Family Nurse

The Methodist Church in Britain; Sunderland; On-site; GBP 34,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Job summary

This Family Nurse post sits within the Family Nurse Partnership programme, delivered by Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. The role involves intensive home visiting for vulnerable young women expecting their first child, spanning over 1.5–2.5 years, including work with fathers and extended family.

Applicants must have current NMC registration and experience in child health or home visiting.

Qualifications

• Nursing or midwifery qualification with degree-level or equivalent qualification or experience.
• Willingness to undertake specialist postgraduate training and be assessed on clinical competence.
• Current, valid NMC registration.

Responsibilities

• Deliver the Family Nurse Partnership intensive home visiting programme to pregnant young women and their families.
• Recruit, engage and retain eligible families on the programme, following requirements.
• Carry out detailed clinical assessments and plan individual care goals.
• Take the lead professional role for integrated packages from several practitioners.
• Engage family members to support behaviour change and safeguarding.
• Coordinate care with other professionals and refer to specialist services.
• Initiate Universal Help Assessments and help families access services.
• Assess children's growth, development and language as part of CHPP.
• Maintain clinical quality through supervision and fidelity to the programme.
• Keep full and accurate records on the FNP data system.

Skills

Clear written communication

Verbal communication

Managing emotions

Teamwork

Education

Nursing or midwifery qualification

Job description

This Family Nurse post sits within the Family Nurse Partnership, a licensed programme delivered by Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. The work is intensive home visiting with vulnerable young women expecting a first child, building trusting relationships over one and a half to two and a half years. Its distinct features are the structured clinical model, work with fathers and extended family, and travel across a wide area. Applicants need current NMC registration.

What the job involves

• Deliver the Family Nurse Partnership intensive home visiting programme to pregnant young women and their families
• Recruit, engage and retain eligible families on the programme, following programme requirements
• Carry out detailed clinical assessments using the New Mum Star framework and plan individual care goals with clients
• Take the lead professional role where children or young people need an integrated package from several practitioners
• Work therapeutically with family members, including fathers and the extended family, to support behaviour change
• Manage complex and highly distressing situations, including safeguarding children and family breakdown
• Co-ordinate care with other professionals and agencies and refer clients to specialist services
• Initiate Universal Help Assessments and support families to use universal health and support services
• Contribute to the Child Health Promotion Programme, including assessing children's growth, development and language
• Maintain clinical quality through reflective supervision and deliver the programme with fidelity
• Keep full, accurate and contemporaneous records, including on the FNP data system
• Visit clients across a wide geographical area, including neighbouring boroughs, and manage own workload

Qualifications

• Nursing or midwifery qualification, with degree-level or equivalent qualification or experience (Masters-level equivalent training accepted)
• Willingness to undertake specialist postgraduate training and be assessed on clinical competence

Registration & licences

• Current, valid NMC registration

Experience

• At least 2 years working with families in deprived communities, and 2 years in midwifery, child health, public health or home visiting
• Experience as a Family Nurse, working with young people in a constantly changing environment
• Clinical supervision experience and willingness to engage in clinical and managerial supervision

Skills & knowledge

• Managing strong emotions, sensitive issues, distressing events and courageous conversations
• Clear written and verbal communication, with facilitative and motivating skills
• Building supportive relationships, working with diverse groups and as part of a close-knit team
• Setting priorities, solving problems quickly, and numeracy, literacy in English and basic computer skills
• Some knowledge of the FNP research base and the difference between advice-giving and motivational approaches

Checks & eligibility

• Right to work in the UK
• Able to work with children and vulnerable adults
• Able to travel daily between sites across Southampton, Portsmouth and Hampshire, with a full UK driving licence where driving is part of the role

Other

• Understanding of national and local safeguarding policies, infection control and health and safety responsibilities
• Understanding of equality, diversity and inclusion and personal commitment to challenging discrimination

Nice to have

• Motivational interviewing
• Counselling
• Attachment theory
• Self-efficacy theory
• Human ecology theory
• Behaviour change theory
• Parent/infant mental health
• Understanding of Improving Working Lives

What’s offered

• Flexible working requests can be discussed as part of the interview process