Senior Physiotherapist

Community healthcare is unlike any other part of the NHS. It’s personalised care that helps people to retain their independence. It’s the NHS at its best and the difference you make is truly tangible.

Our colleagues often describe us as a family, and we know how important that sense of belonging and support is when you start a new job. Our preceptorship programme is second to none hence the award and logo. It’s simple - happy, engaged staff provide better services. In 2018, we were named  ‘Best Place to Work for Employee Satisfaction’  by the Nursing Times. The same year, we won the Workforce category at the HSJ Awards. In the latest NHS Staff Survey results 2020, we had the best response rate amongst community trusts nationally.

We are the top community trust in the country on the theme Quality of care for the third year. We had the highest percentage of staff who felt they are able to deliver the care they aspire to and are satisfied with the quality of care they give to patients or service users. 

Job overview

FNP Supervisor - Secondment Opportunity for 6 months

Band 8A. 1WTE

A 6-month secondment opportunity from November 2023 has arisen for an experienced Family Nurse to join the Hounslow team as Supervisor.

Main duties of the job

A 6-month secondment opportunity from Oct 2023 (approx.) (with possibility for extension) has arisen for an experienced Family Nurse to be seconded into the role of Family Nurse Supervisor in Hounslow.

Hounslow FNP has been established for 11 years. The Supervisor is responsible for leading and managing the work of the family nurses and Quality Support Officer. This includes providing in-depth clinical and safeguarding supervision to the family nurses, maintaining the integrity of the programme, taking responsibility for the quality of programme replication according to the licence, overseeing recruitment and engagement of hard-to-reach families, building local stakeholder relationships and facilitating continual learning and service improvement. In addition, they will also hold a small caseload of families to whom they deliver the programme.

This is a demanding role combining clinical practice with a team leader and supervisory role, which requires a diverse set of skills and attributes as well as commitment to the ethos and principles of the Family Nurse Partnership (FNP) programme.

Full supervisor training will be provided by the National Unit. The first of which is residential, and it is essential that the successful candidate can attend this in November 2023.

Please express your interest by writing 500 words on why you feel you should be considered for this post. All expressions of interest need to be received by 15/09/23 .

Working for our organisation

Community healthcare is unlike any other part of the NHS. It’s personalised care that helps people to retain their independence. It’s the NHS at its best and the difference you make is truly tangible.

Our colleagues often describe us as a family, and we know how important that sense of belonging and support is when you start a new job. It’s simple - happy, engaged staff provide better services. In 2018, we were named  ‘Best Place to Work for Employee Satisfaction’  by the Nursing Times. The same year, we won the Workforce category at the HSJ Awards. In the latest NHS Staff Survey results 2020, we had the best response rate amongst community trusts nationally.

We are the top community trust in the country on the theme Quality of care for the third year. We had the highest percentage of staff who felt they are able to deliver the care they aspire to and are satisfied with the quality of care they give to patients or service users. 

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

1. To manage a team of family nurses (FNs) and the site Quality Support Officer.
2. To take responsibility for programme quality and adherence to the FNP licensing conditions.
3. To facilitate continual learning and service improvement, planning for and ensuring a local learning programme for each FN, to meet their own identified learning needs and to facilitate the team based elements of the FNP learning programme.

For more detail please referee to the Job description and person specification attached. 

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

Nursing or Midwifery NMC registered Trained Family Nurse Degree level or equivalent professional qualification Masters level education

Experience

Essential criteria

Working with deprived communities for more than 2 years Supervision of other practitoners Leading a team At least 2 years’ experience of midwifery, child health, public health, home visiting. Managing others

Desirable criteria

Experience of working with young people Project Management

Knowledge

Essential criteria

Knowledge of the research base for NFP and it's replication in the UK Parent / infant mental health Knowledge of Supervision models National and Local Safeguarding policies Knowledge of theories - attachment, self-efficacy,human ecology and behavioral change The Children Act and Assessment Framework and recommendations of recent child protection reviews Principles of clinical governance

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The closing date given is a guide only. There may be occasions where we have to close a vacancy once a sufficient amount of applications have been received. It is therefore advisable that you submit your application as early as possible.

Applicants are advised to check their email accounts regularly. If you are successful at the shortlisting stage we will contact you via TRAC email. Please continue to check your emails and also your TRAC account for correspondence. You must confirm your attendance to interview as soon as possible, failure to do so will result in your interview being cancelled. If you have not been contacted within 4 weeks of the closing date you should assume you have not been shortlisted.

Hounslow & Richmond Community Healthcare NHS Trust (HRCH) uses TRUSTID identification scanning technology to confirm the authenticity of key documents such as Passports, Driving Licenses etc. It is a condition of appointment that all prospective employees of HRCH have their original documents verified using this TRUSTID.

Please ensure you provide work email addresses for your referees where possible.

Hounslow & Richmond Community Healthcare NHS Trust is committed to being an equal opportunities employer and in order to reflect the diversity of its population, positively encourages applications from all areas of the community. We aim to be a representative organisation with regards to age, disability, ethnicity, gender, beliefs and sexual orientation and are fully committed to equality, diversity and human rights and encourage applications from all sections of the community including users of mental health services.

Please note that this post is subject to a 3 month probationary period. If you currently hold a contract of employment with Hounslow and Richmond Community Healthcare Trust, this will not apply.

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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.

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