Family Nurse

Job summary

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 November 2026.

If you would like further information, then please contact: Andrea Thwaites FNP Supervisor hiowh.fnpsouthampton@nhs.net Tel. 0300 1236661

Main duties of the job

The Family Nurse Partnership (FNP) is a licensed programme being delivered in a number of sites in England. The aim of the programme is to improve the health and well-being of disadvantaged young families and children and prevent social exclusion.

This role is responsible for delivering the Family Nurse Partnership intensive home visiting programme to vulnerable 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.

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 childrens 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 educations, and find work.

To be able to work therapeutically with a range of family members to achieve positive outcomes for children.

Job responsibilities

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust provides joined-up mental and physical healthcare for around two million people across our communities. With over 13,000 staff working in the community and local hospitals, we deliver care at every stage of life, helping people live their best and healthiest lives.

Our mental health services include community-based support and early intervention in psychosis (EIP) for both adults and young people, alongside a network of specialist inpatient wards covering forensic, learning disability, eating disorder and older person's care.

We deliver extensive physical health services too, from urgent community response teams helping frail and older patients remain safely at home, to hospitals at home teams providing acute-level care in familiar surroundings. Our neurological services offer rehabilitation and treatment for conditions including Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson's Disease, Motor Neurone Disease, Head Injury, Cerebral Palsy and Stroke. Across Hampshire, our community hospitals provide inpatient rehabilitation as a step down from acute care, and our dedicated teams also staff Treetops Sexual Assault Referral Centre in Portsmouth, offering expert, compassionate support.

Everything we do is underpinned by our CARE values of compassion, accountability, respect and excellence