Family Nurse

Job summary

Are you an experienced family nurse, health visitor, school health nurse or a registered nurse or midwife with significant experience of working in the community with vulnerable and complex families?

Are you passionate about prevention and early intervention? Do you enjoy working with young people?

Do you thrive in a strength-based team culture?

Are you excited by the opportunity to learn and develop new skills alongside your colleagues?

We are excited to be recruiting a Family Nurse (FN) into our Oxfordshire Family Nurse Partnership Team within our 0-19 West Locality!

The Family Nurse Partnership (FNP) is an international evidence-based programme. The aim of the programme is to improve antenatal health, child health & development and parents' self-sufficiency. FNs are responsible for delivering the FNP intensive, preventive home visiting programme to vulnerable, hard to reach young women who are expecting their first baby.

Bespoke training will be provided to support the successful applicant, and ensure competencies within the role. If you are not a FN already, this will include residential placements throughout the year commencing July 2025 .

As a FN there is an expectation that you will provide knowledge and leadership expertise within your locality and within the wider service and system, and contribute to quality assurance and improvements. Specifically, this will include having clinical oversight of the Young Parents' Pathway.

Main duties of the job

• Work therapeutically with a range of family members to promote behaviour change, and positive outcomes for children and families as per the HCP and FNP programme outcomes.
• 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
• 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/service.
• Participate in continuous monitoring and engagement in reflective supervision, to ensure that expertise in safeguarding and clinical methods are developed and maintained, that the service offered is of high quality and the programme implemented with fidelity.
• 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 are ready to graduate from the programme when the child is two years old.
• Support Community Public Health Nurses in the delivery of the Young Parent's Pathway, including offering clinical supervision, accompanied visits and sharing work force development packages. To be part of the Oxfordshire 0-19 Service in the delivery of the Healthy Child Programme to the highest possible standard
• Recruit and engage eligible, hard-to-reach pregnant young women to the FNP programme.

About us

Oxford Health is a great place to work and to be able to showcase the best of yourself when making an application please read the "candidate guide to making an application" and ensure you're your supporting statement is tailored to the role you are applying for and addresses any essential criteria.

As a Trust we provide physical, mental health and social care for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and Northeast Somerset. Our services are delivered at community bases, hospitals, clinics and people's homes, delivering care as close to home as possible. Our vision is that no matter who you are or where you are, you will tell us that you receive: "Outstanding care delivered by an outstanding team"

Our values are: "Caring, safe and excellent"

We offer a wide range of benefits designed to support your career and wellbeing. These include:

o Excellent opportunities for career progressiono Access to tailored individual and Trust wide learning and developmento 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days with continuous serviceo NHS Discount across a wide range of shops, restaurants and retailerso Competitive pension schemeo Lease car schemeo Cycle to work schemeo Employee Assistance Programmeo Mental Health First Aiderso Staff accommodation (please note waiting lists apply)o Staff networking and support groups hosted by our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion team

Employer details

Employer name

Oxford Health NHS Trust

Address

CYP0-19 West Locality, Windrush - Room G6/7, Windrush Business and Innovation Centre

Witney

OX29 7DX

Employer's website

https://www.oxfordhealth.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

Oxford Health NHS Trust

Address

CYP0-19 West Locality, Windrush - Room G6/7, Windrush Business and Innovation Centre

Witney

OX29 7DX

Employer's website

https://www.oxfordhealth.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

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