What qualifications does a 'nursery nurse' have?

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And why does she do the weigh-ins/weaning talks at baby clinic please?
Not saying it's not a proper job title or anything, just curious.

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Normally Nursey Nurses have an NNEB or BTEC qualification in Childcare. She may well also have additional training from the PCT/hospital in other things.

So that's only a level four qualification, as opposed to HV who have level six +. Are they paid less than HV?

xx

They are certainly paid less than an HV and the career structure is different - fewer opportunities for going into management, for instance.

However, a nursery nurse, with proper training and supervision where needed, should be competent to weigh babies and to talk about weaning. She should be managed by a health visitor who knows what the NN is saying and doing, and the NN should know her boundaries so she can refer any issues to the HV or doc.

The nursery nurse at our surestart centre that does the weighing clinic is a specific one, not all the nns do it, she has special training.
She would pass someone over to a HV or breastfeeding counsellor if they had issues she could not deal with.

She used to be there in addition to the HVs, but she seems to be the main one when I've been recently. SIL needs some help and GP advised her to speak to a HV, so I'll tell her she can ask for someone else as she upset her last time.

xx