Barts Health NHS Trust • London EC1A 7BE
About this role
The new Barts Heart Centre has brought together the services of some of the best cardiovascular experts in the Country who will work together to create a single specialist centre for Cardiovascular Disease to cover all our local communities.
You will be joining us a an incredibly exciting time, as we realise a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to improve services for todays patients and future generations and create a work class cardiovascular and ECMO service. We are also setting up a new Thoracic Robotics and Thoraco-Abdominal Aneurysm repair service.
The development of a new centre has created vacancies for Band 5 Anaesthetic Practitioners with NMC and Anaesthetic training or HCPC registration. We are looking for an enthusiastic individual who is looking to work within a service covering seven cardiothoracic theatres, ten cardiac cath labs supporting electrophysiology and intervention cardiology and the nationally recognised Heart Attack Centre which service North and East London.
Although desirable, experience within the speciality is not essential, but an anaesthetic course is essential, once appointed we will build upon your specialist with the support of a mentor and the experienced multidisciplinary team.
We offer a wide range of development opportunitues including extensive mandatory training, advanced life support, cardiac advanced life support and the opportunity to attend external conferences and courses.
If you like the sound of this exciting opportunity we would like to hear from you.
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 attachment/s below.
We are dedicated to being an outstanding place to work and will work with you to get the best experience. We know flexible working is not a one size fits all and will mean something different to everyone. We are inclusive, so if you are interested in flexible working, please speak to the recruiting manager.”
This advert closes on Tuesday 9 Jun 2026