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!

January 2025

  • Strengths Match Career Conversations
  • Welcome to Preceptorship – 3rd
  • Practice Assessor and Preceptorship Training – 3rd
  • Strengths Based Recruitment – 6th
  • LEO – 8th
  • LEAF Training Day – 9th
  • Fundamentals of Orthopaedics – 13th
  • Parental Nutrition Study Day – 16th
  • CBG Training – 17th
  • Fundamentals of Q1 – 21st
  • ECG Workshop – 22nd
  • Adult Student Link Workshop – 23rd
  • UHL Introduction to Safe Staffing Workshop – 23rd
  • Practice Assessor and Preceptorship Training – 23rd
  • HCA Care Certificate Award Day – 24th
  • T Level Training – 27th

February 2025

  • High Performance Leadership Development Day – 3rd
  • Fundamentals of QI – 4th
  • ECG Workshop – 5th
  • LEO Follow Up Day – 6th
  • Nursing Practice Supervisor Training – 11th
  • Food Hygiene Level 2 – 12th
  • Strength Based Recruitment – 13th
  • AHP Clinical Supervision – 17th
  • Developing Coaching Skills Training – 19th
  • Practice Assessor & Preceptorship Training – 21st
  • Care Certificate Award Day – 21st
  • Practice Supervisor Training IEN – 24th
  • Practice Assessor & Preceptorship Training – 26th
  • Student Champion Workshop – 27th
  • CBG Training – 28th
  • Practice Assessor Training – 28th

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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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