Family Nurse - Children & Families Service

Sanctuary Health has a permanent job vacancy for an experienced and dedicated Family Nurse to work full-time in Swindon. The ideal candidate will possess highly developed specialist knowledge of nursing and be registered with the NMC. The salary for this permanent Family Nurse role is £35,437 per annum. Role purpose: The Family Nurse Partnership (FNP) is a licensed programme being delivered in a number of sites across the UK. The aim of the programme is to improve the health and well-being of disadvantaged families and children and prevent social exclusion. This role is responsible for delivering the FNP intensive home visiting programme to vulnerable young women who are expecting their first baby. Key Accountabilities: To recruit and engage eligible, hard-to-reach pregnant young women to the FNP programme. To use programme materials and methods in the clients' homes in order to achieve the following; Improve the outcomes of pregnancy, improve children's health and development by enabling parents to provide more sensitive and competent care of them and to improve parental life-course by helping parents plan future pregnancies, complete their education. To be able to work therapeutically with a range of family members to achieve positive outcomes for children. Undertake home visits in accordance with FNP model, developing individualised programmes of care to enable clients and their families to establish goals and outcomes. Requirements of the Family Nurse: Utilise specialist knowledge acquired through FNP learning events and other study, together with reflections on high levels of practical experience, to effectively deliver the FNP programme. 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. Be able to work effectively in potentially highly distressing or highly emotional circumstances, e.g. safeguarding children or family breakdown. Be able to 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. Degree or equivalent in nursing NMC Registration Contact: This Family Nurse role is advertised by Stuart Munns; if you are interested in this position please click above to apply now. Due to the high volume of applications we receive, regretfully we are only able to respond to candidates who meet our clients' requirements.