Staff benefits
Working at Barts Health means you’ll have access to a range of benefits
Including leisure and entertainment discounts, and time off when you need it most
Your package will include:
- Pay that reflects your ability and responsibilities, with the opportunity to increase your salary through training and development. All our jobs are subject to either Inner or Outer London Weighting, depending on location.
- At least 27 days annual leave on top of public or bank holidays.
- Automatic membership of the NHS Pension Scheme unless you opt out. The NHS Pension scheme is one of the most generous schemes in the UK.
Award winning reward and recognition programme
In November 2024, Barts Health was named Best Employer for Staff Recognition and Engagement at the prestigious 2024 Nursing Times Workforce Awards.
At Barts Health, we believe in celebrating the incredible contributions of our staff. Thanks to an £850,000 grant from Barts Charity, we’ve launched a range of initiatives that recognise and reward the dedication of our people.
Barts Hearts
We want to ensure our staff and volunteers feel valued for their daily contributions while creating a culture of appreciation and recognition across our hospitals.
Barts Hearts is a peer-to-peer digital recognition platform that enables staff to send thank-you messages for the small, everyday acts that truly make a difference. Once a staff member collects five 'hearts', they can exchange them for a reward, adding an extra layer of appreciation.
Our inclusive approach ensures that volunteers and external contractors also have access to the platform, encouraging collaboration and a sense of belonging across the Barts Health family.
Since its launch in February 2024, over 75,000 hearts have been sent through the platform, showcasing the incredible enthusiasm for celebrating one another. A recent survey of the wider recognition programme revealed that 55% of staff feel more recognised for their contributions, underlining the platform’s positive impact on engagement, satisfaction, and workplace culture.
Barts Health Heroes
Each year, we celebrate the exceptional individuals and teams who embody our values and go the extra mile for patients and colleagues through the Barts Health Heroes Awards.
In 2024, we revamped the award categories to better reflect the incredible contributions of our diverse workforce and volunteers, ensuring we recognise excellence across all areas of the Trust.
Anyone in the Barts Health family—whether staff, volunteers, or colleagues from partner organisations—can be nominated for their contributions.
Finalists are invited to a special evening ceremony where we honour their achievements and celebrate their impact.
Our volunteers
We support our volunteers across the Trust as well as hosting a heartfelt thank-you event for our incredible volunteers. This celebration acknowledges their vital role in supporting patients, families, and staff across the Trust.
Long service awards
We are proud to recognise the commitment of our long-serving staff members with awards that celebrate their invaluable contributions and dedication over the years.
The long service awards are awarded to those who have completed 15, 25, and 40 years of continuous service with Barts Health, or one of our legacy organisations.
More ways we celebrate
In addition, we:
- Provide thank-you cards for all staff to use across the Trust
- Hold monthly Hero of the Month awards at each site
- Celebrate excellence through the WeImprove and WeBelong Inclusion awards
- Support staff in attending national awards, showcasing their achievements
These initiatives demonstrate our dedication to creating a culture of recognition, appreciation, and belonging across Barts Health.
Saving you money
Entertainment and leisure
We work in partnership with London theatres and venues to secure heavily discounted – sometimes free – tickets for theatre, concerts and events.
Throughout the year we also run discounted mini-breaks and there are holiday and daytrip discounts available staff, their friends and families.
Concerts for carers
Concerts for Carers offer free tickets to events for all NHS staff. Pick your event, enter the ballot and you might get lucky!
Season ticket loan
Buying an annual season ticket works out much cheaper then monthly or weekly tickets. We will lend you the money for an annual ticket and deduct it from your salary each month.
Looking after your health
Money back for your routine health appointments
Simplyhealth work in partnership with us to offer a health cash plan at reduced rates. This helps you to budget for optical, dental, complementary therapy and even prescription charges for you and your family from only £3.10 a week.
Shopping
Salary sacrifice scheme
From tablets to washing machines, the salary sacrifice allows you to buy electrical items through your salary and pay them off over a set period of time. You can also lease a brand new car, fully maintained and insured, in the same way.
Health service benefits
Health Service Benefits offers free membership and provides exclusive discounts for all NHS staff from local and national high street companies such as Ticketmaster, Halfords, Halifax and Vision Express. Register for free.
Blue Light card
Blue Light Card provides those in the NHS, emergency services, social care sector and armed forces with discounts online and in-store.
Support services
Employee Assistance Programme
For confidential advice from someone outside our organisation, you can call our Employee Assistance Programme on 0800 085 1376 at any time.
Dignity at Work Advocates
Trained Dignity at Work Advocates are available to help provide advice, and to resolve any issues you experience at an early stage.
SpeakInConfidence
SpeakInConfidence is an online system that provides a way for you to anonymously and directly raise ideas and concerns with our senior leadership, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
The web-based service is run by a third party and allows anyone to send an anonymous message to any of our executive leaders.
The Guardian Service
The Guardian Service is a safe and independent route for you to raise issues or concerns that affect you, the safety of our patients or your ability to do your job well. It offers an opportunity to talk through the issue before it is raised formally, get support and work to see if a resolution can be found.
It can be anonymous, and any concerns can remain confidential unless you agree for it to be raised with the relevant people within the organisation.
Wellbeing resources
The welfare and wellbeing of our staff is a key priority.
Thanks to the support of Barts Charity, we have invested millions of pounds in improved facilities including:
- Dedicated wellbeing hubs at each of our hospitals featuring comfy reclining chairs
- Improved rest rooms for our dedicated clinical staff to use whilst on shift
- New bike racks and lockers
- A psychological support service to aid people's mental health
Each of our sites also has a wellbeing lead and a network of wellbeing prescribers to help you navigate the support on offer.