Location: Kent Ridge
Working Hour: Mon-Fri, 830am-6pm
Job Scope:
ā¢ Identify patients through proactive screening daily.
ā¢ Assesses, plans, implements and evaluates, conducts counselling and teaching for patients and their families/caregiver.
ā¢ Provides patient/family information and education on disease process, causes of disease conditions, health education on risk factors, nutritional counselling, smoking cessation advice, exercise & coping strategies at home following discharge.
ā¢ Ongoing collaboration among patient, family and a multidisciplinary team to provide valuable connections.
ā¢ Refer patients to various need or department accordingly (e.g. Dietician/ Physiotherapist/ Smoking Cessation Counsellor)
ā¢ Screen, coordinate selection and recruitment of patient into the outpatient Cardiac Rehabilitation Programme (CRP)
ā¢ Schedules outpatient Pre-Rehab Assessment Clinic follow-up appointments when appropriate
ā¢ Referral can be from heart clinics, wards, self-referral, etc.
ā¢ Triage the referral, contact patient for more information, ensure correct referral to appropriate exercise rehab program with sufficient time allocation for patientās visit to respectively physician/therapist appointment booking.
ā¢ Check and highlight clinic / CRP orientation appointment list for enrolled patients.
ā¢ Coordinate and assist in Pre-Rehab Assessment clinic and schedule Post Rehab Clinic at the end of the program with post program parameter.
ā¢ Input the information into the Rehab Clinic database
ā¢ Assume responsibility for data collection and entry into CRP database system.
ā¢ Coordinate patientsā access and treatment sequence where required for the specialty.
ā¢ Tele-care to reschedule patientās appointment date when defaulted outpatient follow up
ā¢ Plans, implements, and evaluates in-service talks and specialty training courses based on unit and individual training needs
ā¢ Ensures patient education and counselling is carried out according to established standards of care and practice using the approved teaching materials.
ā¢ Applies understanding of prevention of medico-legal issues in relation to patient education.
ā¢ Assists to review and develop patient education materials in consultation with doctors and paramedical staff.
Job Requirements:
ā¢ Min. Degree in nursing
For interested applicants, please send your updated resume to: [email protected]
All candidatesā information will be treated with the strictest confidence
Melissa Zhang Zhiqi (Mezzo)
R2197564
Recruit Express Pte Ltd
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