• To be eligible, your baby must have been an inpatient in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) or Special Care Nursery (SCN) and be available for the NurtureTime shift at Westmead Hospital; Thursday (fortnightly) from 10.30am-12.30pm

Miracle Babies Foundation is Australia's leading organisation that supports premature and sick newborns, their families and the hospitals that care for them.

NurtureTime in-hospital support is facilitated by caring parents who themselves have experienced the birth of premature or sick newborn.

Our valuable NurtureTime Volunteers visit the hospital to provide peer support, guidance and hope within the premises of approved hospitals, for families that have babies in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) or Special Care Nursery (SCN). Parents, family and friends can ask you questions whilst you provide them the opportunity to share their thoughts, feelings and journey with you, knowing that you have also experienced a premature or sick newborn. Our in-hospital parent support sessions operate within NICU’s around Australia.

Our NurtureTime Program can be held in a group setting in a morning tea style, close and suitable to the NICU or individual support cot side or in a quiet area – This is dependent on the arrangement with the hospital. We are seeking volunteers who are committed to volunteer fortnightly for approx. 2 hours.

You will undertake both a Miracle Babies Foundation and Westmead Hospital volunteer on-boarding process before being eligible to provide in-hospital support. This will include interviews, screening and training (online and mandatory).

Please only apply if you have experienced your baby in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) or Special Care Nursery (SCN), are able to commit to the shift, you are a people person, empathetic and love making a difference.

Westmead Hospital; Thursday fortnightly from 10.30am-12.30pm