Midwifery Legacy Mentor

Are you a Registered Midwife with significant experience across a range of disciplines, currently towards the later part of your career who is passionate about supporting our new colleagues to stay and develop professionally?

Our new Midwifery Legacy Mentor role could be for you.

The role will be key in helping newly qualified midwives in Somerset to stay and to stay well. We have part time contracts available for experienced mentors to help our new colleagues settle into their new roles in their first 2 years of Registration whether they are new to practice, new to their sector or even new to the country.

You will be patient and empathetic, passionate about your profession, and experienced in supporting learners in practice. You will be confident to build relationships and collaborate with other key colleagues including local mentors, practice educators and preceptors.

You shall add to the existing Preceptorship and other programmes supporting early career, by being able to provide a support which has not been available before.

You will be sharing your knowledge, skills, and experience through coaching, mentoring and pastoral support as we support these new registrants in the early stages of their career.

We are happy to provide training for someone with the right skills and attitude needed for this role.

Working for our organisation

As an organisation, the NHS offers a wide range of benefits including flexible working, pension contributions, market leading annual leave allowance, continuing professional development and regular informal conversations around career progression, annual recognition awards to celebrate and recognise our colleagues achievements throughout the year and not to mention our Blue Light Card and NHS exclusive discounts.

We work hard to make sure that inclusion is part of everything we do. We know that true inclusion means we’re able to provide the best care for our patients and provide a fulfilling career for all our colleagues.

The benefits of working in Somerset include the idyllic countryside, with our areas of outstanding beauty and stunning coastlines. You will get to enjoy these perks whilst still only being a stone’s throw away from bustling city centres like Bristol, Bath and Exeter and only two hours away from London - there is truly something for everyone

There are excellent educational facilities in the area and, when compared to other regions, house prices are reasonable.

We have six active and impactful colleague networks. These networks provide a safe space for colleagues to share their experiences and learn from one another, but also influence change across our trust:

- Multicultural Network
- Women’s Network
- Armed Forces’ Network
- LGBTQ+ Network
- Lived Experience Network, for colleagues living with disabilities
- Autistic Colleague Network

This is a new role to support newly registered Midwives..

We want you to be able to share your knowledge and skills with newly Registered Midwives across Somerset. You will provide coaching and mentoring support as part of the County wide Legacy Mentoring team as we use our experience to help our colleagues settle into their new posts.

This is a part time role which will enable you to remain in practice, as we help our new colleagues stay and stay well in their new roles.