Overview
Urgently seeking a wonderful Maternity Nurse who can start around 20th December, or just after. The parents are open to 24/7 for the first couple of weeks, moving thereafter to nights only, but would also consider just overnight help from the very start. The booking is likely to last at least 6 weeks, with the option for overnights to continue for up to 3 months if the candidate can offer that.
Responsibilities
- Prioritising the safety and well-being of the baby at all times, providing attentive and nurturing care
- Providing practical tools to enable the parents to keep baby on schedule during the day
- Maintaining a calm and supportive environment, ensuring Mum is well-rested, hydrated and healing well after the birth
- Baby's laundry, bottle sterilising (if required), and cleaning of toys and other baby items
- Providing lactation support and guidance
- When appropriate, gently encouraging healthy sleep and feed schedules
Requirements
The parents are keen to find a calm, gentle and experienced maternity nurse who thrives in a collaborative environment and who is comfortable working alongside very engaged and hands-on parents. Candidates should be:
- Trustworthy, reliable, and effective communicators
- Warm, friendly and passionate about their role
- Team players- able to work with very involved parents
- Open, supportive, and used to a gentle, baby-led environment
- Ideally Hindi and/or Gujurati speaking (or at least familiar with the languages!)
- Available from 20th December (or just after)
