Job summary
Role within the Nursing Development Team offering experience and support to impart knowledge, skills and experience using lived experience of the NHS and through coaching and restorative clinical supervision. The legacy mentor, while based within the Nursing and Development Team will work across a range of departments, environments, teams, and specialisms across the organization. Requiring both an office and face to face presence within clinical areas.
The legacy mentor is a new role designed to proactively address retention within NHS clinical teams offering pastoral care, clinical role modelling and a mediating approach to support clinicians wellbeing. Constructing strong communication links between team management, HR and nursing development teams will be necessary for the position.
Main duties of the job
Reporting to the Senior Development Nurse for Post Registration the post holder will work across the nursing clinical areas at SWLSTG, in partnership with team managers, human resources and with wellbeing leads:
- The legacy mentor will work as an integral member of the organization to develop strategies and support for staff in the early years of their career (2-5 years) focusing on retention and support.
- The legacy mentor will have a core role in evaluating and disseminating knowledge, experience, and good practice in relation to education and development across identified specialisms or environments requiring support.
- To show passion and enthusiasm for the nursing profession, key role in providing pastoral support demonstrating empathy and kindness.
About us
We are Proud to Belong at South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust.
We have expert services, a rich history and a clear commitment to providing the best quality care for those with mental ill-health. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as 'good' - we aspire to be 'outstanding'.
This is a great time to join us. We are transforming the way we care for our communities to support our mission of Making Life Better Together. We have built two brand new mental health facilities at Springfield University Hospital, which are amongst the best in the world. More developments are planned across our sites and services.
We are inclusive and diverse and strive to be actively anti racist. We want to attract people from all backgrounds and experiences to enrich the work we do together. We are proud to co-produce and involve our local communities in all that we do.
We offer flexible working, career development and a variety ofbenefits to enable a positive, welcoming environment in which our people and their careers can thrive.
About our locations:
Tolworth Hospital, Surbiton
To create the very best environment to care for our patients, this site's layout will be transformed in 2026 to add a number of wards to the existing three. Tolworth has a canteen and is near shops, the A3, Tolworth station, and is a bus ride from Surbiton station, with fast connections to Clapham Junction and London Waterloo.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Clinical/Professional
- To adhere to the NMC code of conduct, and principles of quality and risk.
- To comply with relevant Trust/ organizational clinical procedure documents, clinical policies, corporate and operational policies, health and wellbeing, human resource legislation.
- Deliver against organizational outcomes/ objectives achieving quality outcomes, prioritizing own workload and working to tight deadlines.
- To work in close collaboration with the Band 7 lead Legacy Mentor and Senior Development Nurse within the Nursing Development Team.
- Collaborate with health and wellbeing leads within Trust or other pastoral roles; chaplaincy service and human resources department where appropriate to disseminate knowledge within the wider workforce.
- Deliver presentations face to face or virtually as required to nursing staff within the wider workforce as directed by senior staff if supportive need is identified.
- To ensure that coaching skills and frameworks being shared across the workforce are up to date and in line with current standards of practice.
- Promote professional practice in line with current research.
- To identify opportunities to maximize benefits and effectiveness of new information and information technologies.
- Support practice education development programs for preceptors face to face or virtually.
- To maintain the quality of the practice learning
- To facilitate supervision in peer and group support settings, as well as with individual nurses if appropriate
- Contribute to the work required to ensure that the organization meets the requirements of the NMC standards for supervision.
- To develop a close working relationship with Trust staff (ACP, PNA, Reflective practitioner, clinical colleagues) to ensure effective delivery of education.
- To participate in relevant internal and external working groups/ projects/ services and initiatives which may be highly complex, sensitive, political and contain contentious information.
- To work with all members of the Multidiscipliary team across all services and environments to investigate the causes of any variance from team plan/ or delivery targets and contribute to the implementation of solutions.
- To undertake and participate in education and leadership programs as appropriate.
- To enroll in Professional Nurse Advocate Training or other coaching and mentoring as a professional requirement of the job role.
Management
- To participate in relevant internal and external working groups/ projects/ services and initiatives which may be highly complex, sensitive, political and contain contentious information with the aim of providing information and analytical advice to teams.
- Undertake complex and detailed information analysis of incidents or learning requiring high levels of concentration.
- To communicate and escalate all information, feedback or learning about issues, errors or risks identified to the Band 7 Legacy Mentor Nurse.
- Maintain constructive relationships with a broad range of professionals, internal and external stakeholders.
- To work in collaboration with the student experience team, band 2-4 workforce, development lead, wellbeing and human resources partners (where appropriate) to ensure that practices adopted are effective and streamlined.
- Be able to communicate effectively to offer a seamless service alongside other healthcare professionals across multidisciplinary teams.
- To support the team with ensuring completion of all data quality
- To contribute to policy and service development as
- To promote team morale to ensure effective working and communication.
Professional
- To receive training where required in coaching and mentoring.
- To contribute to the clinical supervision, or coaching agenda including implementation of coaching strategy, teaching and education.
- To collaborate with Trust clinical or service leads, directorate heads to disseminate knowledge and improve clinical practice and or wellbeing.
- To maintain and improve own professional, clinical, managerial, knowledge and skills by promoting self-growth and development through in-service training programmes and other educational programme/materials as agreed by Associate Director of Education Development and Quality.
- To work across teams and services to develop and implement project data collection systems to provide timely and accurate data.
