Legacy GPN Roles:

It is recognised that many GPNs, due to age and length of career, wish to begin to reduce their working hours as they near retirement, but are not ready to leave their chosen profession, to which they have invested many years as a committed career. The Legacy Nurse role specifically draws from lengthy careers, sharing all forms of knowledge (e.g. tacit, intuitive, experiential and propositional), gained from their extensive practice experience. 

This new role ensures accumulated clinical wisdom is not lost (through retirement) to the employing organisation but can be used within the new ‘legacy’ roles, to have a lasting impact on future workforce knowledge, skills and expertise. 

Across Derbyshire we are aiming to offer Legacy Nurse posts as part of the GPN Reservist Bank - offering ‘real time’ support, through clinical supervision and coaching to colleagues, working alongside them in practice, with flexible working options.  This will provide Senior GPNs with the opportunity to impart their invaluable knowledge and skills as clinical leaders and specialist practitioners, on the future workforce. It recognises and celebrates their contribution to the NHS throughout their lengthy careers, whilst imparting their knowledge, wisdom and expertise onto others who might be starting or are being ‘challenged’ by the extent and scope of their roles in and across different healthcare settings. 

If you would like to get involved as a Legacy Nurse, please register your interest for the GPN Bank via this form (to be finalised soon) or contact ddraycott@nhs.net