Preceptership

Nursing and Midwifery Mentorship and Preceptorship Guide
12th September 2008

Status:

Approved at August 2008 TNMC Review date: August 2010

Colette Laws-Chapman Head of Nursing & Midwifery Education

GSTFT Mentorship & preceptorship guide. Final version CLC page 1 of 17 12th September 2008

Table of Contents

Introduction Preceptorship Co-mentorship Mentorship Sign off mentorship Super Sign off mentorship Key Mentorship References

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Appendices • a) Preceptorship period checklist • b) Co-mentor workshop agenda • c) Mentorship course algorithm • d) Sign off mentorship process • e) Sign off mentor workshop agenda • f) Super sign off mentor workshop agenda • g) Key mentor role specification

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GSTFT Mentorship & preceptorship guide. Final version CLC page 2 of 17 12th September 2008

A Mentorship and Preceptorship guide for nursing and midwifery at Guys & St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust
1. Introduction This guide has been devised to support mentorship and preceptorship for nursing and midwifery staff and students at Guys and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust (GSTFT). 2. Background The Trust is host to pre and post registration student nurses and midwives. The total number of full time pre-registration students commissioned per year from two universities, Kings College London (KCL) and London South Bank (LSBU) to undertake clinical practice placements at GSTFT is 277. Of these 40 are child branch (KCL), 40 midwifery (KCL) and 197 adult branch nursing students (157 KCL, 40, LSBU). In addition we also provide placements for overseas nursing and return to practice nursing programmes. We have over 3,000 nursing and midwifery staff and facilitate over 60 pre-registration placement areas over all clinical directorates across both trust sites and community placements for midwifery. In addition we commission and support our post qualifying workforce to undertake courses of study at...