Job summary
Bridgewater
Family Nurse Partnership is offering an exciting opportunity for a Family Nurse
Supervisor to join our dedicated team, supporting family nurses across Halton
and Warrington and strengthening partnership working across both boroughs
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.
The post holder is responsible
for leading and managing the work of the family nurses and Quality Support
Officer. This includes providing in-depth clinical and safeguarding supervision
to the family nurses, maintaining the integrity of the programme, taking
responsibility for the quality of programme replication according to the
licence, overseeing recruitment and engagement of hard-to-reach families,
building local stakeholder relationships and facilitating continual learning
and service improvement. In addition, they will also hold a small caseload of
families to whom they deliver the programme.
This is a demanding role
combining clinical practice with a team leader and supervisory role, which
requires a diverse set of skills and attributes as well as commitment to the
ethos and principles of the Family Nurse Partnership (FNP) programme
Please note, interviews will be held on 27th October.
Main duties of the job
Family Nurse Partnership (FNP) SupervisorWere seeking a motivated professional to be the family nurse supervisor to lead a team of Family Nurses and a Quality Support Officer. The post holder will be responsible for ensuring programme quality, fidelity to FNP licensing requirements, and the delivery of safe, effective, and reflective practice.
You will:
Provide leadership, supervision, and professional development to Family Nurses, supporting continual learning and service improvement.
This is an exciting opportunity to make a real difference to young families by improving outcomes in pregnancy, early childhood development, and parental life chances.
About us
Flexible working will be considered for all roles.
Unfortunately, we do not hold a sponsor licence for working Visas.
At Bridgewater, our PEOPLE values shape how we deliver our
NHS services in your local community.
They help us deliver our mission to improve local health and
promote wellbeing in the communities we serve.
After all, values are about people and they were
created in partnership with our staff to reflect what they felt was important
to them
Here at Bridgewater our shared values flow through the organisation.
P- Person-centred-We are passionate about individual needs and
promote independence in the healthcare we provide..
E- Empowered- We empower our people and encourage new ideas to deliver and create improvements in community care.
O- Open and Honest -We behave in a way that develops relationships
based on trust, openness, honesty and respect.
P- Professional-We support our people, so everyone has the right
skills and training to deliver outstanding patient care.
L- Locally Lead -We are always learning about our communities and
show great pride in being a local provider of health and care.
E- Efficient -We use our resources wisely to provide
sustainable and value for money healthcare for our patients.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The FNP Supervisor will:
1. Undertake home visits in
accordance with FNP model.
2. Use high level
interpersonal and communication skills to provide and receive complex and often
highly sensitive information. Use strengths based, solution focused strategies
and motivational interviewing skills to enable families to develop behaviour change
strategies.
3. Utilise specialist knowledge acquired
through the FNP learning programme, events and other study, together with
reflections on experience, to deliver the FNP programme effectively.
4. Work effectively in potentially highly
distressing or highly emotional circumstances, e.g. safeguarding children or
family breakdown.
5. Develop therapeutic
relationships, requiring in-depth mental attention and concentration for
extended periods, and promote adaptive behaviour change in the family home and
other environments.
6. Use the six FNP domains as
a framework for programme delivery.
7. 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.
8. Actively engage and work
with fathers and other members of the extended family to achieve positive
outcomes for children.
9. Apply knowledge and skills
to a range of clinical and family situations.
10. Work within the FNP model
to initiate, plan and co-ordinate clients care in consultation and
collaboration with other professionals and agencies involved in providing
services to women and their families. This includes initiating CAF and taking
lead professional role where required.
11. At all times keep the
safety of the baby and the young person in mind, and work within local
safeguarding policies as appropriate.
12. Act on own interpretation
of assessed clinical situation within the home setting. Able to refer client
onto other specialist services as required on own authority.
13. Contribute to the delivery
of the Healthy Child Programme (HCP), including professional assessments of
childrens growth, development and language skills.
14. Positively and effectively represent the
vision and principles of the FNP programme in actions and communications to
internal and external clients, stakeholders and services.
Team Leadership and
Supervision
1. Develop a culture of trust,
support and growth reflecting FNP principles and ethos.
2. Receive information on
eligible prospective clients, assign client caseload and monitor the family
nurses workload.
3. Promote the integration of theories,
principles and methods integral to the programme into family nurses practice
and support them to analyse complex problems and case situations, agreeing
plans as required.
4. Manage organisational
structures and processes so that family nurses are able to stay focused on
clients, infants and families.
5. Provide weekly, individual clinical and
safeguarding supervision for family nurses.
6. Give in depth attention to
family nurses in supervision where they may be emotionally challenged and
distressed by their work with families.
7. Facilitate two weekly case
review meetings; ensure good use of the psychological consultancy to the team
and inviting local experts to contribute when necessary.
8. Monitor the delivery of
individualised client care across the six domains of the programme through
joint visits with family nurses. 9. Prioritise work and manage time effectively
utilising skills, knowledge and competencies. 10.Provide guidance on the
interpretation of principles and polices to family nurses and Quality Support
Officer
Job description
Job responsibilities
The FNP Supervisor will:
1. Undertake home visits in
accordance with FNP model.
2. Use high level
interpersonal and communication skills to provide and receive complex and often
highly sensitive information. Use strengths based, solution focused strategies
and motivational interviewing skills to enable families to develop behaviour change
strategies.
3. Utilise specialist knowledge acquired
through the FNP learning programme, events and other study, together with
reflections on experience, to deliver the FNP programme effectively.
4. Work effectively in potentially highly
distressing or highly emotional circumstances, e.g. safeguarding children or
family breakdown.
