Nursing Legacy Mentor - Middlesbrough, United Kingdom - South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
2 weeks ago
Description
The Legacy Mentor role is an experienced health and social care professional in the late stages of their career.They will be helping newly qualified nurses and those in other clinical roles by imparting your knowledge, skills and experience through coaching and supporting them in the early stages of their career.
They will need to demonstrate empathy and patience, be passionate about the profession and be able to provide pastoral support to others.
We can all reflect on the importance of mentors and role models in our own careers, and this is an opportunity to have that kind of influence on the incoming generation as they set out on a career in health and care.
This role will be key in supporting newly qualified colleagues to stay and stay well. Legacy Mentors will need to be confident in building relationships and collaborating with others. They will be providing coaching and mentoring and will be given any necessary training to develop this skill.
Legacy Mentors may work in a range of specialisms or environments across the health and social care spectrum using a coaching model.
In addition to mentoring newly qualified nurses, the post holder will liaise with practice placement support staff to ensure consistency of support across the setting.
This role provides a rewarding career opportunity for those undertaking the role as well as for the colleagues this role supports.
The post holder will:
- Adhere to their professional code of conduct
- Adhere to the principles of quality and risk
- Comply with relevant Trust/organisational Clinical Procedural Documents, including:
- Clinical Policies
- Corporate and Operational Policies and Procedures
- Legislation and Strategy requirements (e.g., Health and Safety)
- Demonstrate developed specialist knowledge, underpinned by theory and experience, and would be a point of information for colleagues across the ICS.
- Provide support to newly qualified nurses and healthcare support workers. Also supporting supervisors and assessors with practical issues in the clinical area.
- Provide and demonstrate effective communication with all key stakeholders
- Evaluate and disseminate knowledge, experience and good practice as an outcome of this role and share all findings across the wider NHS.
South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust offers leadership and improvement training to all new staff to the Trust; this training programme has been designed to support our leaders in developing their understanding of leadership and management skills.
Explore leadership within the NHS
Promote Trust Values and Behaviours
Develop your Leadership effectiveness and skills
Practitioner level in quality improvement, equipping you with the skills to champion, lead and complete quality improvement within your role
After you complete this four and a half days of training you will be able to explore further leadership and improvement training opportunities, we offer further in-house courses dependent upon your role and bitesize programmes and leadership apprenticeships at level 3,5 and 7.
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