Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust, (LGT), is a community-focused provider of local and acute care, delivering high-quality services to over one million people living across the London boroughs of Lewisham, Greenwich, and Bexley. We provide whole-life care and are here to support our communities to live healthier lives as well as taking care of them when they need us the most.
Employing almost 7,500 colleagues, affectionately known as Team LGT, we provide services at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Woolwich, University Hospital Lewisham, and at over a dozen community settings in Lewisham. We also provide some services at Queen Mary’s Hospital in Sidcup.
We have recently launched our new vision and values to mark the LGT10 – the tenth anniversary of our Trust forming in 2013. Our trust vision is to be exceptional. In the quality of our patient care; our support for colleagues; and in the difference we make through our partnerships and in our communities.
To achieve this we value Respect, Compassion, and Inclusion; Being accountable over staying comfortable; Listening over always knowing best; and Succeeding together over achieving alone.
Our hospitals and community sites provide a wide range of inpatient and outpatient services, as well as emergency and planned care. The Trust is rated as “good” or “outstanding” in over three-quarters of the services inspected by the Care Quality Commission.
Every year our work includes performing 10,000 procedures in our theatres; bringing seven and a half thousand new lives into the world; carrying out 570,000 visits to patients in their homes or communities and providing emergency care for more than 300,000 patients arriving in our busy Urgent and Emergency Departments.
LGT is a centre for the education and training of medical students enrolled with King’s College London’s GKT School of Medical Education. We are a training centre for nurses, midwives and allied health professionals. We are pioneering new roles that will support the changing needs of our patients and are one of the largest employers of physician associates in the country.
We are committed to working with our partners to deliver the best outcomes for our local communities. This means playing an active role in the South East London Integrated Care System (ICS), and in formal partnerships including the South East London Acute Provider Collaborative, provider partnerships with our local mental health trusts and borough-based boards of the ICS in Bexley, Greenwich and Lewisham.
Honorary Contracts (non-medical staff only)
An honorary contract is for individuals who are not employed or paid by Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust (LGT) but need to carry out work on LGT sites. This usually applies where you are working through a third party organisation or undertaking activity for a self-funded purpose.
If you hold an honorary contract, you must comply with the Trust’s policies and the terms and conditions of the honorary contract. Honorary contracts are department-specific and are issued for a fixed period of up to three years.
Please note: honorary contracts are unpaid placements.
Observer Contracts (non-medical staff only)
An observer contract is for individuals who are not employed or paid by the Trust and only need to observe Trust processes and practices. Observer contracts do not allow individuals to carry out work or have active involvement in patient care or Trust systems.
Main duties of the job
Applying honorary or observer contract (non-medical staff only):
You can apply for an honorary contract or a observer contract by completing the online application form.
Before submitting your application, please ensure you have contacted the department you intend to work with or observe, as their agreement is required.
When completing the application form, you must include:
1. the name of the service you are applying to; and
2. the name of the LGT manager who is supporting your honorary or observer contract.
Working for our organisation
Our people are our greatest asset. When we feel supported and happy at work, this positivity reaches those very people we are here for, the patients. Engaged employees perform at their best and our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) initiatives contribute to cultivate a culture of engagement. We have four staff networks, a corporate EDI Team and a suite of programmes and events which aim to insert the 5 aspirations:
3. Improving representation at senior levels of staff with disabilities, from black, Asian, and ethnic minorities background, identify as LGBTQ+ and women, through improved recruitment and leadership development
4. Widening access (anchor institution) and employability
5. Improving the experience of staff with disability
6. Improving the EDI literacy and confidence of trust staff through training and development
7. Making equalities mainstream
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Honorary contract checks
When applying for an honorary contract, you may be required to complete certain checks before your contract can be issued. The number of checks depend on the specific role you have applied to and include criminal, right to work and health checks. Failing any of these checks can result in your application being denied.
Observer contract checks
When applying for an observer contract you may be required to complete certain checks before your contract can be issued. We will request proof of identification, conduct a passport and visa check along with a short occupational health online assessment.
We reserve the right to close the post before the stated closing date, please apply early. We do not contact applicants with the outcome of the shortlisting. If you have been shortlisted, you will receive an invite to an assessment day or interview.
As a local employer and anchor institution we work closely with our community to recruit locally and we welcome applications from the widest variety of people to ensure our workforce are reflective of the local communities which we serve. We encourage all suitable candidates to apply including if you are Black, Asian or other ethnic minorities, live with a disability (visible or not) or are LGBT+. We have a number of active staff networks including Disability, LGBT+, Multicultural Inclusion and Women’s staff networks to bring staff together and celebrate diversity across our whole workforce.
Please note: Information provided during recruitment and pre‑employment checks must be accurate. Misrepresentation may be investigated as fraud and could lead to withdrawal from the process, professional sanctions, or criminal action.
Please note: that sponsorship under the Skilled Worker route is subject to Trust allocation and UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) approval.