Nurse Clinician

About Us

NTUC Health Co-operative Limited (NTUC Health) is an NTUC enterprise that provides a comprehensive and integrated suite of quality and affordable health and eldercare services to meet the growing needs of families and their dependents. Building on more than four decades of experience and expertise, NTUC Health is among the largest senior day care, nursing home and home personal care providers in Singapore. It also offers other services for seniors such as an active ageing hub, senior activity centres, community support for vulnerable seniors, and a sheltered / senior group home. In addition, it runs a chain of dental clinics, and a family medicine clinic

Job Description

The job-holder leads, coordinates and implement care, teaching and counselling to ensure personalised and cost-effective care is provided by nursing staff to residents in accordance to established policies and procedures, standards of nursing care and practices. Responsible for clinical practice and staff competency in the ward assigned.

Primary Responsibilities and Duties (80%)

• Collaborates with Centre Directors and Nursing Team to facilitate the licensing of Nursing Home.
• Assesses, plans, implements and evaluates care of residents with complex healthcare needs according to updated standards of nursing practice.
• Supervise and guide nurses and care staff to residents to ensure compliance to standards for complex and specialised care.
• Ensures residents care delivery is carried out according to established standards of care and practice.
• Ensures written policies and SOP is available and up to date to guide nursing practices.
• Ensures smooth transition of residents from acute to chronic care and back to community where possible.
• Facilitates the adoption of Person Centred approach in the care of the residents.
• Conducts nursing audits on nursing care standards and initiates strategies to resolve non-adherence issues.
• Directs and facilitates staff development, skills and competency upgrading through in-house training, approved online learning or formal education opportunities.
• Guides orientation/induction programmes and preceptorship for new staff.
• Facilitates the adoption of a new clinical management system and new technology to enhance nursing effectiveness and efficiency.

Secondary Responsibilities and duties (20%)

• Acts as a resource person to the nurse manager in clinical nursing and nursing training matters.
• Promotes evidence-based practices or nursing care delivery.
• Demonstrates awareness of current nursing and health care practices
• Monitors and analyzes trends and changing needs of residents in institutional settings.
• Conducts quality improvement/research projects
• Champions training/quality improvement projects
• Contributes to performance appraisals of staff nurses, assistant nurses, nursing aides and healthcare assistants.
• Takes on additional responsibilities or tasks as assigned by Senior Nurse Manager/Director of Nursing.

Qualifications

• Locally Trained Registered Nurse with Advanced Diploma in Nursing/Bachelor's degree in Nursing or equivalent preferred.
• Foreign Trained Registered Nurse with Degree or Diploma in Nursing with Board Pass (Professional Regulation Council, PRC)
• Registration with Singapore Nursing Board.