What courses/jobs did you do before your degree?

london gang 😁

The Portland hospital- u can ask for placement in nursery nurse department. It's a private maternity hospital and a famous one!

Imperial college healthcare

South West London st George mental health

Queen Charlotte hospital

Chelsea and Westminster perinatal unit

Royal free hospital

UCLH

That's all I know but u can find more by searching the hospital name and seeing if da hospital has a perinatal/neonatal unit n go from der. Good luck and let me know what happens

Thank you x first one I tried was Chelsea and Westminster Hospital as it's only a couple of minutes away. I'll email the other ones too

I'm currently working with an agency that recruits nursery nurses in London to work in nurseries around london with children aged 0-5. I get to pick what days to work.

I think I might arrange placement in a hospital setting once or twice a week if they let me for a couple of weeks. waiting for uni to send out the correct timetable

@Childcare_Kellie and @ILoveSunsets can you tell me:
what a typical day would be like as a Nursery Nurse/maternity support in the hospital?
Do you choose when to work?
Do you have to work weekends?
And how long are you shifts?
How many days a week do you do placement?

I just came back from a 12 hour shift 8am-8pm. Our shifts are on a rota system so we get a timetable when we r working. Sometimes could be working weekends and nights too. I work 3 days a week, sometimes 4 if needed. Depends what the rota says.

From what I see, nursery nurse go on home visits after baby and mum have left hospital. They participate in prenatal class. Breastfeeding support and communicating information 2 parents, administration e.g. discharging patients. They also trained in tube-feeding for premature babies and keeping record e.g. if a baby has jaundice they keep observation and They tell me (maternity support worker) or charge nurses if there's deterioration in baby health. They do care plans too.

My role consists of cannula, urine samples, and I'm supervised by a midwife. I help change newborn nappys and take their temperature, pulse, blood pressure. The list is endless. I work with mother's too. The midwife normally has a plan for me to do so everyday would be different. No 2 days r the same.


Hope this info helps!

I did play assistant at an after school club and then a week placement at my local hospital back in 2016. my college tutor sorted my placement out

Thank you this is extremely helpful

@ILoveSunsets have you done any placements doing play therapy or being a play assistant? And @Childcare_Kellie

Happy 2 help.
I've only done nursery assistant in a nursery setting and now maternity support worker.

Hey Kellie I tried to PM you but it's not going through.
I applied for a maternity assistant (on postnatal ward) and somehow got an interview and it's part time.
Can you help me with the interview questions they may ask?

what really? have you spoken to the course leader?

I tried to email places to volunteer but theres not much available so I applied to a play assistant role and maternity assistant and somehow got an interview for both so I'll go from there.

maybe try applying for temporary nursery jobs or a part time position? did your course leader say your placement is compulsory even if there's covid?