NHS Lothian Clinical Education & Training (CET) Team

for Care Homes & Care at Home Services

What does the team do?

The Clinical Education and Training Team works collaboratively with other specialist teams to supportively plan and provide education to Care Homes and Care at Home/Services across NHS Lothian (NHSL) by:

Working with teams to develop and facilitate education sessions within Care Homes and Care at Home services for all staff.
Providing opportunities for staff to attend a variety of training including clinical skills training.
Support other teams to deliver education sessions. E.g. Train the trainer sessions, Facilitation of learning (FoL)
Offer support to Care Homes and Care at Home Services to become Practice learning environment for undergraduate learners.

Care Homes as a Learning Environment

Working in care homes is a rich and rewarding experience, and offers many opportunities for skills development and career progression.

In this video people talk about their own experiences of working in a care home and the skills, professional development and support that are available.

Types of courses

The Clinical Education & Training Team (CET) can provide a variety of learning opportunities for Care Homes and Care at Home staff, to meet the needs of the care service and their staff.

These can range from bite size sessions in the Care Home to more traditional one day classroom based learning.

Please contact the Clinical Education and Training team in the first instance to discuss.

trainingandeducationcarehomes@nhs.scot

Calendar of Courses and Classroom Based Learning

A variety of classroom based learning is available to Care Home and Care at Home Staff

These include:

Clinical skills, including catheterisation, venepuncture etc
Confirmation of Death
Palliative Care
Communication

Please see the main training directory or calendars below for details of available training

Clinical Education and Training Calendar of Training July – December 2025

How to book

Download the Booking Form below
Return completed form to : loth.trainingandeducationcarehomes@nhs.scot

Download CLinical Education Team External BOOKING FORM

Short Sessions in the Workplace

Sessions may included:

Infection Prevention and Control
Skin Assessment
Management of the Distressed Patient
Food Fluid and Nutrition
Palliative Care

To discuss your needs further please email the team.

Further Information and FAQs

For any further information or queries please email the team.
For frequently asked questions about courses please see our FAQ’s sheet

Assessment of Competency

Depending on training and/or skill to be undertaken there may be a requirement for assessment of workers’ competency.

Competency assessment promotes safe working practice and supports individuals to get the right care, at the right time, in the right place by appropriately trained and competent staff.

More information and guidance on how to assess competency across the health and social care partnerships can be found on the Enabling Competency Assessment Across Health and Social Care in the Lothians page