# Senior Legacy Mentor > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-legacy-mentor/a1a2bd28-301d-4df6-a697-2dc16c37248d - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-legacy-mentor/a1a2bd28-301d-4df6-a697-2dc16c37248d.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** CAN Specialist Nurses - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Grade:** Band 7 - **Salary:** £49,387 to £56,515 per annum, pro rata - **Contract type:** Fixed term: 12 months (N/A) - **Employment type:** Part time - 7.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-08-27T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-08-13T08:30:45.843Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/-v8226580 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8226580?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.uhs.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust is delighted to offer a fantastic opportunity to work with us. Please see below for detailed job description of the role. ### Main duties of the job This exciting opportunity is open to a health care professional (senior nurse or AHP) to work on a year long project to provide a plan for the integration of a new cancer framework. You would work closely with the Head of Cancer Nursing, the education team at UHS and the Wessex Cancer Alliance to implement the Aspirant Cancer Career and Education Development Programme (ACCEND ). ACCEND aims to reform career pathways, education, training and development for the workforce providing cancer care. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities The following describe the key components of the role. - Act as a visible clinical leader promoting ACCEND across cancer services and professions. - Supporting the workforce to understand ACCEND, use it confidently, and see how it supports their development and career options. - Helping line managers align appraisals, development plans and education with ACCEND. - Provide structured feedback from frontline staff to inform local and regional improvement. - Influence integration of ACCEND into appraisal, induction and education planning. - Enable alignment between ACCEND levels of practice and local role expectations. - Support baseline and ongoing understanding of workforce engagement with ACCEND (e.g. awareness, self assessment, ePortfolio use) The role will suit someone who has coaching, mentorship, educational skills and experience to understand and access the range of learning, development, training and education opportunities to meet the requirements and aspirations of the cancer workforce across the different levels of practice. Working alongside senior cancer staff the role will involve the enabling and supporting employers and systems to deliver high quality services to people affected by cancer by supporting workforce transformation and the health and wellbeing of staff. This would suit someone who wants a secondment or additional hours of work for a current part time role or a senior person who is happy to take on a fixed term contract to complete a project. For an overview of the position, please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification document. This includes a detailed breakdown of the key responsibilities, role expectations, and the qualifications we are looking for. ### Applicant requirements You must have appropriate UK professional registration. This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service. ## Person Specification ### Trust Values and Behaviours **Essential** - Patients First - Always Improving - Working Together ### Qualifications, knowledge and experience **Essential** - Registered nurse on relevant part of the NMC register - Level 7 Post Grad Cert (Min 60 Credits), Master’s Degree within relevant speciality or equivalent level of knowledge to be assessed through evidence of relevant speciality training, experience or portfolio - Specialist training / Qualification in area of practice - Coaching experience and/or Mental Health first aid training - Provide evidence of leading learning in practice - Evidence of experience and completion of all band 6 competencies within relevant speciality - Specialist clinical skills and experience within specialist area - Evidence of change Management, leadership and innovation - Clinical experience at Band 6 or equivalent within relevant speciality - Evidence of success in efficient and effective planning and managing multiple workstreams **Desirable** - Counselling / advanced communication skills qualification / training - Act in the role of Practice Assessor or supporting the progression of learners / supporting challenges as needed - Team leadership role - Leadership Qualification / training ## Documents - [accend (pdf, 202.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10535804) - [job description and person spec (pdf, 320.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10535803) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.