Career Pathways within Primary Care
There are a wide range of opportunities to develop and specialise within each of the roles in Primary Care. Click on the dropdowns to find out more.
Example of Practice Nursing Career Pathway:
Care Certificate
Basic skills courses – phlebotomy, taking blood pressures, basic wound-care, NHS health-checks etc…

IM injections, adult vaccines, observations for chronic disease, compression, more complex wound-care

2 year Apprenticeship programme – Typically 3 days in practice, 1 day in university, 1 day on placement/insight visits.
For further information about the programme, please see: https://www.lincoln.ac.uk/home/shsc/apprenticeships/traineenursingassociate/
Nursing Associate Preceptorship Programme.

Cervical cytology training – Contact LTH for more information
Basic Chronic Disease Management


Details of courses currently available will appear on the current courses and evets page throughout the year.
Minor Illness – Contact LTH for guidance


MSc in Advanced Clinical Practice
For further information about this area see:
Coming soon.