anyone ever employed or considered a weekend maternity nurse?

[lindseyfox]

I have just started to offer this service in the east midlands and wondered if any parents had employed a weekend maternity nurse?

I suppose my thinking is alot of maternity nurses have partners and indeed families to go home too and only do 24/5 or 24/6 and often many families require 24/7 in the first few weeks.

do you think this is something parents will want?

I'm a maternity nurse and I usually do 24/5. My clients tend to have their other halfs around at the weekend and I go home to my family. I would say that its more to do with the maternity nurse needing a break as it can be exhausting. I have also done nights for a client for several months. Have you contacted any local agencies?

am registered with kids matter which covers all areas but i am in east midlands.

i to tend to proxy parent at weekends at the mo - not very often and get £200 per 24hrs for that so if maternity nursing would be looking at that amount minimum for 24hrs.

have done lots of night nanny work doing one am currently night nannying baby now 4mths been with them since 3wks old and i do 2 nights a week £10 net an hr.

When we were young my parents would often go away and leave us for the weekend with a nanny as a one off
Seemed to work fine, can't really remember though but my parents did it lots of times so it must have been a success

Gosh £200 for 24 hours is excellent money. Not sure maternity nursing would pay that much.

well thats for when i have one baby under 6mths or 2 children under 2yrs.

if older children then i charge £165 per 24hrs.

norland nannies recommend a min of £150 per 24hrs for proxy parent.

as i charge £10 net an hr anyway for nannying whether days or night nanny then this seems fair.

I charge £10 an hour aswell for temping but the going rate for a maternity nurse is £550-£800 for 5/6 days 24 hours depending on experience.

thats why i wouldnt do maternity nurse on a full time basis as thats a gross salary and have been told i could earn £500 net for a 50hr week nanny job with my quals and experience.

i actually work full time as a childrens nurse mon-fri so wouldnt want to be a full time nanny.

love doing just weekends and ad-hoc work nanny wise.

Hi again, just a thought, but as you are children's nurse, there are some specialist maternity posts that would need someone with your experience, so it is possible.