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!

December 2025

  • Acutely Ill Adults – 1st
  • Strength Based Interviewing – 2nd
  • Practice Assessor and Preceptorship Training – 3rd
  • Foundations of Palliative Care and End of Life Care – 4th
  • Practice Supervisor Training – 4th
  • RCN Action Learning Set – 5th
  • Practice Assessor Training – 5th
  • Fundamentals of Surgery – 8th
  • Food Hygiene Level 2 – 9th
  • Strengths Match Career Conversations – 10th
  • RCN CLP Cohort 9 – 11th
  • Parenteral Nutrition Study Day – 12th
  • ITAPS Preceptorship Day – 15th
  • Developing Diverse Leadership – 16th
  • Womens and Childrens Empathy Training – 17th
  • Nurse in Charge Training – 18th
  • Empathy Skills for Healthcare Practitioners – 19th
  • Practice Assessor and Preceptor Training – 22nd

January 2026

  • Practice Supervisor Training – 7th
  • Parenteral Nutrition Study Day – 8th
  • Practice Assessor Training – 9th
  • LEO Course – 12th
  • Student Champion Workshop – 13th
  • Nurse in Charge Training – 14th
  • CBG Training – 16th
  • Deteriorating Patients – 19th
  • Strengthsmatch Workshop – 20th
  • Strengths Based Recruitment – 21st
  • Practice Assessor and Preceptor Training – 29th
  • Reverse Mentoring for Inclusion Celebration Event – 29th
  • CNE Masterclass – 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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