Family Nurse

Central London Community Health Trust

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Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen forone full time Family Nurses to join the Family Nurse Partnership (FNP) Team to work within Wandsworth.FNPtrained applicants is preferable but not essential, as full training will be provided by theFNPNational Unit.

FNP is an evidenced based home visiting programme for first time mothers. The programme is designed to support and improve the health, wellbeing and social outcomes of young mothers and their children.

This is a specialist role which requires high standards of professional practice, excellent communication, interpersonal and organisational skills.

The Post holder is required to be a registered Nurse, Midwife or Health Visitor, have a minimum of 2 years' experience working in the community and with complex families. A sound knowledge of safeguarding and the Healthy Start Programme is desirable.

The post holder will be committed to principles and core model elements of the Family Nurse Partnership Programme.

Main duties of the job

The Family Nurse Partnership (FNP) is a national evidence-based programme. The aim of the programme is to improve the antenatal health, child health and development and parents' economic self-sufficiency in disadvantaged young families.

This role is responsible for delivering theFNPintensive, preventive home visiting programme to vulnerable, hard to reach 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.

This is a demanding specialist role requiring high levels of professional skills and practice and the ability to work as part of a team.

About us

Just as we care about our patients' well-being, we care about yours!

We can offer you:

A comprehensive induction into the community service followed by a local induction to introduce you to the role
Car lease scheme(only available for Band 5 and up)
Flexible working options
Annual travel card loan
Training, support and development in your career

To have a full look at our benefits and what it's like working for us please go here: https://www.clch.nhs.uk/job/pay-and-benefits

Date posted

30 January 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£54,320 to £60,981 a year per annum, inclusive of HCAS

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

824-SOUTH-6958784

Job locations

166 Roehampton Lane

Roehampton

London

SW15 4HR

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please refer to job description, person specification and trust values, for outline of skills, knowledge and experience required.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please refer to job description, person specification and trust values, for outline of skills, knowledge and experience required.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Registered Nurse with current UK NMC registration
Degree level or equivalent professional qualification
Willingness to undertake specialist post graduate training and be assessed on competence in clinical field following training.

Desirable

Masters level degree education or equivalent

Experience

Essential

At least 2 years' experience of working with children, young people and families in deprived communities
At least 2 years' experience of midwifery, child health and clinical supervision

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Registered Nurse with current UK NMC registration
Degree level or equivalent professional qualification
Willingness to undertake specialist post graduate training and be assessed on competence in clinical field following training.

Desirable

Masters level degree education or equivalent

Experience

Essential

At least 2 years' experience of working with children, young people and families in deprived communities
At least 2 years' experience of midwifery, child health and clinical supervision

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.