Band 7 Education and Development Opportunities
This information is the options available to Band 7 nurses within Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust. All opportunities need to be confirmed with your line manager and the relevant trust policy must be followed.
As from Jan 2026 due to UK government funding rules Changes Oxleas can offer the level 6
Chartered Manager degree apprenticeship or soon to be called LaMPs via several universities.
This 2-3 year scheme allows you to gain Chartered Manager Status if required and is funded via our apprenticeship levy. Oxleas also offers leadership schemes that are alternatives to the Apprenticeship and would advise to look on the intranet for information and guidance
Advanced clinical practice (ACP) is a defined level of practice within clinical professions such as nursing, pharmacy, paramedics and occupational therapy. This level of practice is designed to transform and modernise pathways of care, enabling the safe and effective sharing of skills across traditional professional boundaries.
Advanced clinical practitioners (ACPs) are healthcare professionals, educated to Master’s level or equivalent, with the skills and knowledge to allow them to expand their scope of practice to better meet the needs of the people they care for. ACPs are deployed across all healthcare settings and work at a level of advanced clinical practice that pulls together the four ACP pillars of clinical practice, leadership and management, education and research. (NHS England 2024)
It will support you in your ambitions to become a first-class leader and help us to develop compassionate and inclusive leaders across the trust.
Our OxLead Early Leaders Programme will develop compassionate and inclusive leaders. With a focus on our organisational values – ‘we’re kind, we’re fair, we listen, we care’ – we will support you in finding your leadership voice, building effective teams and creating safe environments where patient experience, improvement, innovation and performance are central to the delivery of quality patient care
You could do specialist leadership courses focused around healthcare leadership to prepare you for more senior roles, such as the Mary Seacole Programme. Please find more infomation here.
Mental Health CPD Opportunities
Physical Health CPD Opportunities
Learning Disability CPD Opportunities
Children and Young People's CPD Opportunities
Free Learning Opportunities
Apprenticeships
Research Opportunities
Leadership and Development Opportunities