EDUCATION AND PRACTICE DEVELOPMENT

UHL offers a range of high quality education, training and practice development delivered at the School of Nursing by our education or specialist teams. Study leave and funding is available for staff to undertake stand-alone modules, or modules within academic pathways at degree, masters and advance practice levels that are undertaken at De Montfort University or other universities outside of Leicester.

What’s on!

April 2026

  • Strength Based Interviewing – 1st
  • Practice Assessor and Preceptor Training – 2nd
  • Preceptorship: Ensuring Quality Study Day – 7th
  • Adult Student Link Workshop – 8th
  • Senior Staff Nurse Training – 8th
  • Fundamentals of Cardiology Nursing – 9th
  • Central Venous Access Device Training – 10th
  • Fundamentals of Surgery – 13th
  • Food Hygiene Training – 14th
  • Fundamentals of Cancer – 15th
  • LEO Course – 20th
  • Student Champions Workshops – 21st
  • Band 6 Deputy Course – 22nd
  • Practice Assessor and Preceptor Training – 23rd
  • Care Certificate Award Day – 24th
  • Deteriorating Patients Training – 24th
  • Foundations of Cancer – 28th

May 2026

  • Fundamentals of Surgery – 1st
  • LEO Follow Up Day – 5th
  • Preceptorship Champion Study Day – 6th
  • Acutely Ill Adult – 6th
  • Fundamentals of Cancer – 6th
  • Strength Match Workshop – 7th
  • Practice Supervisor Training – 7th
  • Capillary Blood Glucose Training for Student Nurses – 8th
  • LEO Course – 11th
  • ECG Workshop – 11th
  • RCN CLP Cohort 9 – 13th
  • Nurse in Charge – 15th
  • UHL Maternity Empathy Training Workshop – 15th
  • Preceptorship – Deteriorating Patient and Emergencies – 18th
  • Strength Based Recruitment – 19th
  • Practice Assessor and Preceptor Training – 21st
  • Pathway to Excellence – 22nd
  • AHP Leadership Programme – 27th
  • Fundamentals of Surgery – 28th
  • Practice Assessor and Preceptor Training – 29th

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MIDWIVES

At University Hospitals of Leicester, we are a forward thinking team with a philosophy of providing the best possible care to women, babies, and their families. This is achieved by providing effective training, education and working collaboratively as a midwifery and medical team.

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NURSES

At UHL nursing is varied and exciting with many of our specialities offering the latest technologies, techniques and medicines. We develop a highly skilled and motivated nursing workforce who care for our patients and each other with kindness and respect

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NURSING ASSOCIATES

The Nursing Associate role is still relatively new. Depending on the place of employment, skills and responsibilities will vary but they play a key role within the healthcare team. UHL host the Leicestershire School of Nursing Associates that have up to 150 trainee places per year.

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HEALTHCARE ASSISTANTS

At University Hospitals of Leicester, Healthcare Assistants make sure the patient experience is as comfortable and stress-free as possible. It can also be the stepping stone into many other NHS roles, particularly roles such as a Nursing Associate or Registered Nurse.

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