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Location Inverness
Highland Health & Social Care
Post Title Family Nurse
Part-time 30 hours per week
Permanent
Salary Scale: Band 7 £39,557 - £46,011 p.a. (£48,788 - £56,747 pro rata)
(Please Note NHS application forms will not be accepted, see below to apply)
Interviews will be held on 15th January 2025.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Family Nurse position in the Highlands.
The successful post holder will be based in Inverness, however this does not exclude the possibility of travelling elsewhere in the Highlands as per service and client requirements.
The post holder is responsible for delivering the Family Nurse Partnership licensed (FNP) intensive home visiting programme to eligible pregnant young women. The post holder is required to be the lead in developing therapeutic relationships with clients and work intensively within complex family situations from early pregnancy until the child reaches 2 years when the programme is completed, whilst also ensuring fidelity to the programmes licensing requirements. As part of the licensing requirements the FNP Team is also supported by a Clinical Psychologist, Data Manager and Administrator.
All family nurses are required to undertake further mandatory training, some of which is residential, spanning over approximately 18 months. Alongside the mandatory training, there is now an opportunity to undertake a Masters level professional diploma in Family Nursing.
If you would like to discuss this post further, please contact Nikki Rearie, FNP Supervisor on or .
Application Forms and Job Descriptions are available online here: reference number HGH16571 If you are unable to apply online and you wish to request an offline application please contact Business Support (24 hour Voicemail) quoting the post reference number above.
Please quote reference in the subject line of your email HGH16571. Closing date for completed applications: Monday 16th December 2024.