Nursing - Additional Entry Requirements

All places are offered subject to satisfactory occupational health screening. This will involve completing an occupational health questionnaire and attendance if required at a medical appointment.  Occupational health screening and assessment will consider your health and wellbeing as well as your fitness to study and practice. Progress on the course is dependent on your continued fitness.  All offers of places are made subject to satisfactory health clearance and an agreement to undergo appropriate blood tests and immunisations.

The health screening comprises the completion of a detailed health questionnaire by the applicant, failure to return this form before the start of the course may result in the offer of a place being withdrawn.

Our focus is on whether you have a health condition and/or disability which may affect your practice. This is because we need to be able to assess whether it puts the safety of people in your care at risk. When considering disclosure, it is important that you consider the impact of your health condition for both academic and placement settings.

We expect applicants to complete the occupational health questionnaire honestly. When we ask you to declare whether you have a health condition that could affect your fitness to practice, we are trusting you as a potential autonomous professional to make an informed and reasoned judgement about yourself in relation to others. If you do not fully disclose a relevant health issue that could affect your fitness to practice, this could impact your place on the course.

It is important to know that making a declaration to us about any health condition is a positive action which shows you have an awareness of the possible effect of your health on your ability to practice safely and effectively. Any recommendations that arise from the occupational health screening will be referred to the Fitness to Practice panel to determine if reasonable adjustments can be made. All referrals are treated on a case-by-case basis. Only members of the Fitness to Practice Panel will have access to the details of an applicant’s Occupational Health Screening.

A potential student with a health or disability-related problem may be concerned as to their ability to fulfil the Proficiency and Professional standards of the programme. Any such applicants are encouraged to contact admissions at an early stage in order to explore the situation in depth and consider the feasibility of making reasonable adjustments. Hopefully, the process will prove helpful to the student in deciding whether to pursue an application. Admissions will then put applicants in touch with the academic department.

For more information, please view the following documents:

• Health check policy for nursing courses - January 2025 entry
• Health check policy for nursing courses - January 2026 entry

Leeds Trinity University welcomes disabled students. If you have a disability, please tell us about it so that we can put in place reasonable adjustments and arrange support for you.

Applicants are encouraged to disclose any disabilities they may have at their earliest opportunity. When considering disclosure, it is important that you consider the impact of your disability for both academic and placement settings. Seeking disclosure advice and support regarding a disability, particularly in preparation for placement learning, is seen as safe practice and is thus an essential part of professional development.

A potential student with a health or disability-related problem may be concerned as to their ability to fulfil the Proficiency and Professional standards of the programme. Any such applicants are encouraged to contact admissions at an early stage in order to explore the situation in depth and consider the feasibility of making reasonable adjustments. Hopefully, the process will prove helpful to the student in deciding whether to pursue an application. Admissions will then put applicants in touch with the academic department.

If you have a disability, visit our students with disabilities page to find out more about how Leeds Trinity can support you with your studies.

Applicants who are offered a place and accept it will be contacted regarding the DBS application, which will be completed via an external company. This is because you may be required to work with children or vulnerable adults on your clinical placements. Leeds Trinity University will pay the DBS fee for all Nursing applicants who have accepted their offer. Students on nursing programmes will be asked to make an annual declaration of continued good character. 

As DBS checks can only cover time spent in the UK, applicants who have spent time outside the UK may need to obtain an overseas police check of some kind from the country/countries in which they are now living or have lived. This means a police or criminal records background check from outside the UK; these will be called something different according to the country.

If you have lived or are living outside the UK, this condition applies regardless of your nationality or fee status. Broadly speaking, applicants included are:

• Non-UK applicants (including residents of the Republic of Ireland and other EU countries, as well as overseas applicants). This applies even if you are not currently resident in your country of origin but have lived there recently.
• UK applicants living abroad now or who have lived abroad recently. This requirement is in addition to your UK DBS check, not an alternative to it.

Applicants must disclose all cautions, convictions or conditional charges. Any disclosure or conviction received will be dealt with promptly, fairly, and lawfully. Depending on the offence and the decision of the panel, the case could be further referred to the Fitness to Practice Panel for a final decision in line with NMC guidelines.

Applicants to programmes requiring an Enhanced DBS check are encouraged to disclose any cautions or convictions at an early stage in order to explore the situation in depth. This process of self declaration should be helpful to applicants who may be worried about the potential impact of any cautions or convictions on suitability for the course. Please use the DBS Self Declaration Form.

Visit our DBS Processing Procedure to find out more information.

All applications should be supported by a second reference in addition to that supplied on your UCAS form.

We require a second reference for courses that lead to eligibility for professional registration; this is because they are academically challenging and involve working with the public. It is therefore our responsibility to ensure that applicants are suitable for professional registration on graduation. As such, recruitment to these courses requires two good, recent references as part of the entry requirements. One of these references will be your UCAS reference provided on application. The second reference will be requested after acceptance of a place and will attest to your suitability to commence nurse training, character, behaviour, and general ethics.

We accept academic and employer references, but we understand that an employer reference may be difficult to supply if you are not in employment - suggested alternatives may include:

• personal tutors
• mentors
• volunteer coordinators
• someone you have supported or cared for in a voluntary capacity
• a faith or religious leaders
• club or group leaders i.e. sports or recreational groups you participate in

You will be asked to supply this second reference as a condition of your offer. Once you have accepted your offer, you will then be asked to provide the details of your second referee, who will be sent the Second Reference Request Form. This form must be completed in full and returned to the Admissions Team in a timely manner so as not to delay any progress with the status of your application. Full details on how to complete and send the form will be sent once you have accepted your offer.

For more information, please view the University's Reference Policies:

Reference Policy for Nursing Entry January 2025 (PDF 159KB)

Reference Policy for Nursing Entry January 2026 (PDF 161KB)

• What do you think a nurse does?
• Have you spoken up on someone’s behalf especially if they had concerns?
• How does it make you feel when you hear of people being mistreated?
• What are your motivations for entering the profession?
• Why do you want to become a registered nurse?
• What inspired you to consider this profession?
• Why do you think you are well-suited to become a future nurse?
• What is your understanding of the programme and its academic and practice demands?
• What parts of the programme do you think you will find most challenging and how will you manage this?
• What are you looking forward to most about the programme?
• What is your awareness of professional responsibilities and values?
• What qualities do you need to be professional?
• What do you do that demonstrates professional behaviour?
• How do your values align with those of the NHS and the NMC, how do you demonstrate those values?