Job overview Are you an experienced family nurse, health visitor, school health nurse or a registered nurse or midwife with significant experience of working in the community with vulnerable and complex families?
Are you passionate about prevention and early intervention?
Do you enjoy working with young people?
Do you thrive in a strength-based team culture?
Are you excited by the opportunity to learn and develop new skills alongside your colleagues?We are excited to be recruiting a Family Nurse (FN) into our Oxfordshire Family Nurse Partnership Team within our 0-19 West Locality!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' self-sufficiency.
FNs are responsible for delivering the FNP intensive, preventive home visiting programme to vulnerable, hard to reach young women who are expecting their first baby.Bespoke training will be provided to support the successful applicant, and ensure competencies within the role.
If you are not a FN already, this will include residential placements throughout the year commencing July 2025 .
As a FN 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.
Specifically, this will include having clinical oversight of the Young Parents' Pathway.
Main duties of the job Work therapeutically with a range of family members to promote behaviour change, and positive outcomes for children and families as per the HCP and FNP programme outcomes.Use professional and clinical judgement to undertake detailed assessments of clients and their families and analyse complex family situations in order to develop appropriate clinical interventionsTo 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.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.Support Community Public Health Nurses in the delivery of the Young Parent's Pathway, including offering clinical supervision, accompanied visits and sharing work force development packages.
To be part of the Oxfordshire 0-19 Service in the delivery of the Healthy Child Programme to the highest possible standardRecruit and engage eligible, hard-to-reach pregnant young women to the FNP programme.
Working for our organisation Oxford Health is a great place to work and to be able to showcase the best of yourself when making an application please read the "candidate guide to making an application" and ensure you're your supporting statement is tailored to the role you are applying for and addresses any essential criteria.As a Trust we provide physical, mental health and social care for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and Northeast Somerset.
Our services are delivered at community bases, hospitals, clinics and people's homes, delivering care as close to home as possible.
Our vision is that no matter who you are or where you are, you will tell us that you receive: "Outstanding care delivered by an outstanding team"Our values are: "Caring, safe and excellent"We offer a wide range of benefits designed to support your career and wellbeing.
These include:• Excellent opportunities for career progression• Access to tailored individual and Trust wide learning and development• 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days with continuous service• NHS Discount across a wide range of shops, restaurants and retailers• Competitive pension scheme• Lease car scheme• Cycle to work scheme• Employee Assistance Programme• Mental Health First Aiders• Staff accommodation (please note waiting lists apply)• Staff networking and support groups hosted by our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion team Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please refer to the job description and guidance notes attached for further information on this role Person specification Qualifications Essential criteria Nursing or midwifery qualifications and registered with the NMCDegree level or equivalent professional qualification Experience Essential criteria Significant experience of working with families in deprived communities.Significant experience of midwifery, child health, public health, home visitingParticipation in clinical supervision, both providing and receivingEvidence of professional curiosity and ability to be reflective Knowledge Essential criteria Has some knowledge of the research base of FNPNational and local safeguarding policiesUnderstand the difference between advice giving and motivational approaches All new starters have a thorough induction process, both local and Trust wide, which aims to create a positive supportive working environment allowing new employees to learn key elements of their role over a reasonable timescale.Appointment to this post is subject to the trust receiving satisfactory references covering 3 years of employment or study.
Please ask your referees to respond promptly to reference requests.Employees are expected to undertake mandatory and statutory training related to their role.We are ambitious in our pursuit of excellence, driven by the belief that a fair, just and fully inclusive organisational culture enables our teams to deliver the best quality of care and services possible and we work hard to ensure that our diverse workforce reflects the communities that we serve.
We welcome applications from all sections of the community, are an Equal Opportunities employer with a number of internal networking groups to support our employees and where possible will always look to make reasonable adjustments in order that you can fulfil the role to recognise your full potential.
All our employees are committed to demonstrating through their behaviour our core values – safe, caring and excellent.Oxford Health is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults, we expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.Oxford is a world-renowned centre of excellence for research.
Oxford Health works closely with the University of Oxford department of Psychiatry and the Department of Primary care, has a Biomedical Research Centre dedicated to improving mental health and the NIHR Clinical Research Facility at the Warneford site.
The Trust also hosts the NIHR Applied Research Collaboration (ARC) which carries out applied research that directly impacts patient health and wellbeing