Working here
We offer almost every job you can imagine. Over 250 different job roles in fact. Some are doctors, nurses, HCAs, allied health professionals, and healthcare scientists. Others are plumbers, porters, electricians and even gardeners. While others focus on finance, communication, HR, tech and more. Together we’re a team of experts who keep UHS operating at the leading edge to serve our patients. Come and join us.
“I came to UHS for the pioneering research, I stayed because we never stop innovating.”
Benefits
Being part of the NHS means you’ll have access to our generous government-backed pension, linked to the cost of living. It includes spouse entitlement, as well as ill health and occupational life insurance style benefits.
Recognised
benefits
We were highly commended for Best Public Sector Benefits at the Employee Benefits Awards 2024. It shows our commitment to rewarding and supporting everyone who works here.
Staff
Discounts
Save money with the Blue Light Card and extra salary sacrifice schemes for home and electronics, gym membership, travel and car leasing.
Health and Wellbeing
Free, confidential support through our Vivup programme, plus flexible working, self-referral physio and our Wellbeing Hub and gardens.
Financial
Wellbeing
Stay in control with pension and money advice, hardship grants, free meals, food vouchers, charity contributions and help with living costs.
Cycle
to work
Keep active with tax-free bikes and save up to 30% on cycling gear.
Park &
Ride
Make commuting simple with our park and ride service at Adanac Health and Innovation Campus for just £2.50 a month. ce.
Training &
development
Grow your career with apprenticeships, professional training and post-doctoral research opportunities.
On-site
Facilities
Enjoy free gym membership, a choice of eateries and quiet garden spaces at our Southampton General site.
Childcare
support
Access on-site nursery care with salary sacrifice savings plus advice on any childcare-related issue.
NHS
pension
Get a generous, government-backed pension linked to the cost of living. It includes spouse entitlement plus ill health and life insurance style cover.
Taplins Childcare
What is Taplin’s and why is it so brilliant?
We want to support you in the best way we can. So, if you need childcare to enable you to continue your career – Taplins is here for you.
• We can provide full-time or adhoc childcare for children aged 3-months to 5 years.
• We’re open from 7am – 6.30pm, Monday – Friday, every day except Bank holidays.
• You can save money by using childcare vouchers and our fee direct scheme.
• And we’re based on Southampton General and Western Community Hospital sites.
Our safe, happy and nurturing environment offers airy playrooms, direct access to large, secure outside spaces, dedicated craft and messy play areas, plus separate cosy sleeping spaces. Tasty balanced meals and snacks are included in the price. OFSTED registered, we adhere to all the necessary rules and regulations. To discuss your childcare requirements, email advice.childcare@solent.nhs.uk
Do you have what it takes to help UHS lead the way? Search our current vacancies below.
Wellbeing
“It feels good to lead the way.”
Flexible
working
Whether you need to balance work with family, study, or your wellbeing, we’re proud to be voted in the top five acute trusts for our commitment to supporting everyone to achieve work-life balance.
Agile
working
We support agile working in many of our roles, which means you’ll work both on-site and remotely. Where possible, we also have options for part-time working, job sharing, flexible hours, and compressed working weekends.
Employee Assistance
Programme
This is a free resource that’s available to support our employees and your immediate family. It includes emotional support, counselling and legal and debt advice. It can help with both personal and workplace issues.
Wellbeing
hub
Staff at University Hospital Southampton (UHS) can enjoy a purpose-built wellbeing hub, rooftop garden and refurbished communal spaces. Our UHS Wellbeing Hub features an open plan gym, lounge, kitchen, changing and shower facilities as well as multi-purpose rooms where staff can take part in team events, development, and wellbeing activities.
“I came to UHS to try something new, I stayed for the fantastic learning opportunities.”
Learning &
Development
As a leading Teaching hospital, we offer outstanding levels of learning and excellent ongoing in-house and external training and development opportunities. Our portfolio of education and leadership programmes are designed to help everyone achieve their ambitions.
Our
apprenticeships
can help you take the next step in your career or explore a new one. We offer apprenticeships from A level equivalents through to post grad professional qualifications such as CIPD.
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Vocational skills
centre
offers role specific training and access to City & Guilds accreditation.
