Cass McNamara
Clinical Director
Saskia Klop
Brighton
With over 22 years of experience, Saskia began her journey in midwifery back in 2002 in the Netherlands. Fast forward to 2018, Saskia made the move to the UK, and became an integral part of the local community supporting parents at The Royal Free Hospital. Now, she’s your go-to community midwife for home births in Brighton and Hove. Saskia is also diving into the academic world, pursuing a Master’s in Maternal Global Health at City University of London. Dedicated to keeping up to date about global maternal health trends, and keen to make a positive impact for parents-to-be. For an antenatal course led by a local, friendly expert and key figure in your community, look no further.
Jen McLean
Lewes
With over 16 years of experience in healthcare, Jen began her journey on the frontline of the ambulance service in 2008 before earning her BSc in midwifery from the University of the West of Scotland in 2015. Having been a midwife for the maternity services at The Royal Sussex County Hospital and as Midwife Advisor previous to that at Ashford and St Peter’s NHS Trust, Jen has a vast amount of experience in the field of midwifery. Today, Jen is resuscitation lead for the South East teaching others the importance of life support alongside her role as antenatal teacher for The Parents Class in Lewes. To further her skills in midwifery, Jen is currently studying for an MSc in Perinatal Mental Health.
Jessica Quaroni
Greenwich
Jessica has been a practising midwife for 13 years and a qualified nurse for 19 years. Having spent 11 years at Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, Jessica is now based at Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust as a Fetal Wellbeing Midwife, focused on the development and utilisation of both clinical and educational support. She has delivered midwifery care in both the UK and Australia, and won a Nightingale award in 2019 for quality of patient care.
Clarissa Battaglino
Fulham
After qualifying as a midwife in 2015, Clarissa worked at Walsall Manor Hospital before transferring to University College London Hospitals in 2017. She has since worked in the Fetal Medicine Unit at UCLH, where she helps to diagnose and treat potential complications that may arise during pregnancy through antenatal screening. Clarissa has volunteered as a midwife in both Bangladesh and Peru.
Kleio Vourou
South Kensington & Kensal Rise
Kleio is a practising midwife with over 17 years of experience. For the last 15 years Kleio has worked in The Kensington Wing and was the lead midwife there for the Antenatal Clinics/Day Assessment Unit between 2013 and 2017. Before that Kleio worked as a reflexologist for private maternity services in both Greece and the UK, specialising in pregnancy, induction of labour and fertility.
Petra Nhau
South Kensington & Kensal Rise
Petra has 18 years experience as a midwife, who has worked extensively in labour ward settings, providing hands-on support to countless women during childbirth, including managing complications with her wealth of expertise
Clara Calvete
Woking & Chertsey
Clara is a Senior Lecturer in Nursing & Midwifery at the University of East London. After qualifying as a midwife in 2008, Clara worked in Barts Health NHS Trust where she went on to qualify as a Research Midwife and Nurse. From there Clara worked in University College London Hospital before spending over a decade as a Senior Midwife in Ashford & St. Peter’s NHS Trust.
Jacqui Nancy
West London
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“I love working with TPC. The ethos and culture of the team is wonderful. Sammy is so supportive and will take care of you and ensure all you need to do is facilitate learning for the parents you teach.
The company values that midwives are experts in physiology and supporting birth in any setting parents choose. The course and teaching material have been designed by an expert midwife who has an MSc in healthcare education.
What more could you ask for if you want to dip your toes into facilitating parents’ classes for the first time.“
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