STAFF NURSE (SINGAPORE)
Specialisation: Others/ Category not available
Education Qualification: Primary/ Secondary/ O level
Work Location : Anywhere In Singapore, Singapore
Salary Range : S$ 3,500.00 – 5,000.00
Date : January 31, 2024
Roles & Responsibilities
Job purpose
The jobholder is responsible to provide personalized and cost-effective care to the residents in the nursing home in accordance to established policies and procedures, standards of nursing care and practices. He/she deputizes the NM in her absence.
Primary Responsibilities and Duties (80%)
- Complies with approved standards of nursing practices and maintenance of professional standard through continuing education and development.
- Must be familiar with the Destitute Person’s Act and the Destitute Person (Welfare Home) rules and regulations; and to ensure alignment of the resident’s’ care to these
- Provides nursing services requiring substantial and specialized nursing skills
- Works closely with resident’s doctor and multidisciplinary team to provide care to the residents
- Updates on changes in resident’s conditions and needs.
- Ensures care delivery and nursing interventions as outlined in the care plan.
- Evaluates the resident’s response to care interventions and recommends revision of care plan as necessary.
- Works with Allied Health professionals and/ or initiate preventive and rehabilitative nursing procedures.
- Carries out and supervise assessments of new admissions.
- Prepares and administers medications to residents and comply with safe medication administration practices.
- Participates in training and development of care staff including orientation and induction training for new and junior staff.
- Manages any emergency that arises and ensure prompt actions to mitigate the situation and escalate promptly to supervisor, where necessary.
- Works with staff to maintain a safe and clean environment in the Welfare Home.
Secondary Responsibilities and duties (20%)
- Participates in quality assurance activities to monitor and evaluate the quality and appropriateness of nursing care.
- Participates in quality audits that are planned and conducted periodically.
- Prepares daily staff assignment for the Home
- Contributes to the evaluation of staff performance appraisal with Nurse Manager
- Deputizes the NM in his/her absence.
- Assumes additional responsibilities as assigned by Nurse Manager, Senior Nurse Manager, and Head Of Centre (HOC)
Qualifications
- Locally Trained Registered Nurse with Advanced Diploma in Nursing/Bachelor’s degree in Nursing.
- Foreign Trained Registered Nurse with Degree or Diploma in Nursing with Board Pass (Professional Regulation Council, PRC)
- Full Registration with Singapore Nursing Board with valid Practicing Certificate
- BCLS (Basic Cardiac Life Support) Certificate
- Perform ward operation activities of daily living
- Maintain professional & ethical nursing practices
- Intervention during emergency and resuscitation
- Safe medication management
- Pain management continuance management and fall risk prevention and management
Working conditions
- Residential environment in a charity
- 5 Days work week – Monday to Sunday (7am to 1pm, 1pm to 7pm, 7am -7 pm)