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Allied Healthcare
Professionals
following a full induction, a preceptorship programme will support your transition from newly qualified to confident practitioner, followed by specialised training within your chosen area. There’s also the opportunity to progress along the leadership route or into advance practitioner roles.
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Medical
careers
we offer foundation and fellowship training, core fellowship training, speciality and MTI fellows. We also have two-year post CCT/CESR fellowships where you can sub-specialise prior to applying for a substantive consultant post plus access to CESR and support for additional funding where available.
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Midwifery
Careers
following a full induction, our rotating preceptorship programme will help you smoothly transition from student to midwife, while simulation training uses advanced tech to replicate real scenarios. We also support return to practice, post-reg education, leadership and advanced practice.
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Nursing
Careers
following a full induction, a preceptorship programme will support your transition from newly qualified to confident practitioner. We’ve a wide range of specialties and you’ll be supported to develop within your practice areas, with access to simulation training, which uses advanced tech to replicate real scenarios. We also support return to practice, post-reg education, leadership and advanced practice.
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Senior management
careers
we offer classroom-based, group and one-to-one training, including externally accredited management and leadership programmes, use of psychometric tools and outdoor team exercise. We also support a graduate training scheme, focussed on building a career within operational management.
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Support
careers
from admin and professional services like HR and Finance to Maintenance and Facilities, we offer ongoing training and support to develop your career through informal, work based and accredited training.
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Creating a Sense of Belonging
We know, when we get things right for our staff, it has a positive impact on patient care and that’s part of our Trust Values. It’s why Diversity, Equity and Impact are so important to us. We want to be inclusive in its truest sense, to celebrate diversity and recognise individuality. Our focus on equity recognises the variety of challenges our people face and makes sure our initiatives have a positive impact for everyone.
Our Inclusion and Belonging Strategy:
- A workforce reflecting our communities at all roles at all levels.
- Safe and healthy working environments, free from racism, aggression, hate and discrimination.
- Recruitment processes that are free from bias and are inclusive.
- Inclusive leadership and management.
- Networks that thrive and support the creation of an inclusive and safe place to work.
“I want UHS to be a place where everyone has a voice. Where people feel included, respected, safe from harm, and no matter who you are, where you are from, your role, or who you identify as, your religion or sexual orientation. I am committed to building a culture at UHS where you can be yourself and be your very best.” David French CEO UHS
We’re part of the wider Hampshire and Isle of Wight ED&I network and when you join us, you can also join a wide range of diverse communities and networks here:
Women's network
A space to talk about all things women related. With over 70% of our workforce identifying as female, the challenges we face affect so many of us, from maternity leave, to menopause, from career progression to self care, we talk about it all.
One Voice
"Unity is our strength and diversity is our power" Our network is a space to share and celebrate our global communities here at UHS, and raise awareness of the variety of cultures in our workforce.
Proud Alliance
Proud Alliance is a group of friendly LGBTQIA+ staff and allies. We are here to make friends, to support each other through any concerns at work, to celebrate our community and shared history, and to represent the trust at Pride and other events.
Long Term Illness and Disability
The LID network is a safe space for staff at UHS with a long-term illness and or disability or those that support our individuality. We want to raise awareness, care for our staff and make UHS a place where we can all belong.
Forces Community
A space in UHS for Armed Forces Veterans, Reservists and Armed Forces Spouses. Together, we want to create an active community of like-minded individuals to provide mutual support and raise awareness of the help available for our veteran patients and community.
Early Careers
Our apprenticeships and graduate programmes offer a wide mix of learning in the workplace, on-the-job training, and opportunities to practise new skills in a real work environment. We offer over 40+ different apprenticeship courses ranging from Level 2 through to Level 7 post graduate qualifications. Our apprenticeships include clinical roles and non-clinical roles, with our graduate programmes focussing on the operational management of hospital environments.
Sustainability
We’re supporting the NHS to become the world’s first health service to reach carbon net zero with our Green Plan. It’s our commitment to reducing our impact on the environment and the steps we’ll collectively take to get there.
As the largest employer in Southampton and with an energy consumption equivalent to all the households in Winchester combined, we recognise our impact on the environment and population we serve. Environmental change is also a factor in some of the conditions that we treat our patients for, so by proactively lessening our impact and being a leading influence in our community, we can go some way to preventing people becoming ill in the first place.
