Emma Willis: Delivering Babies S4
After an 18-month break, TV presenter Emma Willis returns to work in maternity services. But this time it’s all change - she’s got a new role working in a bigger hospital, Watford General in Hertfordshire. Over the course of 10 weeks, Emma is challenged to step up her training as she tries to qualify as a Maternity Support Worker (MSW), one level up from her previous job as a Maternity Care Assistant (MCA).
Under the supervision of a new team of dedicated midwives, her new role sees Emma take on more responsibility caring for women and their families, going through pregnancy and childbirth. And she also takes on a more hands-on role monitoring the health of newborn babies, in their first critical few days after birth.
But to qualify as an MSW, Emma must be continually assessed. She has to prove she’s competent in the skills she learnt as an MCA and is also challenged to learn vital new techniques caring for new mothers and their babies. And once she qualifies, Emma will have to face the biggest challenge of her NHS career, running an ante-natal clinic for expectant Mums completely on her own, without any supervision.
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