Family Nurse - Family Nurse Partnership

Do you have experience working as a family nurse and are looking to return to the role after a break or are relocating to a new area?

Are you passionate about prevention and early intervention?

Do you enjoy working with young people?

Do you thrive in a strength-based team culture?

Do you have experience of working with hard to reach or disadvantaged communities?

Are you excited by the opportunity to learn and develop new skills alongside your colleagues?

We have an opportunity within the Buckinghamshire Team!

The Family Nurse Partnership (FNP) is an international evidence-based programme. The aim of the programme is to improve antenatal health, child health & development and parents' and self-sufficiency. Family Nurses come from a range of nursing backgrounds and are responsible for delivering the FNP intensive, preventive home visiting programme to vulnerable, hard to reach young women who are expecting their first baby and continues up to the child's second birthday.

Main duties of the job

To work therapeutically with a range of family members to promote behaviour change 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.
To participate in continuous monitoring and engagement in reflective supervision, to ensure that expertise in safeguarding and clinical methods are developed and maintained, that the service offered is of high quality and the programme implemented with fidelity.
To work in collaboration with local statutory and mainstream services to ensure that 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.
To be part of the Buckinghamshire Children & Young People's Community Service in the delivery of the Healthy Child Programme to the highest possible standard.

As a Family Nurse there is an expectation that you will provide knowledge and leadership expertise within your locality and within the wider service and system and contribute to quality assurance and improvements.

About us

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What does Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust offer you?

1. As part of our BHT family, you'll benefit from learning and development opportunities to support your career progression.
2. We offer flexible and agile working opportunities, alongside your NHS benefits of generous annual leave entitlement, pension and access to NHS discount schemes.
3. We provide a range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.

Why work for us?

1. We're committed to promoting inclusion and making sure all colleagues feel they belong. We encourage new colleagues from a diverse range of backgrounds to apply.
2. As an employer, we aim to create a workplace where differences are valued, and colleagues treat one another with dignity and respect.
3. Greater diversity within our BHT family improves positive outcomes for the people and communities we serve.

What do we stand for?

1. Our vision is to provide outstanding care, support healthy communities and be a great place to work.
2. Our mission is to provide personal and compassionate care every time.
3. Our CARE values are collaborate, aspire, respect and enable.

Job description

Job responsibilities

For a comprehensive list of responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to the Job Description and Person Specification by downloading the JD and PS attachment in the advert.

If you are an internal applicant there is the option for secondment, all applicants must have the endorsement/support of their line manager prior to application.

If you have a disability that makes submitting this online application difficult and would like assistance, please contact us on bht.recruitment@nhs.net quoting the vacancy reference number.

Person Specification

SKILLS, ABILITIES & KNOWLEDGE

Essential

1. Able to work effectively with diverse groups
2. Basic computer skills to create reports, use email, read excel spreadsheets etc
3. Able to manage strong emotions, sensitive issues and undertake courageous conversations
4. Able to manage exposure to distressing life events and stressful complex partnerships
5. Has understanding of the research base of FNP

Desirable

1. Counselling
2. Exceptional communication, facilitative and motivating skills

SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES

Essential

1. Committed to principles of FNP and a strong desire to see it succeed
2. Has a learning style which readily accommodates skills practice and role play
3. Pursues own personal growth
4. Able to travel independently

EXPERIENCE

Essential

1. Significant experience of working with families in deprived communities
2. Significant experience of midwifery, child health, public health, home visiting
3. Working as a Family Nurse
4. Working with children and families

EDUCATION, QUALIFICATIONS & TRAINING

Essential

1. Nursing or midwifery qualifications and registered with the NMC (see * below)
2. Degree level or equivalent professional qualification
3. Undergone the Family Nurse Partnership training

Desirable

1. Masters level education

SKILLS, ABILITIES & KNOWLEDGE

Essential

1. Able to manage strong emotions, sensitive issues and undertake courageous conversations
2. Able to develop supportive, trusting and respectful relationships
3. Able to work effectively in a team, supporting others and challenging colleagues views and attitudes when necessary
4. Able to sensitively provide anticipatory guidance to parents
5. Able to manage exposure to distressing life events and stressful complex partnerships
6. Highly reflective and able to learn from experiences
7. Willingness to prepare for and engage in clinical and managerial supervision
8. Able to assess a situation, set priorities and problem solve quickly and effectively
9. Able to communicate clearly and succinctly both verbally and in writing
10. Able to work effectively with diverse groups
11. Basic computer skills to create reports, use email, read excel spreadsheets etc
12. Has knowledge of the research base of FNP
13. Willingness to undertake personal study to develop understanding of a range of clinical areas
14. National and local safeguarding policies

Desirable

1. Exceptional communication, facilitative and motivating skills
2. Able to analyse numerical data
3. Understand the difference between advice giving and motivational approaches
4. Attachment theory
5. Behavioural change theory
6. Parent/infant mental health
7. Human ecology theory
8. Self efficacy theory

Employer details

Employer name

Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust

Address

Abbey Place

Easton Street

High Wycombe

HP11 1NT

Any attachments will be accessible after you click to apply.

434-CR6809345