Job summary
The role of the Family Nurse is to work with in the Family Nurse Partnership Team to engage young parents; mothers and their partners in pregnancy and to deliver the personalised evidence based programme that has been developed by the FNP National Unit.
Family Nurse Partnership is an integral part of the Stockport Family Integrated service; the role involving developing effective working relationships within the wider service and optimising the outcomes for young parents and their children. There is a clear focus on promoting child development and school readiness.
The successful post holder will be required to attend residential training on 5th-9th February 2024 and 22nd and 23rd April 2024.
The successful post holder will be required to work Fridays, other working days can be negotiated.
Main duties of the job
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 or when ready to do so based on a collaborative assessment.
About us
We hold a unique position in the Stockport community as the provider of healthcare and we are one of its largest employers.
Our mission is to make a difference every day. Our values are that we care, we respect, and we listen
We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population.
We actively encourage applications irrespective of race, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage & civil partnership, or pregnancy or maternity. Recognising those communities that are underrepresented within our workforce, we would particularly welcome applications from you.
We recognise that flexible working is important. We take requests for flexible working seriously, consider any request we receive and try to work with you, so we can explore if your request may fit with the needs of the service.
The salary for the role is only one part of the excellent package of benefits we offer to you:
- Between 27-33 days of annual leave plus bank holidays
- NHS pension scheme membership
- Salary sacrifice schemes for lease cars, home electronics and more, to make your salary go further
- NHS Staff discounts
- Cycle to work scheme
- Salary finance - for loans, savings, budget planning and tips on managing debt
- Stockport Credit Union- for local financial advice 3033
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To recruit and engage eligible, pregnant young women to the FNP programme.
- To use programme materials and methods in the clients homes in order to achieve the following;
- improve the outcomes of pregnancy,
- improve childrens 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.
- To work therapeutically with a range of family members to promote behaviour change and positive outcomes for children and families.
- 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.
- 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
The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment and promote safeguarding by implementing the Trusts policies and procedures, acting promptly on concerns, communicating effectively and sharing information appropriately.
If successful this vacancy will require an enhanced DBS check at a cost of £41.90. This cost will be deducted from your first Trust salary
In addition to this it will be a condition of your employment that you will join the DBS update service and pay the annual subscription fee of £13.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To recruit and engage eligible, pregnant young women to the FNP programme.
- To use programme materials and methods in the clients homes in order to achieve the following;
- improve the outcomes of pregnancy,
- improve childrens 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.
- To work therapeutically with a range of family members to promote behaviour change and positive outcomes for children and families.
- 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.
- 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
The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment and promote safeguarding by implementing the Trusts policies and procedures, acting promptly on concerns, communicating effectively and sharing information appropriately.
If successful this vacancy will require an enhanced DBS check at a cost of £41.90. This cost will be deducted from your first Trust salary
In addition to this it will be a condition of your employment that you will join the DBS update service and pay the annual subscription fee of £13.
Person Specification
Education & Qualifications
Essential
- Degree level or equivalent professional qualification
- Nursing or midwifery qualifications and registered with the NMC
- Willingness to undertake specialist post graduate training and be assessed on competence in clinical field following training.
Desirable
Knowledge
Essential
- Understand the difference between advice giving and motivational approaches.
- Has some knowledge of the research base of FNP.
- Parent/infant mental health
- Willingness to undertake personal study to develop understanding of a range of clinical areas
- National and local safeguarding policies
Desirable
- Attachment theory, Self efficacy theory, Human ecology theory and Behavioural
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience of working with families in deprived communities
- Significant experience of midwifery, child health, public health , home visiting and clinical supervision
- Working with children & families
Desirable
- Working as a Family Nurse
- Working with young people
Skills and abilities
Essential
- 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 colleague's views and attitudes when necessary.
- Able to sensitively provide anticipatory guidance to parents.
- Able to manage exposure to distressing life events and stressful complex partnerships.
- 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
Desirable
- Motivational interviewing
- Counselling
Work related requirements
Essential
- Occupational Health Clearance
- Committed to principles of FNP and a strong desire to see it succeed
- Resilient, Tenacious and persistent
- Empathic and non-judgemental
- Warmth and flexibility
- Self-awareness
- Pursues own personal growth
- Has a learning style which readily accommodates skills practice and role play
- Able to travel independently
Person Specification
Education & Qualifications
Essential
- Degree level or equivalent professional qualification
- Nursing or midwifery qualifications and registered with the NMC
- Willingness to undertake specialist post graduate training and be assessed on competence in clinical field following training.
Desirable
Knowledge
Essential
- Understand the difference between advice giving and motivational approaches.
- Has some knowledge of the research base of FNP.
- Parent/infant mental health
- Willingness to undertake personal study to develop understanding of a range of clinical areas
- National and local safeguarding policies
Desirable
- Attachment theory, Self efficacy theory, Human ecology theory and Behavioural
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience of working with families in deprived communities
- Significant experience of midwifery, child health, public health , home visiting and clinical supervision
- Working with children & families
Desirable
- Working as a Family Nurse
- Working with young people
Skills and abilities
Essential
- 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 colleague's views and attitudes when necessary.
- Able to sensitively provide anticipatory guidance to parents.
- Able to manage exposure to distressing life events and stressful complex partnerships.
- 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
Desirable
- Motivational interviewing
- Counselling
Work related requirements
Essential
- Occupational Health Clearance
- Committed to principles of FNP and a strong desire to see it succeed
- Resilient, Tenacious and persistent
- Empathic and non-judgemental
- Warmth and flexibility
- Self-awareness
- Pursues own personal growth
- Has a learning style which readily accommodates skills practice and role play
- Able to travel independently
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
