COMPANY DESCRIPTION
NTUC Health Co-operative Limited (NTUC Health) is an NTUC social 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.
RESPONSIBILITIES
Primary Responsibilities and Duties (80%)
- Assesses, plans, implements and evaluates care of clients with complex health needs according to updated standards of nursing practice
- Conducts teaching and counselling for clients and their families/carers
- Provide a high standard of care through care management, assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of nursing care to meet the needs of the clients
- Initiates and ensures implementation of care planning for clients with potential complications
- Ensures clients care delivery is carried out according to established standards of care and practice
- Ensures written Standard of practices is available and up to date to guide nursing practices
- Provides guidance on direct care to clients to ensure compliance to standards
- Ensures staff are equipped and competence to handle acute to chronic complications of the clients
- Conducts nursing audits on nursing care standards and initiates strategies to resolve non adherenceissues
- Directs and facilitates staff development, skills and competency upgrading through in-house training,approved online learning or formal education opportunities
- Evaluate the performance of community nurses, providing feedback and mentoring, developingeducation programs, and contributing to staff professional development
- Guides orientation/induction programmes and preceptorship for new staff
- Supports the ADON in nursing management and deputizes her in her absence
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 clients in institutional settings
- Conducts quality improvement/research projects
- Champions training/quality improvement projects
- Contributes to performance appraisals of community nurses, enrolled nurses, and nursing aides
- Takes on additional responsibilities or tasks as assigned by ADON
QUALIFICATIONS
- Registered Nurse with Singapore Nursing Board
- Degree or Diploma in Nursing
- Advanced / Specialist Diploma in Geriatric / Community Nursing an addedadvantage
- Minimum 8 years of relevant hospital work /community experiences
