Legacy Mentor
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Job summary
We are looking for experienced health and social care professionals with extensive experience in their field.
1x Midwife Legacy Mentor - 22.5 hours per week - Based at Colchester
1x AHP Legacy Mentor - 22.5 hours per week - Cross Site work required
Fixed Term/Secondment for 12 months
As a Legacy Mentor, you will be helping newly qualified nurses, midwives and AHPs, and those in other clinical roles by imparting knowledge, skills and experience through coaching and supporting them in the early stages of their career.
You will need to demonstrate empathy and patience, be passionate about the profession and be able to provide pastoral support to others.
Main duties of the job
This role is key in supporting all colleagues to remain in the Trust and stay well. Legacy mentors need to be confident in building relationships and collaborating with others. You will provide coaching and mentoring and will be given any necessary training to develop these skills.
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 employees you will also support in practice environments for learners and liaise with other practice placement support staff to ensure consistency of support across the setting, working within clinical practice in a supernumerary capacity.
About us
One of the largest Trusts in East Anglia, East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT) provide hospital and community health services to people living across a wide geographical area. We deliver care from two main hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, six community hospitals and in patients' own homes. You will be joining a team of almost 12,000 amazing colleagues providing care to approximately a million people.
Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (if applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services. We offer a range of flexible working opportunities.
Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which do not work or cause time delays for our staff and patients.
To support our employees to achieve their career aspirations you may be eligible to obtain a qualification via an apprenticeship. All successful applicants will be required to undertake a skills review to facilitate this. For full details please see the attached Apprenticeship Handbook.
If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge then we are keen to hear from you.
Find out about living and working with us - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkPu7HphU8A
Details
Date posted
09 November 2023
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 6
Salary
£35,392 to £42,618 a year per annum pro rata
Contract
Fixed term
Duration
12 months
Working pattern
Part-time
Reference number
432-HR1605-23
Job locations
Ipswich/Colchester Hospital
Ipswich/Colchester
IP4 5PD
Employer details
Employer name
East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Ipswich/Colchester Hospital
Ipswich/Colchester
IP4 5PD
Employer's website
https://www.esneft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
Employer contact details
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