Family Nurse Croydon, England
Job description
Public Health Nursing.- Integrated Women’s, Children & Sexual Health
The Family Nurse Partnership (FNP) is a national evidence-based programme. The aim of the programme is to improve the 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.
The successful candidate will need to be available to attend residential Foundations training delivered by the FNP national unit team in July 2023 and other residential training dates to be confirmed.
Public Health Nursing.- Integrated Women’s, Children & Sexual Health
An exciting opportunity to work as a Family Nurse has arisen within Croydon Family Nurse Partnership Team. The Family Nurse Partnership is a national licenced programme that sits within Croydon’s Public Health Nursing Team. The Family Nurse Partnership team are a friendly, innovative and highly skilled team that come from a range of registered health backgrounds.
The successful candidate will be a registered nurse, health visitor or midwife This is a demanding specialist role that requires a high level of professional skill and practice to work with young women who are expecting their first baby. No two days are the same in this challenging but rewarding role. The successful candidate must be friendly, energetic and resilient and have a least 2years experience of engaging hard to reach cohorts. A strong knowledge and active working experience within the safeguarding arena is essential for this role. The successful candidate must be adaptable and creative in their work, happy to use role play on a daily basis and create a safe space for clients to develop self-efficacy and skills for parenthood. Ideally they will have experience working within the Healthy Child Programme but a thorough knowledge of the high impact areas will be accepted.
Croydon Health Services NHS Trust provide hospital and community services from a number of community and specialist clinics throughout Croydon.
These include:
- Croydon University Hospital
- Purley Hospital
- The Sickle Cell and Thalassaemia Centre in Thornton Heath
- Community bases at Purley, Sanderstead, New Addington, Broad Green, Woodside
- A minor injuries unit in New Addington The Trust was formed on 1st August 2010 through the integration of Croydon Community Health Services and Mayday Healthcare NHS Trust. Around 3,500 staff provide services for a population of over 360,000 people who are relatively young with a high level of ethnic diversity. Our Vision: “Excellent integrated care for you and your family, when and where you need it” Our 5 key ‘Here for you’ promises to the people of Croydon are:
- You feel cared for by helpful and welcoming staff
- You feel in safe hands with highly professional staff
- You feel confident in your treatment from skilled teams of compassionate clinicians
- You feel we value your time with convenient appointments, minimal waiting and care closer to home
- You feel it’s getting better all the time as we continue to improve our services
Please see the attached supporting document which contains more information about the role if you have further questions please contact Margaret Walsh. 07773979088
