Family Nurse in Southampton inSouthampton PUBLISHED FRI 13 JUN 2025 Jump to job information section

We are recruiting a motivated nurse to join the existing team delivering Family Nurse Partnership in Hampshire. FNP is a national evidence-based programme that aims to improve the health and social outcomes for young expectant mothers and their babies from early pregnancy until their child is at least a year old. The programme must be delivered in accordance with the license which requires faithful replication of all its core model elements and a high regard for quality.

The 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. The successful candidate will need to attend a residential training course in February 2026.

Open only to applicants from Hampshire & Isle of Wight NHS system, which is limited to: Hampshire and Isle of Wight ICB, Hampshire & Isle of Wight Healthcare FT, Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust, University Hospital Southampton FT, South Central Ambulance Service or Hampshire Hospitals FT

• 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
• To be able to work therapeutically with a range of family members to achieve positive outcomes for children
• 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
• Through continuous monitoring and engagement in reflective supervision to ensure that expertise in clinical methods are developed and maintained, that the service offered is of high quality and the programme is 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 ready to exit the programme when the child is between one-two years old
• To undertake home visits in accordance with FNP model, developing individualised programmes of care to enable clients and their families to establish goals and outcomes.
• 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

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Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached. It is important to us that we ensure our recruitment processes are accessible and inclusive to everyone - if as a potential candidate you are concerned a person specification may prevent or restrict your application for employment as a result of unintentional barriers on the grounds of your sex, race, age, sexual orientation, religion/belief or disability please initially contact the Trust's Recruitment team - detailed in the advert. The Trust will seek to resolve this issue wherever possible.

We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.