5. Develop therapeutic
relationships, requiring in-depth mental attention and concentration for
extended periods, and promote adaptive behaviour change in the family home and
other environments.
6. Use the six FNP domains as
a framework for programme delivery.
7. 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.
8. Actively engage and work
with fathers and other members of the extended family to achieve positive
outcomes for children.
9. Apply knowledge and skills
to a range of clinical and family situations.
10. Work within the FNP model
to initiate, plan and co-ordinate clients care in consultation and
collaboration with other professionals and agencies involved in providing
services to women and their families. This includes initiating CAF and taking
lead professional role where required.
11. At all times keep the
safety of the baby and the young person in mind, and work within local
safeguarding policies as appropriate.
12. Act on own interpretation
of assessed clinical situation within the home setting. Able to refer client
onto other specialist services as required on own authority.
13. Contribute to the delivery
of the Healthy Child Programme (HCP), including professional assessments of
childrens growth, development and language skills.
14. Positively and effectively represent the
vision and principles of the FNP programme in actions and communications to
internal and external clients, stakeholders and services.
Team Leadership and
Supervision
1. Develop a culture of trust,
support and growth reflecting FNP principles and ethos.
2. Receive information on
eligible prospective clients, assign client caseload and monitor the family
nurses workload.
3. Promote the integration of theories,
principles and methods integral to the programme into family nurses practice
and support them to analyse complex problems and case situations, agreeing
plans as required.
4. Manage organisational
structures and processes so that family nurses are able to stay focused on
clients, infants and families.
5. Provide weekly, individual clinical and
safeguarding supervision for family nurses.
6. Give in depth attention to
family nurses in supervision where they may be emotionally challenged and
distressed by their work with families.
7. Facilitate two weekly case
review meetings; ensure good use of the psychological consultancy to the team
and inviting local experts to contribute when necessary.
8. Monitor the delivery of
individualised client care across the six domains of the programme through
joint visits with family nurses. 9. Prioritise work and manage time effectively
utilising skills, knowledge and competencies. 10.Provide guidance on the
interpretation of principles and polices to family nurses and Quality Support
Officer
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Leading a team
- Supervision of other practitioners
- Relevant experience of working with families in deprived communities
- Relevant experience of midwifery, child health, public health, home visiting
- Managing others
Desirable
- Experience of working with young people
- Project management
Job Specific Requirements
Essential
- Able to manage strong emotions, sensitive issues and undertake courageous conversations
- Able to develop supportive, trusting and respectful relationships
- Able to challenge colleagues 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
- 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
- Competent computer skills to create reports, use email, read excel spreadsheets etc.
- Able to analyse numerical data
- Able to promote the programme to local communities, colleagues, commissioners and service providers
- Able to support others to work within safeguarding policies and procedure
Sponsorship
Essential
- Do you have the right to stay and work in the UK without sponsorship (share-codes will be checked if applicable)
Skills and Attributes
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
- 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
Qualifications
Essential
- Nursing or midwifery qualifications and registered with the NMC
- Degree level or equivalent professional qualification
- Masters level education
- Understand the difference between advice giving and motivational approaches
- Has some knowledge of the research base of NFP and replication in UK
- Supervision models
- Team effectiveness
- National and local safeguarding policies
- National Service Frameworks and relevant policy documents
- The Children Act and Assessment Framework and recommendations of recent child protection reviews
- Principles of clinical governance
- Willingness to undertake specialist post graduate training and be assessed on competence in clinical field following training
- Willingness to undertake personal study to develop understanding of a range of clinical areas National and local safeguarding policies
Desirable
- Masters level
- Parent/infant mental health
- Attachment theory
- Self-efficacy theory
- Human ecology theory
- Behavioural change theory Parent/infant mental health
Relationships
Essential
- If you are related to a director, or have a relationship with a director or employee of an appointing organisation, please state the relationship:
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Leading a team
- Supervision of other practitioners
- Relevant experience of working with families in deprived communities
- Relevant experience of midwifery, child health, public health, home visiting
- Managing others
Desirable
- Experience of working with young people
- Project management
Job Specific Requirements
Essential
- Able to manage strong emotions, sensitive issues and undertake courageous conversations
- Able to develop supportive, trusting and respectful relationships
- Able to challenge colleagues 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
- 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
- Competent computer skills to create reports, use email, read excel spreadsheets etc.
- Able to analyse numerical data
- Able to promote the programme to local communities, colleagues, commissioners and service providers
- Able to support others to work within safeguarding policies and procedure
Sponsorship
Essential
- Do you have the right to stay and work in the UK without sponsorship (share-codes will be checked if applicable)
Skills and Attributes
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
- 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
Qualifications
Essential
- Nursing or midwifery qualifications and registered with the NMC
- Degree level or equivalent professional qualification
- Masters level education
- Understand the difference between advice giving and motivational approaches
- Has some knowledge of the research base of NFP and replication in UK
- Supervision models
- Team effectiveness
- National and local safeguarding policies
- National Service Frameworks and relevant policy documents
- The Children Act and Assessment Framework and recommendations of recent child protection reviews
- Principles of clinical governance
- Willingness to undertake specialist post graduate training and be assessed on competence in clinical field following training
- Willingness to undertake personal study to develop understanding of a range of clinical areas National and local safeguarding policies
Desirable
- Masters level
- Parent/infant mental health
- Attachment theory
- Self-efficacy theory
- Human ecology theory
- Behavioural change theory Parent/infant mental health
Relationships
Essential
- If you are related to a director, or have a relationship with a director or employee of an appointing organisation, please state the relationship:
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).
