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Certificates and accreditation
How does the OCN accreditation process work?
Your Blended Maternity Nurse Training accreditation (Level 3 or Level 4) is awarded by OCN London, not by Babyem. We are the training provider and they are the awarding body, which is what makes your training accredited and recognised. Once your accreditation is confirmed, you receive your certificate in the post.
- Attend your two-day training and work through every online lesson. Pass each quiz with 80%. You can retake a quiz as many times as you need.
- Complete your written assessment. Everything you need is in the assessment lesson in your course: the assessment documents, guidance on how to write your answers, and the form to submit. Please save your work as a Word document, not a PDF.
- Submit your assessment within 7 weeks of the date of your booked two-day training. If you need more time, extensions are always available.
- Your tutor marks your work, with up to 21 working days to do so, and emails your result. You will either pass, or receive feedback asking for specific amendments. You are given extra time to make them, and there is no fee to resubmit.
- Once you pass, we submit your result to OCN London, who carry out their own independent quality checks. Your OCN accreditation is usually issued approximately 4 to 6 weeks after successful marking and verification.
- OCN London issue your accreditation. We first send you a digital PDF copy of your certificate, followed by the printed certificate in the post.
Good to know
Your course fees need to be paid in full before your OCN accreditation can be issued. If you are on a payment plan, your accreditation is released once the final payment has gone through.
Maternity Nurse Training accreditation is awarded in the title Newborn Care Specialist.
The OCN stage is not instant. It sits with OCN London and their quality assurance timetable, not with us. That independent check is what gives your accreditation its value, so we cannot rush it. If your accreditation feels overdue, ask us to check where it is. We can see which step you are on.