Family Nurse - 0-19 Service Tower Hamlets

Tower Hamlets GP Care Group

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Job summary

We are looking for enthusiastic, self-motivated, proactive practitioners who have experience working in the community within complex family situations. You must hold a nursing, health visitor or midwifery qualification and be registered with the NMC.

The Family Nurse Partnership (FNP) has been in Tower Hamlets for 15 years and is highly regarded by key stakeholders working with children and families. You will be part of a well-established programme, in a dynamic team of Family Nurses who feel passionate about the work they do with young parents and their families.

The provider organisation is Tower Hamlets GP Care Group (CIC). FNP is part of the 0-19 integrated service alongside health visiting and school nursing. As well as undertaking the specialist training require for the role there will be opportunity to attend training and development with colleagues across the care group

Main duties of the job

Post holder will be responsible for delivering the FNP intensive, preventative home visiting programme to vulnerable hard to reach young women who are expecting their first baby. You will be required to develop high level generalist and specialist skills to work within the clinical methods of the structured programme.

You will be required to have knowledge of the public health agenda, in particular the healthy child programme, have sound knowledge and experience of safeguarding practice and meet the requirements of the person specification.

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

Post holder will be responsible for delivering the FNP intensive, preventative home visiting programme to vulnerable hard to reach young women who are expecting their first baby. You 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.

About us

Tower Hamlets GP Care Group (the Care Group) was incorporated as a community interest company limited by shares in September 2014. Every general practice in Tower Hamlets owns one share of £1. The Care Group was formed to manage borough level contracts on behalf of the practices, deliver primary care led services and support general practices, and to be the provider voice of primary care in the wider health and social care system.

Read up more about Tower Hamlets here:http://www.towerhamlets.is/

The Care Group is also a member of Tower Hamlets Together, a place-based integrated partnership, which includes Bart's Health, East London NHS Foundation Trust, the London Borough of Tower Hamlets and the Council for Voluntary Services.

The key priorities for the Care Group are:

  • Innovation and support for primary care
  • Being a great place to work
  • Integrating primary and community care
  • Providing of high-quality cost-effective care to local people
  • Influencing improvements in health outcomes

Date posted

11 August 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£51,488 to £57,802 a year Including Inner HCAS

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

E0136-23-0044

Job locations

Island Health

145 East Ferry Road

London

E14 3BQ


Job description

Job responsibilities

  • Undertake home visits in accordance with FNP model.
  • 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.
  • Utilise specialist knowledge acquired through the FNP learning programme, events and other study, together with reflections on experience, to deliver the FNP programme effectively.
  • Work effectively in potentially highly distressing or highly emotional circumstances, e.g. safeguarding children or family breakdown.
  • 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.
  • Use the six FNP domains as a framework for programme delivery.
  • 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.
  • Actively engage and work with fathers and other members of the extended family to achieve positive outcomes for children.
  • Apply knowledge and skills to a range of clinical and family situations.
  • 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.
  • At all times keep the safety of the baby and the young person in mind, and work within local safeguarding policies as appropriate.
  • 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.
  • Contribute to the delivery of the Healthy Child Programme (HCP), including professional assessments of childrens growth, development and language skills.
  • Positively and effectively represent the vision and principles of the FNP programme in actions and communications to internal and external clients, stakeholders and services.
  • Manage own workload by working independently within appropriate occupational guidelines, referring to FNP Lead where appropriate.
  • 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.
  • Visit clients over a wide geographical area and within flexible working hours, this may include following families to neighbouring local authorities to enable them to continue to benefit from the programme.

Job description

Job responsibilities

  • Undertake home visits in accordance with FNP model.
  • 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.
  • Utilise specialist knowledge acquired through the FNP learning programme, events and other study, together with reflections on experience, to deliver the FNP programme effectively.
  • Work effectively in potentially highly distressing or highly emotional circumstances, e.g. safeguarding children or family breakdown.
  • 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.
  • Use the six FNP domains as a framework for programme delivery.
  • 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.
  • Actively engage and work with fathers and other members of the extended family to achieve positive outcomes for children.
  • Apply knowledge and skills to a range of clinical and family situations.
  • 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.
  • At all times keep the safety of the baby and the young person in mind, and work within local safeguarding policies as appropriate.
  • 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.
  • Contribute to the delivery of the Healthy Child Programme (HCP), including professional assessments of childrens growth, development and language skills.
  • Positively and effectively represent the vision and principles of the FNP programme in actions and communications to internal and external clients, stakeholders and services.
  • Manage own workload by working independently within appropriate occupational guidelines, referring to FNP Lead where appropriate.
  • 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.
  • Visit clients over a wide geographical area and within flexible working hours, this may include following families to neighbouring local authorities to enable them to continue to benefit from the programme.

Person Specification

Other Requirements

Essential

  • Able to use professional and clinical judgement to undertake detailed assessments and analyse complex family situations in order to develop appropriate clinical interventions.

Skills and Abilities

Essential

  • Able to manage exposure to distressing life events and able to work effectively in potentially highly emotional circumstances.

Qualifications

Essential

  • Nursing or midwifery qualifications and registered with the NMC.

Experience

Essential

  • At least 2 years' experience of working with families in deprived communities.

Experience

Essential

  • At least 2 years' experience of midwifery, child health, public health and home visiting.
Person Specification

Other Requirements

Essential

  • Able to use professional and clinical judgement to undertake detailed assessments and analyse complex family situations in order to develop appropriate clinical interventions.

Skills and Abilities

Essential

  • Able to manage exposure to distressing life events and able to work effectively in potentially highly emotional circumstances.

Qualifications

Essential

  • Nursing or midwifery qualifications and registered with the NMC.

Experience

Essential

  • At least 2 years' experience of working with families in deprived communities.

Experience

Essential

  • At least 2 years' experience of midwifery, child health, public health and home visiting.

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.

Employer details

Employer name

Tower Hamlets GP Care Group

Address

Island Health

145 East Ferry Road

London

E14 3BQ


Employer's website

https://www.gpcaregroup.org/section/387/Home (Opens in a new tab)


Employer details

Employer name

Tower Hamlets GP Care Group

Address

Island Health

145 East Ferry Road

London

E14 3BQ


Employer's website

https://www.gpcaregroup.org/section/387/Home (Opens in a new tab)


For questions about the job, contact:

Brenda Coughlan

brenda.coughlan@nhs.net

07860853777

Date posted

11 August 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£51,488 to £57,802 a year Including Inner HCAS

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

E0136-23-0044

Job locations

Island Health

145 East Ferry Road

London

E14 3BQ


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