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!

August 2026

  • Tracheostomy Training – 3rd
  • Deteriorating Patients – 4th
  • LEO Course – 5th
  • LEO Course – 6th
  • Parenteral Nutrition Study Day – 6th
  • LEO Course – 7th
  • Strengthsmatch Workshop – 7th
  • Fundamentals of Surgery – 10th
  • Empathy Training – UHL General Surgery – 10th
  • Food Hygiene Level 2 – 11th
  • Senior Staff Nurse – 11th
  • Preceptorship Medicines Management Day – 12th
  • Practice Assessor and Preceptor Training – 12th
  • Adult Student Link Workshop – 13th
  • Medicines Admin Theory Exams – 13th
  • ECG Workshop – 14th
  • Strength Based Recruitment – 18th
  • Preceptorship: Deteriorating Patient & Emergencies – 18th
  • Strengths Based Recruitment – 19th
  • Nurse in Charge – 19th
  • Strengthsmatch Workshop – 21st
  • Practice Supervisor Training IEN – 24th
  • Nurse in Charge – 24th
  • Parenteral Nutrition Study Day – 25th
  • Band 6 Deputy Course – 26th
  • Care of the Older Persons – 28th
  • Practice Assessor and Preceptor Training – 28th
  • Empathy Training – UHL Specialist Medicine – 28th

September 2026

  • Strengthsmatch Workshop – 1st
  • Peer Vaccinator Training – 2nd
  • Deteriorating Patients – 2nd
  • Parenteral Nutrition Study Day – 3rd
  • Practice Supervisor IEN – 7th
  • Annual QI Symposium – 7th
  • Fundamentals of Surgery – 8th
  • Practice Supervisor Training – 8th
  • Theatre Induction Day – 9th
  • Fundamentals of Cancer – 9th
  • Practice Assessor and Preceptor Training – 11th
  • LEO Course – 14th
  • Teaching and Assessing – 15th
  • Band 6 Deputy Course – 16th
  • Practice Assessor Training – 17th
  • Fundamentals of Cardiology Nursing – 18th
  • Nurse in Charge Training – 21st
  • ECG Workshop – 22nd
  • Strength Based Recruitment – 23rd
  • Chief Nurse Fellows Programme – 23rd
  • Student Link Conference – 23rd
  • Strengths Based Recruitment – 24th
  • Safe Staffing Programme – 25th
  • Care of the Older Person – 28th
  • UHL Maternity – Empathy Training Workshop – 28th
  • RCN Teaching and Assessing – 29th
  • Practice Assessor and Preceptor Training – 29th
  • Fundamentals of Cancer – 30th

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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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