Education and Practice Development Lead, W&C

Leicester, England, United Kingdom

7/30/2025

Do you thrive on personal responsibility, have a keen eye for detail and love to think about the bigger picture and have a restless desire to support teams to be the best they can be through education and training?

Do you excel at analysing situations, thrive on problem solving, have very high standards and respect others?

If you recognise yourself in the description above and it excites you to think you could be one of our team to help to grow our learners and develop our nursing and healthcare workforce whilst growing as a Centre of Excellence for education then we want to hear from you.

If you are a Registered Nurse/ Registered Nurse Children’s who is experienced in leading education and training in Paediatrics and/or Neonates, has expertise of leading a team in the delivery of strategic priorities that will support the new NHS 10 year plan 'Fit for the Future', then we look forward to receiving your application for this key post in the UHL Children's Hospital.

As an Education and Practice Development Lead you will work with the Deputy Chief Nurse within the UHL School of Nursing Practice and the Head of Nursing within the UHL Childrens Hospital developing and implementing our Strategic Priorities for education, training, and development within the Women's and Children's Clinical Management Group (CMG).

You will also work in partnership with The University of Leicester and De Montfort University to ensure the delivery of the highest standards of pre and post registration education and training is fully embedded in curriculums for our learners.

We will are passionate about supporting your post graduate development on your chosen career pathway of education and teaching that could include including leadership, doctorate study and opportunities to broaden your portfolio across different specialties

Our new strategy, developed with the support and feedback of colleagues, patients, and partners, is our compass for the next seven years (2023-2030).

We Have Four Primary Goals

• high-quality care for all,
• being a great place to work,
• partnerships for impact, and
• research and education excellence
  
  

And we will embed health equality in all we do - taking active steps to reduce the avoidable differences in healthcare that some people face, working in partnership with communities.

Our strategy is underpinned by new values and we will work to ensure they are an everyday reality for all:

• we are compassionate,
• we are proud,
• we are inclusive, and
• we are one team
  
  

This is an exciting moment as we look to the future with clarity on what we already do well and where we need to focus our energies to make an even bigger difference for the people we serve.

About The University Hospitals Of Leicester NHS Trust

http://www.leicestershospitals.nhs.uk/aboutus/work-for-us/current-vacancies/

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Louise Evans Job title: Head of Nursing, Children's Hospital Email address: [email protected] Telephone number: 0750855427

Lara Hardy: Lead Nurse Women's : 07904704075

Clare Suart: Deputy Head of Nursing- Children's Hospital: 07790825554