Family Nurse

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust; Southampton; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting for a Family Nurse Partnership role. The post involves intensive home visiting to vulnerable first‑time pregnant women, developing care plans, and working with families to improve health outcomes.

You will engage in reflective supervision and liaise with local services to support families through to the child’s early years. The role requires relevant nursing or midwifery qualifications, strong interpersonal skills, and the

Qualifications

• Registered nurse or midwife with current practice status (NMC/HCPC as applicable).
• Experience or exposure to family health/community settings is desirable.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills for sensitive information.

Responsibilities

• Recruit and engage eligible pregnant women into the FNP.
• Deliver home visits and develop care plans within the FNP model.
• Collaborate with local services to support families and safeguarding.
• Maintain high-quality records and reflect on practice to ensure programme fidelity.

Skills

NMC registered

Family health expertise

Counselling skills

Motivational interviewing

Education

Nursing degree or midwifery qualification

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Job description

The Family Nurse Partnership (FNP) is a licensed programme being delivered in a number of sites in England. The aim of the programme is to improve the health and well-being of disadvantaged young families and children and prevent social exclusion., This role is responsible for delivering the Family Nurse Partnership intensive home visiting programme to vulnerable young women who are expecting their first baby. Post holders will be required to develop high level generalist and specialist skills to work within the clinical methods of the structured programme. Family nurses will be expected to develop therapeutic relationships with clients and work intensively within complex family situations to achieve the expected outcomes of the programme.

Responsibilities

• 1.To recruit and engage eligible, hard to reach pregnant young women to the FNP programme
• 2.To use programme materials and methods in the clients' homes in order to achieve the following;
  • improve the outcomes of pregnancy,
  • improve children's health and development by enabling parents to provide more sensitive and competent care of them; and
  • to improve parental life-course by helping parents plan future pregnancies, complete their educations, and find work
• 3.To be able to work therapeutically with a range of family members to achieve positive outcomes for children
• 4.To take a lead professional role when required where children and young people with additional needs require an integrated package of support from more than one practitioner
• 5.Through continuous monitoring and engagement in reflective supervision to ensure that expertise in clinical methods are developed and maintained, that the service offered is of high quality and the programme is implemented with fidelity
• 6.To work in collaboration with local statutory and mainstream services to ensure that families become confident in accessing a range of other universal health and support services and ready to exit the programme when the child is between one-two years old
• 7.To undertake home visits in accordance with FNP model, developing individualised programmes of care to enable clients and their families to establish goals and outcomes.
• 8.Utilise specialist knowledge acquired through FNP learning events and other study, together with reflections on high levels of practical experience, to effectively deliver the FNP programme
• 9.Use high level interpersonal and communication skills to provide and receive complex and often highly sensitive information. Use strengths based, solution focused strategies and motivational interviewing skills to enable families to develop behaviour change strategies
• 10.Be able to work effectively in potentially highly distressing or highly emotional circumstances, e.g. safeguarding children or family breakdown
• 11.Be able to develop therapeutic relationships, requiring in-depth mental attention and concentration for extended periods, and promote adaptive behaviour change in the family home and other environments
• 12.Using the 'New Mum Star' as a framework, use professional and clinical judgement to undertake detailed assessments of clients and their families and analyse complex family situations in order to develop appropriate clinical interventions
• 13.To actively engage and work with fathers and other members of the extended family
• 14.Able to apply knowledge and skills to a range of clinical and family situations
• 15.Work within the FNP model to initiate, plan and co-ordinate clients care in consultation and collaboration with other professionals and agencies involved in providing services to women and their families. This includes initiating Universal Help Assessments and taking lead professional role in safeguarding situations where required
• 16.Acts on own interpretation of assessed clinical situation within the home setting. Able to refer client onto other specialist services as required on own authority
• 17.Contribute to the Child Health Promotion Programme, including professional assessments of children's growth, development and language skills
• 18.Positively and effectively represents the vision and principles of the FNP programme in actions and communications to internal and external clients, stakeholders and services
• 19.Seek and respond to feedback from team colleagues and supervisor
• 20.Manage own workload by working independently within appropriate occupational guidelines, referring to FNP supervisor where appropriate
• 21.Visit clients over a wide geographical area, this may include following families to neighbouring boroughs to enable them to continue to benefit from the programme.
• 22.Adhere to local policies in regard to client confidentiality, safeguarding children, documentation etc., as agreed with employer
• 23.Propose changes to working practices or procedures for own work area as role evolves
• 24.Complete full, accurate and contemporaneous records including updating the FNP data system
• 25.To be aware of and abide by Trust approved policies, standards and quality assurance initiatives
• 26.Recruit, engage and retain families on the Family Nurse Partnership Programme and follow programme requirements
• 27.Effectively manage the emotional intensity of the therapeutic relationship between the practitioner and client
• 28.Work within complex family circumstances, including situations of safeguarding children
• 29.Be able to learn and assimilate a large volume of highly complex new information in a very short space of time and have the necessary skills to quickly apply new knowledge and skills to the practical work environment
• 30.Maintain the interest and enthusiasm of the recruited families on the Family Nurse Partnership Programme over a one and a half to two-and-a-half-year period
• 31.Work with a structured programme whilst adapting to the requirements of each individual client and visit.

Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached. It is important to us that we ensure our recruitment processes are accessible and inclusive to everyone - if as a potential candidate you are concerned a person specification may prevent or restrict your application for employment as a result of unintentional barriers on the grounds of your sex, race, age, sexual orientation, religion/belief or disability please initially contact the Trust's Recruitment team - detailed in the advert. The Trust will seek to resolve this issue wherever possible. We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.

This is a demanding specialist role requiring high levels of professional skills and practice and the ability to work as part of a team., Nursing or midwifery qualifications and registered with the NMC Degree level or equivalent professional qualification or experience. Training, experience and short courses equivalent to Masters level Willingness to undertake specialist post graduate training and be assessed on competence in clinical field following training, At least 2 years experience of working with families in deprived communities. At least 2 years experience of midwifery, child health, public health, home visiting. Clinical supervision. Working with young people. Experience of working in a Family nurse role. Experience of working in a constantly changing environment. Able to manage strong emotions, sensitive issues and undertake courageous conversations. Able to develop supportive, trusting and respectful relationships Able to work effectively in a team, supporting others and challenging colleagues views and attitudes when necessary. Able to sensitively provide anticipatory guidance to parents. Highly reflective and able to learn from experiences. Willingness to prepare for and engage in clinical and managerial supervision. Able to assess a situation, set priorities and problem solve quickly and effectively. Able to communicate clearly and succinctly both verbally and in writing. Exceptional communication, facilitative and motivating skills. Able to work effectively with diverse groups. Basic computer skills to create reports, use email, read excel spreadsheets etc. Able to analyse numerical data. Able to manage exposure to distressing life events and stressful complex partnerships. Ability to work as part of a close knit team. Self motivated. Numerate and literate in English Being flexible and adaptable at work in order to meet competing priorities. Understand the difference between advice giving and motivational approaches. Has some knowledge of the research base for FNP. Willingness to undertake personal study to develop understanding of a range of clinical areas. National and local safeguarding policies. Understanding of infection control procedures. Understanding of personal health and safety responsibilities. Good understanding of the meaning of clinical supervision/mentoring.

Motivational interviewing. Counselling. Attachment theory. Self efficacy theory. Human ecology theory. Behaviour change theory. Parent/infant mental health. Understanding the meaning of Improving Working lives., Be able to demonstrate an understanding of the principles of equality, diversity and inclusion and how they apply to staff and patients in a healthcare setting. Able to demonstrate personal commitment to challenging discrimination and promoting equalities at an appropriate level for the post. Is able to work legally in the UK Is able to work with children and vulnerable adults. Ability to travel daily for meetings across a range of sites in Southampton/Portsmouth/Hampshire. For posts which require a professional registration, postholders hold a valid up to date registration with their professional body. For posts where postholders are required to drive as part of their role, they hold a valid full driving licence which enables them to drive in the UK

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust provides joined-up mental and physical healthcare for around two million people across our communities. With over 13,000 staff working in the community and local hospitals, we deliver care at every stage of life, helping people live their best and healthiest lives. Our mental health services include community-based support and early intervention in psychosis (EIP) for both adults and young people, alongside a network of specialist inpatient wards covering forensic, learning disability, eating disorder and older person's care. We deliver extensive physical health services too, from urgent community response teams helping frail and older patients remain safely at home, to hospitals at home teams providing acute-level care in familiar surroundings. Our neurological services offer rehabilitation and treatment for conditions including Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson's Disease, Motor Neurone Disease, Head Injury, Cerebral Palsy and Stroke. Across Hampshire, our community hospitals provide inpatient rehabilitation as a step down from acute care, and our dedicated teams also staff Treetops Sexual Assault Referral Centre in Portsmouth, offering expert, compassionate support. Everything we do is underpinned by our CARE values of compassion, accountability, respect and excellence