- To participate in nursing research and disseminate the knowledge and results from such research to
Training, Development and Education
- To actively promote and contribute to on-going educational programmes and reinforce a positive learning environment within
- To promote research and innovation within nursing practice, ensuring that teams are kept abreast of
- To undertake mandatory and statutory training as required by Trust policy, identifying individual and team training
- During the year secondment to contribute and commit to undertaking a Development Review/appraisal.
- To undertake personal development as identified in the Personal Development Plan (PDP).
- To receive professional and clinical supervision from an appropriately experienced clinician.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Clinical/Professional
- To adhere to the NMC code of conduct, and principles of quality and risk.
- To comply with relevant Trust/ organizational clinical procedure documents, clinical policies, corporate and operational policies, health and wellbeing, human resource legislation.
- Deliver against organizational outcomes/ objectives achieving quality outcomes, prioritizing own workload and working to tight deadlines.
- To work in close collaboration with the Band 7 lead Legacy Mentor and Senior Development Nurse within the Nursing Development Team.
- Collaborate with health and wellbeing leads within Trust or other pastoral roles; chaplaincy service and human resources department where appropriate to disseminate knowledge within the wider workforce.
- Deliver presentations face to face or virtually as required to nursing staff within the wider workforce as directed by senior staff if supportive need is identified.
- To ensure that coaching skills and frameworks being shared across the workforce are up to date and in line with current standards of practice.
- Promote professional practice in line with current research.
- To identify opportunities to maximize benefits and effectiveness of new information and information technologies.
- Support practice education development programs for preceptors face to face or virtually.
- To maintain the quality of the practice learning
- To facilitate supervision in peer and group support settings, as well as with individual nurses if appropriate
- Contribute to the work required to ensure that the organization meets the requirements of the NMC standards for supervision.
- To develop a close working relationship with Trust staff (ACP, PNA, Reflective practitioner, clinical colleagues) to ensure effective delivery of education.
- To participate in relevant internal and external working groups/ projects/ services and initiatives which may be highly complex, sensitive, political and contain contentious information.
- To work with all members of the Multidiscipliary team across all services and environments to investigate the causes of any variance from team plan/ or delivery targets and contribute to the implementation of solutions.
- To undertake and participate in education and leadership programs as appropriate.
- To enroll in Professional Nurse Advocate Training or other coaching and mentoring as a professional requirement of the job role.
Management
- To participate in relevant internal and external working groups/ projects/ services and initiatives which may be highly complex, sensitive, political and contain contentious information with the aim of providing information and analytical advice to teams.
- Undertake complex and detailed information analysis of incidents or learning requiring high levels of concentration.
- To communicate and escalate all information, feedback or learning about issues, errors or risks identified to the Band 7 Legacy Mentor Nurse.
- Maintain constructive relationships with a broad range of professionals, internal and external stakeholders.
- To work in collaboration with the student experience team, band 2-4 workforce, development lead, wellbeing and human resources partners (where appropriate) to ensure that practices adopted are effective and streamlined.
- Be able to communicate effectively to offer a seamless service alongside other healthcare professionals across multidisciplinary teams.
- To support the team with ensuring completion of all data quality
- To contribute to policy and service development as
- To promote team morale to ensure effective working and communication.
Professional
- To receive training where required in coaching and mentoring.
- To contribute to the clinical supervision, or coaching agenda including implementation of coaching strategy, teaching and education.
- To collaborate with Trust clinical or service leads, directorate heads to disseminate knowledge and improve clinical practice and or wellbeing.
- To maintain and improve own professional, clinical, managerial, knowledge and skills by promoting self-growth and development through in-service training programmes and other educational programme/materials as agreed by Associate Director of Education Development and Quality.
- To work across teams and services to develop and implement project data collection systems to provide timely and accurate data.
- To participate in nursing research and disseminate the knowledge and results from such research to
Training, Development and Education
- To actively promote and contribute to on-going educational programmes and reinforce a positive learning environment within
- To promote research and innovation within nursing practice, ensuring that teams are kept abreast of
- To undertake mandatory and statutory training as required by Trust policy, identifying individual and team training
- During the year secondment to contribute and commit to undertaking a Development Review/appraisal.
- To undertake personal development as identified in the Personal Development Plan (PDP).
- To receive professional and clinical supervision from an appropriately experienced clinician.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Knowledge of nurse education
- Trained in coaching and/ or restorative clinical supervision.
- 5yrs clinical experience in either community or inpatient treatment settings
- Teaching qualification or relevant experience
- Supervision & assessment of student nurses
- Supervision and development of Junior staff.
- Enthusiasm to teach and develop knowledge.
Desirable
- Professional Nurse Advocate qualification or enrolment in university course to achieve academic qualification.
- Nurse Education Processes
- Accredited teaching qualification
Training & Qualifications
Essential
- RMN/ RNLD (current NMC registration)
- Evidence of continuing professional and personal Development
- Mentorship/Practice Assessor Training
Desirable
- A good understanding of the health and social care environment and roles and responsibilities within it
- Post graduate or Masters degree
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Knowledge of nurse education
- Trained in coaching and/ or restorative clinical supervision.
- 5yrs clinical experience in either community or inpatient treatment settings
- Teaching qualification or relevant experience
- Supervision & assessment of student nurses
- Supervision and development of Junior staff.
- Enthusiasm to teach and develop knowledge.
Desirable
- Professional Nurse Advocate qualification or enrolment in university course to achieve academic qualification.
- Nurse Education Processes
- Accredited teaching qualification
Training & Qualifications
Essential
- RMN/ RNLD (current NMC registration)
- Evidence of continuing professional and personal Development
- Mentorship/Practice Assessor Training
Desirable
- A good understanding of the health and social care environment and roles and responsibilities within it
- Post graduate or Masters degree
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
