Job overview
Family Nurse
Band 7
1 x 30 hour (part time) fixed term Maternity cover 10 months
1 x 37.5 hour (full time) fixed term 12 months
A fantastic opportunity has arisen to be a Family Nurse in Tameside. You will deliver the Family Nurse Partnership programme, which has evidence based outcomes, to a caseload of young vulnerable parents and their babies.
We are seeking a flexible, warm and innovative Family Nurse for our established Family Nurse team. You will need to be available to complete the FNP Family Nurse training programme if not already completed and be highly motivated with a good understanding of infant psychology, building therapeutic and empowering relationships, safeguarding children, child development, and you will enjoy working with this age group of parent.
Family Nurse Partnership is well embedded within the local early help offer and is in its 10th year of delivering the programme to the young parents in the borough. Our multi-agency approach to parent-infant mental health and our early attachment service are already highly regarded, and as a Family Nurse you will work closely with these and other services.
This post requires the ability to travel independently and efficiently across multiple community sites to meet the operational requirements of the role.
Main duties of the job
The Family Nurse role is responsible for delivering the FNP intensive and preventive home visiting service to vulnerable and hard to reach young woman who are expecting their first baby. The post holder will be required to develop high level generalist and specialist skills to work within the clinical methods of the service delivery. Family Nurses will be expected to develop therapeutic relationships with clients and work intensively within complex family situations to achieve the expected outcomes. This is a specialist role
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The job description gives an overview of the main tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification focusses on the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. These documents are attached on the page and can be downloaded.
The person specification below is not the full person specification but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Person specification
Knowledge
Essential
- Understand the difference between advice giving and motivational approaches.
- Has some knowledge of the research base of NFP. Parent/infant mental health
- Willingness to undertake personal study to develop understanding of a range of clinical areas National and local safeguarding policies
- Attachment theory, Self efficacy theory, Human ecology theory and Behavioural change theory
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience of working with families in deprived communities
- Significant experience of midwifery, child health, public health , home visiting and clinical supervision
- Working with children & families
- Working with young people
- Working as a Family Nurse
Skills & Abilities
Essential
- Able to develop supportive, trusting and respectful relationships.
- Able to work effectively in a team, supporting others and challenging colleagues views and attitudes when necessary.
- Able to sensitively provide anticipatory guidance to parents.
- Able to manage exposure to distressing life events and stressful complex partnerships.
- Highly reflective and able to learn from experiences.
- Willingness to prepare for and engage in clinical and managerial supervision.
- Able to assess a situation, set priorities and problem solve quickly and effectively.
- Able to communicate clearly and succinctly both verbally and in writing.
- Exceptional communication, facilitative and motivating skills.
- Able to work effectively with diverse groups
- Basic computer skills to create reports, use email, read excel spreadsheets etc
- Able to analyse numerical data
Desirable
- Motivational interviewing.
- Counselling
Education & Qualifications
Essential
- Nursing or midwifery qualifications and registered with the NMC
- Degree level or equivalent professional qualification
- Completion of the FNP Family Nurse National Clinical learning programme
Desirable
- Masters level education
Work Related Circumstances
Essential
- Committed to principles of FNP and a strong desire to see it succeed
- Resilient, Tenacious and persistent
- Empathic and non-judgemental
- Warmth and flexibility
- Self awareness
- Pursues own personal growth
- Has a learning style which readily accommodates skills practice and role play
- Able to travel independently
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This advert is for Family Nurse with Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust in Ashton Primary Care Centre. It is listed as a Band 7 Nurse (adult and children) role. The advertised salary is £49,387 - £56,515 pro-rata per annum. The contract type is 10 months (Fixed term: a 10-month part-time post: 30 hours and a 12-month full-time post: 37.5 hours available.). The application deadline is 08 Sep 2026.
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