Family Nurse

Job summary

We are looking for a committed nurse to join our established Family Nurse Partnership (FNP) team in Hampshire. FNP is a nationally recognised, evidence based programme designed to improve health and social outcomes for young expectant mothers and their babies. Working with families from early pregnancy until the child reaches their first birthday, the programme is delivered in line with a licensed model that emphasises fidelity, quality, and meaningful impact.

In this role, you will provide the FNP intensive, preventive home visiting programme to young first time mothers who may be experiencing vulnerabilities or barriers to accessing support. You will develop specialist skills to deliver the structured programme effectively, building strong therapeutic relationships and working closely with families in complex situations to help them achieve positive outcomes.

This is a rewarding and demanding specialist position that requires excellent clinical skills, reflective practice, and the ability to work collaboratively within a supportive team. The successful candidate will be required to attend a residential training course in September 2026.

We have two current vacancies, one is based at Fort Southwick and one at Andover. Both roles are 30 hours per week.

If you would like further information, then please contact: Sam Parkinson/ Vicki Pennal - FNP Supervisors hiowh.fnphampshire@nhs.net

Tel. 0300 0030338

Main duties of the job

Principle Responsibilities

1. To recruit and engage eligible 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

*improve parental life-course by helping parents plan future pregnancies, complete their education, and find work.

3. To work therapeutically with a range of family members to promote behaviour change and positive outcomes for children and families.

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/service.

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 are ready to graduate from the programme when the child is two years old.

About us

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

Employer details

Employer name

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Fort Southwick

James Callaghan Drive

Fareham

Hampshire

PO17 6AR

Employer's website

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

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Employer details

Employer name

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Fort Southwick

James Callaghan Drive

Fareham

Hampshire

PO17 6AR

Employer's website

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

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