Junior Sister/ Charge Nurse | Barts Health NHS Trust


Company:	Barts Health NHS Trust
Salary:	£47,951 - £56,863 per annum inc
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	London, EC1A 7BE
Job type:	Contract
Posting date:	11 Aug 2026
Closing date:	12 Sept 2026

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Summary

St Bartholomew’s Hospital, the oldest hospital site in England, is home to world-leading cardiac and cancer centres, providing state of the art treatment to our patients in the very heart of the City of London. We offer robotic surgery, ECMO, complex electrophysiology and are a leading provider of stem cell transplantation and immunotherapy for cancer treatment. We also are one of the top five busiest Heart Attack Centres in the UK and home to the largest Atrial Fibrillation Ablation centre in Europe.

Employees appointed to this role will be subject to Agenda for Change Terms and Conditions of Service, including the applicable provisions for on-call duties and designated rest periods.

If this role interests you and you would like further information prior to applying please contact Senior Sister Maria Tsiatsiani Maria.tsiatsani@nhs.net or Senior Sister Marcella Odore m.odore@nhs.net

Here at Barts Heart Centre we have 10 cath labs that provide treatment for patients undergoing a variety of elective procedures, interventional, electrophysiology and TAVI. Our cardiac catheter labs also support our nationally recognised emergency heart attack, arrhythmia and structural pathways. We also provide specialist cardiology services for heart failure, endocarditis, grown up congenital heart and inherited cardiac conditions.

You will have an opportunity to rotate internally between Cardiology Intervention, Electrophysiology & Structural in order to develop a full range of skills and be supported with in house training.

We have created exciting opportunities for experienced Cath Lab nurses to develop clinically in advanced nursing practices such as Implantable Loop recorders Implantations and Nurse-Led Radial Access.

You will need significant experience in cardiology cath lab and be able to demonstrate advanced clinical knowledge. You will be expected to take an active role in helping us to continuously improve on our patient centred care.

Excellent communication skills are essential with a proven ability to support; mentor & line manage junior staff. Applicants will be expected to support the Senior Sister and Charge Nurse both clinically and operationally with the role offering significant development opportunities for the successful candidate.

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.

Part of the country’s largest Heart centre, the Education, training and development are an important philosophy of the units and access is provided to courses both in-house and at partner universities.

Our cath lab is lucky enough to have their own dedicated Education Sister who supports all staff in their development and works closely with new starters.

Click on the link below to see one of our cath lab nurses story and our day to day running of the cath labs:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GBnkVzGR7k

The hospital is situated in beautiful surroundings close to St Paul’s Cathedral, has excellent public transport links and is close to a wide range of social and cultural attractions that London has to offer, making St Bartholomew’s Hospital a great place to work!

This advert closes on Tuesday 25 Aug 2026

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