Senior Critical Care ECMO Specialist Nurse | Barts Health NHS Trust

Senior Critical Care ECMO Specialist Nurse - Band 7

We are excited to recruit for a senior critical care ECMO specialist nurse to join our Adult Critical Care Unit at St. Bartholomew’s Hospital. This key role supports the ECMO service and the provision of critical care expertise, through the delivery of specialist education, clinical support, and training. With a strong clinical focus this post offers the opportunity for an individual to contribute to the ongoing development of our service, utilise their advanced clinical skills and knowledge, and gain further experience in audit, research, and guideline development.

The senior critical care ECMO specialist nurse is an essential member of the critical care team with specific responsibility for supporting patients requiring advanced critical care therapies, including Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO). The successful candidate will be a clinical expert, responsible for directing care and providing advanced knowledge and skills, to ensure the aims and objectives of both the critical care unit and ECMO service are met.

As a clinical leader the successful post holder will provide direct supervision and facilitate training and educational opportunities for staff to achieve and maintain the required ECMO and critical care competencies relevant to their role.

In addition, the post holder will play a vital role in the continued development of the speciality, identify opportunities to enhance the patient and family experience, and engage in data collection, clinical audit, and research activities both at a local and national level

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.

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachments below.

This advert closes on Thursday 21 May 2026