Working for Leeds Teaching Hospitals

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Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (LTHT) was formed in April 1998, following the merger of two smaller NHS trusts in the city. Today, it is one of the largest and busiest acute hospital trusts in the United Kingdom.

Every year, LTHT provides healthcare and specialist services for people from the city of Leeds, Yorkshire and the Humber and beyond. We play an important role in the training and education of medical, nursing and dental students and are a centre of world-class research and pioneering new treatments.

Our care and clinical expertise is spread over seven hospitals and medical facilities:

Leeds General Infirmary (LGI)
St James’s University Hospital (including Leeds Cancer Centre)
Seacroft Hospital
Wharfedale Hospital
Chapel Allerton Hospital
Leeds Children’s Hospital
Leeds Dental Institute

Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust currently employs over 18,000 staff across a wide range of staff groups.

In 2019 Leeds Teaching Hospitals received a GOOD rating from the Care Quality Commission – see more in the video below!

This video shows the hospitals values. ‘The Leeds Way’

Leeds Teaching Hospitals is Good…and getting better!

The Leeds way creates a sense of community. We are really pleased that the overall rating for the trust remains good and getting better. We continue to improve, learn, and innovate.

We’re getting better because the Leeds improvement record helps us make our services more efficient and effective. I’m proud to work for an outstanding service.

We’re getting better because we’re put in our patients first. Our new post ICU rehab team gets outstanding patient feedback.

Staff, ashiness, compassion, and caring align with Leeds’ values. We’re getting better because we use data and information to drive our improvements.
It’s just amazing and it’s the best team ever to work with. We are good and getting better. Staff are proud to work at Leeds Teaching Hospitals.

Staff at Leeds Teaching Hospitals can enjoy the following:

Generous holiday entitlement – 27 days holiday + bank holidays for staff new to the NHS
The NHS pension scheme
A Special Leave policy which assists staff in balancing home and work life
Chaplaincy Service with prayer and quiet room facilities available across all sites
Staff referrals to Physiotherapy
Staff referrals to Occupational Health
Cycle to work scheme options
Support from Psychology teams including access to counselling services via Care First
A range of discounts and cash back opportunities from retail outlets, supermarkets and holiday companies

In this video colleagues share what they value most about working at Leeds Teaching Hospitals.

What is your favourite thing about working at LTHT?

I absolutely love working here because of the high calibre of colleagues that I work with every day — the doctors, the nurses, the allied health care professionals, and all of the support services, which means we can deliver fantastic care for our patients.

The reason why I like working at Leeds is because as a newly qualified midwife, the preceptorship is so supportive. All the midwives here aid you to learn and develop as a midwife to be able to progress well in your career.

I also really like all the women that you work with; there’s such a diverse variety. You care for so many different types of people, and the staff are always amazing and there to help you.

I love working in elderly care. I like the introduction; it’s a good place to be. I like working for my team because everyone’s really friendly, and I feel like I make a difference.

The reason that I like working at Leeds Teaching Hospitals is for the people that I meet. As a ward manager, I’m really lucky to work with a variety of culturally diverse midwives, support workers, allied health professionals on a day-to-day basis. My favourite thing about working in Leeds is that the senior team here fundamentally prioritize looking after our staff.

I feel working at the hospital and with the patients and relatives makes a difference, and that’s my reason for working here.

The reason I love working for LTHT is the opportunity to work with lots of different freshers and learn from each other and make patients as safe as possible.

I like working at Leeds Teaching Hospitals because it’s a very collaborative place to work. Everybody works together, and it’s a real team effort.

I like working at Leeds because all staff are very supportive, and there’s lots of new learning and improving your skills. There are lots more opportunities to work in hospital and move forward to your goal.

I find it a great place to work as we all work as a team to provide great, patient-centred care for our patients.

My favorite thing about working at Leeds Teaching Hospitals has to be our people and what we do for our patients. It inspires me every day seeing the extent to which we have such a fantastic group of colleagues working tirelessly in the Leeds way for all of our patients.

Seeing the results of that effort is a constant source of inspiration and energy for me.

Thank you very much.