Family Nurse

at  Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

The Family Nurse Partnership (FNP) is a national evidence-based programme being implemented across England. The aim of the programme is to improve the antenatal health, child health and development and parents economic self-sufficiency in disadvantaged young families.
Accountable to the Family Nurse Supervisor, 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 highly complex family situations to achieve the expected outcomes of the programme.
The Northamptonshire team has been delivering the national Family Nurse Partnership Programme since 2009 and is well established and respected throughout the county. The team facilitate and support the delivery of the Tiny Steps programme and provide structured supervision within an established framework.
This is a demanding specialist role requiring high levels of professional skills and practice and the ability to work as part of a team.
Family Nurse
Band 7 Permanent Position
Are you a nurse who wants to make a real difference to the wellbeing and future of young parents and their babies?
We are seeking an experienced practitioner who has a sound understanding of community health services to join our Family Nurse Partnership team. The Family Nurse Partnership (FNP) is a licensed programme being delivered in a number of sites in England. The aim of the programme is to improve antenatal health, child health and development and parent’s economic self-sufficiency in disadvantaged young families. The Family Nurses are responsible for delivering the FNP intensive home visiting programme to vulnerable young women and their partners who are expecting their first baby. Ongoing training and supervision is provided to enable the team to be effective.
This is an exciting opportunity for an NMC registered practitioner to be part of an innovative programme linked to the development of Healthy Child Programme services.
If you are passionate about the FNP philosophy and it’s strength based approach and your skills and experience match the service specification we would welcome your application.
The successful candidate will be expected to either have completed the FNP training course or attend online, residential and day training courses to acquire the proficiency.
For further details please contact Pippa Gilbert, Family Nurse Supervisor on 03000 270 616 or 07725648255
NHFT is an integrated primary care and mental health Trust, providing physical, mental health and specialty services in both hospital settings and out in the community. Because we put the person at the centre of all we do, we focus on delivering care that is as easy to access as possible. This means many of our services can be provided at home, work or in schools. We also provide health services to various prisons and detention centres in Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire.
For further information on the advertised role, please refer to the job description located under the Supporting Documents heading. The full person specification can be accessed under the ‘About You’ Section of the document

Please refer the Job description for details