Emma Willis has officially obtained her Maternity Care Assistant qualification.
The ‘Emma Willis: Delivering Babies’ presenter has revealed she’s completed everything she needs to become an MCA thanks to the show.
Speaking on ‘The One Show’, the former ‘Big Brother’ host said: "I’ve completed my whole training so I am a qualified Maternity Care Assistant with a certificate.
"I’ve put in the hours, I’ve put in the shifts, I’ve done all the practical work and what we didn’t get to finish last series was the written work.
"I was a bit like, ‘Maybe I can forget that bit…’ "
The paperwork – which includes a 15-module test – was a crucial part of becoming certified, so Emma had to finish it off.
She added: "It had to be all or nothing, it had to be fully immersive so full shifts, full hours because I wanted to do it justice because it was such a massive part of my life that it had to be real."
Emma now has an option for work for after the cameras stop rolling, because she didn’t have qualifications prior to the UKTV series.
She told Digital Spy: "There will come a time when this isn’t my job anymore, I’m sure, and I’m going to have to do something.
"So at least I have a qualification, because I didn’t bloody have any before."
Emma has been hands-on with every task presented to her.
Tasks usually include mopping blood, preparing equipment for childbirth, and providing general care for both mother and baby.
She added: "[When] you see [the babies] grow and get better, and come out of that incubator, and go to special care, where they’re a little bit more independent, and they’re getting better, and getting to go back to their families and stuff. It’s amazing."
Emma Willis is qualified Maternity Care Assistant
