General Manager – Barts Heart Centre

Barts Health NHS Trust; Greater London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Barts Health NHS Trust invites you to apply for a senior operational leadership role within the Barts Heart & Thorax Centre at St Bartholomew’s Hospital, overseeing delivery and development of specialist cardiovascular services across NHS trusts.

The post reports to divisional management and collaborates with clinical, nursing and operational leaders to ensure safe, efficient services and high-quality patient care across northeast London and beyond.

Qualifications

• Senior operational leadership in a hospital setting.
• Experience in service performance, workforce and financial management.
• Delivery of improvement programmes and staff development.

Responsibilities

• Provide senior operational leadership for Barts Heart & Thorax Centre at St Bartholomew’s Hospital.
• Ensure services are run safely, efficiently and effectively.
• Work with clinical and nursing leaders to support high-quality patient care and development of cardiovascular services.

Job description

Barts Health NHS Trust invites you to apply for this exciting opportunity to join the management team within Barts Heart & Thorax Centre at St Bartholomew’s Hospital. The post will support the delivery and development of specialist cardiovascular services for patients across Barts Health, north east London and beyond, working closely with clinical, nursing and operational leaders across the Centre.

Barts Heart Centre is one of the country’s leading specialist cardiac centres and is based at St Bartholomew’s Hospital in the City of London. It provides care for a wide range of complex cardiovascular conditions, bringing together specialist cardiology, cardiac surgery, advanced cardiac imaging, electrophysiology and associated services. The Centre serves patients from north east London and receives specialist referrals from across the UK.

The successful applicant will be responsible for ensuring that the relevant services within Barts Heart & Thorax Centre are run safely, efficiently and effectively at St Bartholomew’s Hospital. The postholder will provide senior operational leadership, including responsibility for service performance, workforce and financial management, delivery of improvement programmes and the performance and development of directly reporting staff. They will work in partnership with clinical and nursing leaders to support high-quality patient care, operational delivery and the continued development of specialist cardiovascular services.

For any further information about this post please contact the Divisional Manager for the Barts Heart and Thorax Centre, Alicia Housego-Clarke [e-mail] (Alicia will be starting maternity leave on 26th October 2026) or Aaron Horner Interim Divisional Manager for Barts Heart and Thorax Centre [e-mail]

Proposed interview date: 26/10/2026

We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates as they are underrepresented within Barts Health at this band.

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers.

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.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Alicia Housego-Clarke Job title: Divisional Manager Email address: [e-mail]