First-time parents are seeking an experienced Overnight Maternity Practitioner to support them with their four-week-old baby, who is currently experiencing reflux and finding it difficult to settle comfortably after feeds.
The baby benefits from being held upright for around 20 minutes following feeds and can find settling into the crib challenging. The family are therefore looking for a practitioner with experience supporting babies with reflux, who is confident in providing calm, nurturing and responsive overnight care.
The family have explored different options to support their baby and are currently awaiting further specialist guidance. In the meantime, they would greatly value the reassurance and experience of a practitioner who can care for their baby overnight, allowing the parents to get some much-needed rest and recovery.
The successful candidate will be knowledgeable about current NHS guidance, safer sleep practices and newborn care, with previous experience supporting babies with reflux being highly desirable.
This is a wonderful opportunity for an experienced and nurturing practitioner to provide invaluable support during the early weeks. The parents are looking for someone who can offer calm, knowledgeable and reassuring overnight care, giving them the opportunity to rest, recover and enjoy this precious time as a new family.
Job Start Date: 14th October
Contract End: 4 weeks
Location: Withington, Manchester
Gross hourly Rate: £25ph gross
Hours of work: 12am - 6am
Nights required: 2 nights a week
Specialist or expert required: Certified Maternity Practitioner
Minimum experience Level for this job: 5yrs experience within the role
Details of any qualifications needed for this job: 12hr First Aid, Enhanced DBS, Maternity Practitioner Certificate (L3 minimum).
Driving required: Not within role
Accommodation offered: within the babies environment
Parking offered: yes
Pets in the home: 2 x cats
This is a self-employed opportunity
It is usual for Maternity Nurses and Consultants to be self-employed, and you will be required to issue your own contract for services and Unique Tax Reference number to our clients at offer stage. Please note Maternity Nurse and Newborn Care titles are industry terms, not protected medical titles.
For all roles with children and the vulnerable you must have an up-to-date enhanced DBS certificate which is registered on the update service, a 12 hour Paediatric First Aid Certificate and a minimum of 2 professional referees who are happy for you to share their contact details to our recruiters. One of your references must be your current or last employer and both references must be immediately contactable. We also recommend that you have appropriate professional insurance (maternity practitioner insurance / consultant insurance). Whilst we usually undertake all registration interviews and right to work checks in person face to face, we will in certain circumstances consider video call registrations and digital right to work checks via a certified digital identity service provider (IDSP). We support the principle of Equality and Diversity in employment wholeheartedly and oppose all forms of unlawful or unfair discrimination on the grounds of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.
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