The Education Academy

Nursing, Midwifery and AHPS Education

Barts Health is the employer of choice for nursing, midwifery and AHPS, with a local and national reputation for delivering excellence in clinical education and skills development supported by high quality research.

Our services include:

  • Undergraduate Education
  • Preceptorship
  • Apprenticeships
  • Healthcare support worker development
  • Postgraduate career pathways
  • Facilitation skills supervision
  • Leadership and management programmes
  • Clinical skills development

Ranging from undergraduate placements through to post registration training, our well-established preceptorship programme is overseen by the NMAHP team and provides newly qualified staff with the skills, support and confidence to become competent and effective practitioners.

Nursing graduates

At Barts Health, we offer an excellent package with exclusive benefits and the chance to gain unparalleled experience and learning opportunities across our five major hospitals. You’ll be making a difference in one of the most vibrant cities of the world, at one of the most exciting times of your life.

Bringing out your best

We are committed to providing safe and compassionate care across east London. You’ll have the opportunity to work with world-leading medical staff and draw on their depth of experience as well as working in a wide range of clinical environments. Our team is our greatest asset in delivering safe and compassionate care – we will bring out the best in you, so you can bring out the best in others.

The nursing programme is split into two phases. Phase one focuses on confidence and competence, and includes communication skills, safeguarding, patient safety, responsibilities for improvement as well as other core competencies. Phase two focuses on leadership and managerial skills and you’ll undertake the NHS Leadership Academy Edward Jenner Leadership programme.

Student life

At Barts Health we are committed to providing support and learning opportunities to all our undergraduate nurses. We will prepare you for your career as a qualified nurse through our highly skilled and talented mentors and our excellent nurse education programmes.

We pride ourselves on the support provided to our students in all the different clinical areas, as we consistently demonstrate how valuable our undergraduates are.