Job Summary
The Family Nurse Partnership (FNP) is a national evidence-based programme aimed at improving antenatal health, child health and development, and parents' economic self-sufficiency in disadvantaged young families.
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 complex family situations to achieve the expected outcomes of the programme.
This is a demanding specialist role requiring high levels of professional skills and practice and the ability to work as part of a team.
Main Duties of the Job
1. To recruit and engage eligible, hard-to-reach pregnant young women to the FNP programme.
2. To use programme materials and methods in the clients' homes to achieve the following: improve pregnancy outcomes; enhance children's health and development by enabling parents to provide more sensitive and competent care; and improve parental life-course by assisting parents in planning future pregnancies, completing their education, and finding work.
3. To work therapeutically with a range of family members to promote behaviour change and positive outcomes for children and families.
4. 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.
5. Through continuous monitoring and engagement in reflective supervision, ensure that expertise in clinical methods is developed and maintained, that the service offered is of high quality, and that the programme is implemented with fidelity.
6. 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.
About Us
Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust (HDFT) cares for the population in Harrogate and the local area, as well as across North Yorkshire, Leeds, and parts of the North East.
At HDFT we provide outstanding care to both our patients and our staff, valuing Kindness, Integrity, Teamwork, and Equality. If you're looking for an interesting and rewarding career in the NHS, where you can make a real difference to patients' lives, HDFT could be the place for you!
We offer colleagues:
* A supportive culture so colleagues can bring their whole selves to work.
* Staff Recognition - as well as regular appraisals, we recognise achievements with our Making a Difference & Team of the Month Awards, along with annual Colleague Recognition Awards.
* Employee Support and wellbeing - we offer a wide range of staff benefits including an Employee Assistance Programme, counselling service, and a fast-track Physiotherapy service.
Please note, visa sponsorship is only available for certain roles. Please ensure the role you are interested in meets the criteria for a visa before submitting your application.
Please also be aware that the Trust does not offer relocation packages for Agenda for Change roles.
Date Posted: 15 April 2025
Pay Scheme: Agenda for Change
Band: Band 7
Salary: £46,148 to £52,809 a year per annum pro rata
Contract: Permanent
Working Pattern: Part-time
Reference Number: 421-CYPD-2046R
Job Locations: Gateshead 0-19, Teams Family Hub, Rose Street, Gateshead, NE8 2LS
Job Description and Responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification. If you have any questions, please contact Katrina Walker at katrina.walker11@nhs.net.
Person Specification
Qualifications, Skills and Experience
Essential:
* Holding a nursing/midwifery qualification and being registered with NMC
* 2 years' experience of working with families and children in deprived communities
* Willingness to undertake post-graduate training and be assessed
* Understanding the difference between advice giving and motivational approaches.
* Demonstrates some knowledge of the research base for FNP
Desirable:
* Masters level education
* Experience of working with young people
* Experience of motivational interviewing approach
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.
Certificate of Sponsorship
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.
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.
Employer Details
Employer Name: Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust
Address: Gateshead 0-19, Teams Family Hub, Rose Street, Gateshead, NE8 2LS
Employer's Website: https://www.hdft.nhs.uk/
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