Maternity Nannies
(24 hours, days, nights)

Maternity nannies, although usually qualified, tend to be less experienced than a Maternity Nurses. They work 24 hours, or either days/nights. When working 24 hours or nights they generally share a room with the baby and either bring the baby to mum for breast feeding during the night or bottle feed the baby themselves so that the mother has a chance to rest and recover after the birth. Maternity nannies are very popular with experienced parents who have one or two older children and need less direction and advice.

Maternity Nannies are expected to undertake responsibility for the care of the baby and mother and the duties include:

• Preparing all milk feeds and sterilising equipment
• Feeding the baby if bottle fed
• Advising on breast feeding as necessary
• Washing and ironing all of baby's clothes cot linen etc.
• Bathing and changing the baby as required
• Daily tidying of the nursery
• Assisting you in establishing a routine that suits your family needs

Maternity nannies who live-in with the family are on call 24 hours a day either 5 or 6 days a week. She is entitled to at least 2-4 hours off during the day to rest or take a walk. Day / night maternity nannies generally work an 8-12 hour shift with flexibility on start and finish times.

As a general rule positions are booked approx. 4 -6 months in advance; however we are used to handling emergency bookings.

We place maternity nannies throughout the UK, Europe, USA, UAE and Hong Kong.

Salary guidelines for daily maternity nurses

Maternity nurses are self-employed and work on a freelance basis. Salaries vary according to age, experience and qualifications and the number of babies she is responsible for, e.g. single baby, twins or triplets.

£100-120 gross per 24 hours
£9-11 gross per hour for a single baby, day/nights
£12-15 gross per hour for twins or triplets, day/nights

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