Mentoring

Mentorship for every stage of your primary care journey

Welcome to South East London’s bespoke Multiprofessional Mentorship Programme, a coaching and mentoring service designed for primary care clinicians at all stages. Whether you’re newly qualified or an experienced practitioner, our mentors, who are seasoned clinicians with formal qualifications, are here to support your professional development.

Our programme matches mentees and mentors thoughtfully, ensuring compatibility and relevance. From structured goal-setting to regular reflective conversations, sessions are designed to fit your schedule and career stage. Pharmacists, nurses, PAs, ACPs, physiotherapists, paramedics, GPs, and GP trainees on VTS across South East London are encouraged to join. Whether you’re looking to enhance clinical practice, prepare for leadership, or expand your professional network, our mentorship scheme equips you with expert support tailored to your journey.

Ready to boost your primary care career with peer-supported guidance?

Complete the form below to become either a mentee or a mentor. Join the SELWDH Mentorship Scheme and take the next step today.

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FAQ

For mentees

How do I sign up?

Simply complete the online application form. Choose whether you’d like to be mentored or to serve as a mentor.

You are required to be eligible for the scheme (see above)

You are required to attend any agreed sessions with your mentor and provide feedback when requested

You will be asked to return a Mentee MOU

You can state any preferences in your application form and will be matched with an appropriate available mentor by the scheme lead.

You will have a first introductory session with your mentor and can decide after this if you wish to continue with them as your mentor.

Mentees will be allocated 6 mentoring sessions. It may be possible to provide further sessions after this if requested by mentor and mentee and approved by the Scheme Lead.

GPs on the SPIN New to Practice Fellowship can have 6 mentoring sessions/year for as long as they remain on the Fellowship (usually 2 years).

GP trainees on the VTS scheme are able to have up to 6 mentoring sessions per year of their training.

It is up to Mentor and mentee to arrange their sessions at a mutually convenient time and place (face to face or virtual).

As a guide the mentoring sessions should be once every 1-2 months for 60-90 minutes. But this may depend on the need and development of the mentor to mentee relationship. Any request for more frequent sessions should be submitted to the Scheme Lead.

The mentor can claim up to 1.5 hours for each mentoring session (1 hour mentoring and associated admin time) up to maximum 1 session a week (an hourly invoice). Reimbursement will cover time mentors spend on meeting preparation and follow up administration, travel time to any face to face mentorship sessions, and the mentoring session itself.

We will use the mentor/mentee matching information to fulfil the quantitative evaluation of the scheme.

For qualitative feedback, we will ask you complete a survey on your mentorship experience.

All of this information will be fed back to the national NHSE team.

There may also be national feedback that may be required.

The Mentor and Mentee have the option to stop their mentoring sessions after the introductory session if they feel they do not want to continue.

The mentee can select another mentor, but they can only make one change.

Any requests for change in mentor should be emailed to the mentoring lead.

The Mentor should escalate any issues to their Scheme Lead or within the peer support sessions. The issue can then be discussed and options put forward.

FAQ

For mentors

Can I be reimbursed for Mentoring?

Yes, you will be reimbursed for mentoring at the agreed hourly rate.

We will assign you a mentee and you will be emailed from mentoring@pcwa.co.uk with information about your allocated mentee, and details of how to make contact with them.

Yes, all mentors for the scheme are expected to have an ILM5 qualification or equivalent in coaching and mentoring. For mentors who do not have this qualification, training will be arranged when there is a recruitment drive, periodically. To add your name to our waiting list, please email mentoring@pcwa.co.uk or complete the form below.

The Scheme Leads, on behalf of SEL Training hubs, will review the Mentee preferences for a mentor and then send individual introduction emails to Mentor and Mentee. It is then up to Mentor and mentee to arrange their sessions. It is up to you and yo

The mentee has been told they have the opportunity for mentorship with an experienced mentor within South East London. Mentee will have been sent their mentor’s bio in the matching process.

You should have received an information pack from the training – please use this to help with your mentoring sessions. There is also a mentor resource area. Please see ‘Mentor Peer Support’ tab below, for more information

The Mentor and Mentee have the option to stop their mentoring sessions after the initial introductory session if they feel they do not want to continue. The mentee can select another mentor, but they can only make one change. The Mentor should escalate any issues to the scheme leads.

We would ask you to remain on the scheme for at least one year. Ideally we would like our mentors to stay on the scheme long term.

Yes. There will be regular Mentor peer support sessions, to support training, discuss any mentoring queries and escalate any issues. There are regular virtual CPD sessions and an annual mentoring conference. You will not be able to invoice for your attendance to these peer support sessions.

For any queries please email mentoring@pcwa.co.uk