Overview

This course focuses on the clinical and non-clinical skills and knowledge required for specialist nurses to provide excellent care within rheumatology.
Date
2-3 October 2025
Venue
Hilton Leeds City
This comprehensive course is designed for clinical nurses new to rheumatology, as well as those already working at an advanced level.

Our course programme covers both clinical and non-clinical skills, and will help you to enhance your skills and knowledge, that you can apply to your everyday practice.

The course programme was designed and mapped against the RCN competency framework and includes a combination of lectures, group discussions, and interactive workshops.
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Rheumatology for specialist nurses

2-3 October 2025 - Please note we can only accept payment by card for our bookings

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Pricing

Level 3: health professionals and nurses

£75
+VAT

Level 3: health professionals and nurses

£110
+VAT

Example programme

Morning

09:00 - 13:45

TIME

SESSION

SPEAKERS

09:00 - 09:20

Arrival, registration and refreshments

09:20 - 09:30

Welcome and introduction to the course

09:30 - 10:15

Blood monitoring

10:15 - 11:00

Vaccines and immunosuppression

11:00 - 11:30

Break

11:30 - 12:15

Caring for older patients

12:15 - 12:45

Panel discussion

12:45 - 13:45

Lunch

Afternoon

13:45 - 17:00

TIME

SESSION

SPEAKERS

13:45 - 14:30

Communication and lifespan

14:30 - 15:45

Biologics updates workshop

15:45 - 16:05

Break

16:05 - 16:50

Keynote lecture

16:50 - 17:00

Summary and closing

Morning

09:00 - 12:45

TIME

SESSION

SPEAKERS

09:00 - 09:15

Arrival and refreshments

09:15 - 10:00

Guidelines overview

10:00 - 10:45

Clinical red flags

10:45 - 11:15

Break

11:15 - 12:00

Radiology

12:00 - 12:45

Lunch

Afternoon

12:45 - 14:55

TIME

SESSION

SPEAKERS

12:45 - 14:00

Presentation skills workshop

14:00 - 14:45

Keynote lecture

14:45 - 14:55

Summary and closing

Bursary

 

Looking for funding towards your place on this course? Applications for our education bursaries in 2025 are now open, so if you're a health professional, nurse or trainee member, or a colleague from a low and middle-income country, we could support you.

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