Legacy Mentor Coordinator

This is an exciting opportunity for a registered nurse who has significant experience, ideally across a range of disciplines, and is keen to support nurses in the early years of their career.

You will provide mentoring, pastoral support, essential professional advice, education and guidance aimed at passing your "legacy" on to the next generation of nurses. You will play a crucial part in supporting staff wellbeing and career progression.

You will also co-ordinate the Legacy Mentor Project and develop and roll out a sustainable programme of legacy mentoring throughout the Trust

This role will support the implementation of the Legacy Mentor Project within the Trust. The Legacy Mentor is an experienced health care professional with significant experience and who will continue to practice on a regular basis in a clinical area. As part of the project the post will develop and implement the Legacy Mentor role, helping nurses, midwives, AHPs and those in other clinical roles who have been qualified twelve months or more, by imparting their knowledge, skills and experience through coaching and supporting them in the early stages of their career development.

By the end of this project, the post-holder will have developed and disseminated a robust legacy mentor ethos and built a sustainable programme, with the aim of embedding education in clinical practice, encouraging skills development and expertise in clinical areas, succession planning and clear career pathways to maintain talent within the Trust.

We’re a large organisation with three hospitals located in Scunthorpe, Grimsby and Goole. We also provide community services in North Lincolnshire. Our 6,500 members of staff care for and support a population of more than 400,000 people.

We encourage all our staff to innovate and adopt ‘best practice’ so we can deliver excellent care to our patients. We ask staff to live our values; kindness, courage and respect.

We are committed to recruiting the best people to work with us. You could be one of them.

In line with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the Recruitment & Workforce team will use and hold your personal data for the intended purpose and in line with the Recruitment & Workforce Privacy Statement.

“We are committed to safeguarding the welfare of children/vulnerable adults and expect the same commitment from all staff and volunteers”.

Please be aware that all new employees starting work with us will be charged for the cost of their DBS check, if it is required for their role.

We are committed to creating and maintaining a fair and supportive working environment and culture, where contributions are fully recognised and valued by all and staff feel empowered to carry out their duties to the best of their abilities. As employers we are committed to promoting and protecting the physical and mental health and well-being of all our staff. This underpins our values as set out in the NHS Constitution, supports us to be an Employer of Choice and ultimately enables our employees to support the effective care of our patients.