About this role
Overview
Friendly and involved first-time parents seek a wonderful night nurse to join them at the end of August. The schedule will likely be 7pm-7am, Monday through Saturday for the first 4-6 weeks and may drop down after that, depending on how things go. Ideally the night nurse will be available for a full 12 weeks.
Responsibilities
- Prioritising the safety and well-being of the baby at all times, providing attentive and nurturing overnight care
- Providing guidance and tools to enable the parents to keep to a daily schedule, and building their confidence in all the day-to-day aspects of baby's care and well-being
- Supporting Mum with formula feeding, and taking on the overnight feeds
- 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
- When appropriate, gently encouraging healthy sleep and feed schedules
Requirements
Candidates should be:
- Punctual and reliable
- Reasonably flexible around the schedule
- Extremely good communicators
- Warm, friendly and passionate about their role
- Able to work with involved parents
- Open, supportive, warm and caring
- Available from end August
- Locally based, as this is a live-out role
- Dog friendly - there is a non-allergenic, friendly dog in the home!
Salary and Benefits
- From £20/hr, DOE
Other facts
About British American Household Staffing
British American Household Staffing was founded to provide household staffing solutions. We offer an efficient and discreet service by gaining a thorough understanding of client’s staff needs and meeting those needs with rigorously interviewed and screened candidates of the highest caliber. Our ambition is to facilitate placements that result in client contentment and candidates that can look forward to long-term job satisfaction.
We provide experienced, qualified and formally trained household staff, including Nannies, Governesses, Butlers, Baby Nurses, Personal Assistants, Housekeepers, Private Chefs, Household/Estate Managers and Chauffeurs for households of all sizes. We have offices based in NYC, Miami, Los Angeles, London and Dubai.
What you'll do
- The night nurse will prioritize the safety and well-being of the baby while providing attentive overnight care. They will also support the mother with feeding and maintaining a calm environment for recovery.
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