Sinead
Maternity Nurse in Horsham District Council
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Female Member since Apr 2021 Last Updated May 2025 Last Login 08 May 2025
My Summary
Will Care For Your Baby As If They Were My Own
About Me
A love of children and a desire to care for them started at an early age, growing up in a large family with ample opportunities for babysitting! For me, it was a natural progression to then train to be a Nanny, which provided the opportunity to gain a wealth of experience. Although I loved this work, I realised over time that it was caring for newborns and infants which was my real passion. Having made the decision to specialise as a Maternity Nurse, I haven’t looked back. With the benefit of now being a Mum myself, this has given me a different perspective and an even greater understanding and ability to offer practical, empathetic advice and support, especially to new Mums & Dads. I’m proud that the families I work with frequently describe me as being warm, friendly, calm, patient, caring and relaxed – qualities which I consider to be essential in my work.
My Experience
7 years’ specialising as Maternity Nurse / newborn care practitioner and/or Night Nanny, underpinned by 20 years as full-time Nanny.
Responsible for physical and emotional safety, wellbeing and care of premature babies, newborns and infants.
Washing, bathing and dressing newborns and infants, supporting and encouraging new Mums at bath time.
Establishing good feeding/sleep habits, preparing bottle feeds, feeding, weaning, winding and changing baby.
Caring for and comforting newborns suffering with reflux, wind, colic and intrauterine growth restriction.
Administering medication including Infacol, Gaviscon, Ranitidine, Nystatin and specialised reflux formula.
Preparing, arranging and sterilizing baby equipment, including bottles and pacifiers.
Light housekeeping: laundry, organising baby clothes and bedding, tidying, washing-up and ironing.
My Qualifications
2021 Interactive Study: Best Practice When Bottle Feeding, Certificate of Completion
2015 Maternity Practitioners Award Level 4: Babyem
2014 CACHE Level 3 Diploma in Home-Based Childcare
2014 OCN Baby Care: MNT Training
2014 OCN Postnatal Depression: MNT Training
2014 OCN Care of Multiples: MNT Training
2014 OCN Sleep Training: MNT Training
My Availability
2- 3 nights per week or emergency cover.
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Before School | no | no | no | no | yes | yes | yes |
| Morning | no | no | no | no | yes | yes | yes |
| Afternoon | no | no | no | no | yes | yes | yes |
| After School | no | no | no | no | yes | yes | yes |
| Evening | no | no | no | no | yes | yes | yes |
| Overnight | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Last Updated: 02/05/2025 | |||||||
My Fees
- Maternity Nursing from £20.00 per hour (gross)
Ranging between £18 - £23 per hour
My Documents
- UK Driving Licence (added 27/04/2022)
- DBS Check (added 27/04/2022)
- First Aid Certificate: Entire document (added 08/11/2022)
- Full CV (added 05/11/2022)
- First Aid Certificate: Tigerlily First Aid part 1 (added 05/11/2022)
- Marriage Certificate (added 27/04/2022)
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