Family Nurse - Family Nurse Partnership

Kirklands - NHSL Headquarters

About The Organisation

Here at NHS Lanarkshire, we put the patient at the heart of everything we do. Each colleague within the organisation plays a key role in how we deliver our healthcare services.

We proudly serve a population of 655,000 across rural and urban communities in both North and South Lanarkshire. NHS Lanarkshire is comprised of Acute Services (which currently provide hospital based services over 3 main sites), Corporate & Property & Support Services, North and South Lanarkshire Health and Social Care Partnerships which provide integrated primary healthcare and social care services to local communities and surrounding areas.

The Role

The postholder is responsible for delivering the Family Nurse Partnership licensed programme (FNP) intensive home visiting programme to (max 25) vulnerable first time teenage women who are expecting their first baby. The postholder is required to be the lead in developing therapeutic relationships with clients and work intensively within complex family situations from early pregnancy until the child reaches 2 years when the programme is completed, whilst also ensuring fidelity to the programmes licensing requirements. As part of the licensing requirements The FNP Team is also supported by a Consultant Psychologist and Data Manager/Administrator.

The shift pattern for this post is Monday to Friday.

Candidates should provide original and authentic responses to all questions within the application form. The use of artificial intelligence (AI), automated tools, or other third-party assistance to generate, draft, or significantly modify responses is strongly discouraged. By submitting your application, you confirm that all answers are your own work, reflect your personal knowledge, skills and experience, and have not been solely produced or altered by AI or similar technologies. Failure to comply with this requirement may result in your application being withdrawn from the application process.

The interview for this post is in two stages including a formal panel interview and a less formal interview with existing FNP clients.

The successful applicant will require to be available to attend the FNP learning programme for all mandatory dates outlined below. Education is facilitated using a hybrid model of residential, face to face training and online learning.

• 31st August 4th September 2026 Pre foundations learning and SQA induction. At base and online.
• 7th 11th September 2026 Foundations in FNP practice. 5 days/ 4 nights. Residential.
• 4th November 2026 MI intermediate in FNP practice. Non-residential.
• 2nd 3rd December 2026 - MI advanced in FNP practice. 2 days / 1 night. Residential.
• 24th February 2027 Breastfeeding Support in FNP practice. Non-residential.
• 16th 18th March 2027 Next steps in FNP practice. 3 days / 2 nights. Residential.
• 19th 20th May 2027 - PIPE in FNP practice. 2 days / 1 night. Residential.
• Autumn 2027 DANCE in FNP practice. Online.
• 8th February 2028 Introduction to flourishing in FNP practice. Online.
• 25th 26th April 2028 Flourishing in FNP practice 2 days / 1 night. Residential.

In this key role, you will:

• Daily use of computer equipment.
• Combination of sitting, standing and walking.
• Movement of training materials and portable scales across the sector.
• Travelling to various meetings and training locally, in Scotland and UK wide.
• Concentration required to recruit and assess clients into programme, analysing data and preparing reports.

What You'll Bring:

• First level registered nurse or midwife with current NMC registration.
• Professional knowledge acquired at diploma/degree level underpinning further specialist education and training such as Public Health Nursing/Health Visiting.
• Masters degree relevant to the role such as Nursing and Health Studies, Psychology or demonstration of a range of skills commensurate with masters level. These could include Practice Educator role, specialist role in supporting looked after children and parenting support roles.
• Successfully complete the mandatory FNP core education and training programme, delivered to Masters level.
• A driving licence is required; this must be a full UK/EU/EEA licence.

What we Offer

As a valued employee of NHS Lanarkshire, you can enjoy an extensive range of benefits including:

• Annual Leave - 35 days including public holidays
• Generous NHS pension scheme
• Annual incremental salary progression
• Paid sick leave increasing with length of service
• NHS discounts and more.

NHS Lanarkshire is dedicated to building a diverse workforce where everyone can thrive, develop, and succeed based on their skills, knowledge, and talent - regardless of race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, or care experience* or any other dimension that can be used to differentiate people from one another.

*Care experienced applicants include those who have lived with foster parents, kinship carers, or in residential/secure childrens settings.

For informal discussion, please contact Debbie Mycek, Family Nurse Supervisor on @, or Joanna Dempsey Family Nurse Partnership Supervisor on @

If you have any questions about the recruitment process or require support with your application, contact Stephanie McNeill, Recruitment Administrator on @

Interested?

Full details about the role are provided in the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

Please review our which explain key information including closing dates, amendments, righttowork requirements, sponsorship eligibility and important points to be aware of before submitting your application

You can also learn more about working with NHS Lanarkshire by viewing our Information Pack

Unless otherwise stated, the deadline for applications is 23:59 hours on the closing date. Please note, CVs will not be accepted.

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