Job summary
The Family Nurse Partnership (FNP) is a national evidence-based early intervention programme. The aim of the programme is to improve the antenatal health, child health and development outcomes along with improvements to parents' economic self-sufficiency in disadvantaged young families.
This role is responsible for delivering the FNP intensive, 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.
Please note this vacancy may close early if a high volume of applications is received, we advise you submit your application early to avoid disappointment.
Main duties of the job
* To recruit and engage eligible, hard-to-reach pregnant young women to the FNP programme. To utilise 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; andimprove 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 behaviourchange 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.* To work in collaboration with local statutory and mainstream services to ensurethat 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
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust provides community-based health services for adults and children in Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin, and some services in surrounding areas too. These range from district nursing, health visiting and running four community hospitals through to providing very specialist community care through talented and dedicated staff.
Patients, carers and the public play a vital role in helping us to develop and improve our services and we are constantly looking for ways to work with local communities, patients and the public to innovate and improve. Have a look at the Have Your Say section of our website to find out how you can feed back your experiences and help us to continually improve.
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust is an exciting place to work. It offers a wide range of employment opportunities for many people.
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust positively encourages applications from all areas of the community, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation or religious beliefs. We are committed to ensuring people who work for the community trust have a good working life - and a good work life/home life balance.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the Job Description and Person Specification attached for further information on the role.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the Job Description and Person Specification attached for further information on the role.
Person Specification
Qualifications and Training
Essential
- Current NMC registration with SCPHN (Specialist Community Public Health Nurse) qualification
- A mental health or learning disability nurse who qualified prior to the changes introduced by Project 2000 needs also to be a registered general nurse, midwife or have a SCPHN qualification in order to have the breadth of clinical skills needed to deliver the FNP
- Has had Family Nurse Programme National Training or willing to complete or evidence of working with teenagers and vulnerable families. Degree level or equivalent professional qualification
- Willingness to undertake specialist post graduate training and to be assessed on competence in clinical field following training
- Evidence of continuing professional development
- Willingness to undertake personal study to develop understanding of a range of clinical areas
Experience
Essential
- Demonstrable experience of working in the community with complex families with children in deprived communities and with young parents
- Demonstrable of Midwifery, Child Health, Public Health, Home visiting
- Experience of clinical supervision as a supervisee
Knowledge and Skills
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 colleagues views and attitudes when necessary
- Able to sensitively provide anticipatory guidance to parents
- Exceptional communication, facilitative and motivating skills
- Able to work effectively with diverse groups
- Able to manage exposure to distressing life events and stressful complex partnerships
Other
Essential
- Able to meet the travel requirements of the post
Person Specification
Qualifications and Training
Essential
- Current NMC registration with SCPHN (Specialist Community Public Health Nurse) qualification
- A mental health or learning disability nurse who qualified prior to the changes introduced by Project 2000 needs also to be a registered general nurse, midwife or have a SCPHN qualification in order to have the breadth of clinical skills needed to deliver the FNP
- Has had Family Nurse Programme National Training or willing to complete or evidence of working with teenagers and vulnerable families. Degree level or equivalent professional qualification
- Willingness to undertake specialist post graduate training and to be assessed on competence in clinical field following training
- Evidence of continuing professional development
- Willingness to undertake personal study to develop understanding of a range of clinical areas
Experience
Essential
- Demonstrable experience of working in the community with complex families with children in deprived communities and with young parents
- Demonstrable of Midwifery, Child Health, Public Health, Home visiting
- Experience of clinical supervision as a supervisee
Knowledge and Skills
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 colleagues views and attitudes when necessary
- Able to sensitively provide anticipatory guidance to parents
- Exceptional communication, facilitative and motivating skills
- Able to work effectively with diverse groups
- Able to manage exposure to distressing life events and stressful complex partnerships
Other
Essential
- Able to meet the travel requirements of the post
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).
