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Legacy Mentor

Job details
Posting date: 10 July 2024
Salary: £45,000 per year, pro rata
Hours: Part time
Closing date: 24 July 2024
Location: Bedford, Bedfordshire
Remote working: Hybrid - work remotely up to 1 day per week
Company: Bedfordshire Care Group Ltd
Job type: Temporary
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Summary

Nurse Legacy Mentor
£45,000 pro rata (16 Hours Per Week (0.4 FTE)) 1 YEAR FIXED TERM

Bedfordshire Care group are a team of highly experienced care providers, managers and clinical nurses who provide proactive care through a whole-system, collaborative approach.

We have an exciting new job for a Nurse Legacy Mentor to join our team.

Do you want a rewarding opportunity that makes the most of your experience?
Do you want to inspire the next generation of the health and social care workforce?

The Legacy Mentor role should appeal to any experienced health and social care professional. You will be helping newly qualified staff 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. You will need to demonstrate empathy and patience, be passionate about your 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. You will need to be confident in building relationships and collaborating with others. You will be providing coaching and mentoring, and we are happy to provide training for someone with the right skills and attitude needed for this role.

You 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 professionals, you will also support practice placements for learners, and liaise with other practice placement support staff to ensure consistency of support across the setting.

You will either have a degree or relevant experience and hold a current professional registration. In addition, you should have either have an accredited teaching qualification or experience in supporting learners in practice. You will be able to work flexibly within organisations to mentor and coach colleagues as well as work from home when necessary. All applicants that are shortlisted for interview will be asked to undertake an assessment of how they demonstrate our organisation’s values.

This a 16 hour post, a mix of home working and in a care setting. The hours will be worked dependent on business need.