Nursing career pathway
Be a nurse. Change lives.
Nurses are the heart of healthcare, playing a vital role in providing care, comfort and compassion to their patients and patients’ families. Nursing is an innovative, varied, dynamic and rewarding profession. Nurses get to work in multi-disciplinary teams and specialist roles, carry out research that can help to influence practice and enhance patient care, deliver education and training and even hold leadership positions. Anyone who is caring and compassionate, has good communication and problem-solving skills, a sense of humour, and who is committed to learning could make an excellent nurse. Whatever nursing path you choose, it is guaranteed to make a difference to people’s lives.
Why be a nurse at LPT?
Whether you’d prefer to provide care to babies or to patients at the end of life or to anyone in-between, LPT will have a role for you. At our Trust you can specialise in mental health, children’s health, adult health or learning disability nursing. Each role is supported by education and training, development opportunities, caring and compassionate team members and our attractive Trust benefits package. So what are you waiting for? Explore our LPT nursing career pathway below.
Our colleague’s nursing career journeys
Education
Most people qualify to be a nurse by studying a degree in nursing. Though there is some classroom and reading learning as part of nursing degrees, there is also lots of practical hands on experience with patients in hospital and community settings.
Below are some of the nursing degrees offered by our local universities, or you can use the national course finder.