Nurse Clinician, Day Care

Nurse Clinician, Day Care

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NTUC Health Co-operative Limited (NTUC Health) is an NTUC enterprise that provides a comprehensive and integrated suite of quality and accessible health and eldercare services to meet the growing needs of families and their dependents. Building on close to three decades of experience and expertise, NTUC Health is among the largest providers of active ageing, senior day care, nursing home, and home personal care services in Singapore.

We also serve vulnerable seniors in selected areas in Singapore through Community Case Management Services (CCMS), CREST mental health support, and a sheltered senior group home. In addition, we run a family medicine clinic.

Our purpose is to achieve ‘health for life’; enabling healthy and fulfilling years by being a trusted partner of seniors and their families in our community.

For more information, please visit ntuchealth.sg or follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and Linked In.
Services: Senior Day Care | Home Care | Nursing Home | Active Ageing and Senior Fitness | Rehabilitation and Physiotherapy | Family Medicine

Community Support: CCMS (Community Case Management Services) | CREST (Community Resource, Engagement and Support Team) | Henderson Home

You will need to:

Primary Responsibilities and Duties (80%)

• Assess, plan, implement and evaluate care of clients with complex health needs according to updated standards of nursing practice
• Conduct 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
• Initiate and ensure implementation of care planning for clients with potential complications
• Ensure clients care delivery is carried out according to established standards of care and practice
• Ensure written Standard of practices is available and up to date to guide nursing practices
• Provide guidance on direct care to clients to ensure compliance to standards
• Ensure staff are equipped and competence to handle acute to chronic complications of the clients
• Conduct nursing audits on nursing care standards and initiates strategies to resolve non adherence issues
• Direct and facilitate 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, developing education programs, and contributing to staff professional development
• Guide orientation/induction programmes and preceptorship for new staff
• Support the ADON in nursing management and deputizes her in her absence

Secondary Responsibilities and Duties (20%)

• Act as a resource person to the Managers in clinical nursing and nursing training matters.
• Promote evidence-based practices or nursing care delivery
• Demonstrate awareness of current nursing and health care practices
• Monitor and analyze trends and changing needs of clients in institutional settings
• Conduct quality improvement/research projects
• Champion training/quality improvement projects
• Contribute to performance appraisals of community nurses, enrolled nurses, and nursing aides
• Take on additional responsibilities or tasks as assigned by ADON

You should:

• Have an Advanced Diploma in Nursing/Bachelor’s degree in Nursing or equivalent preferred (For Locally Trained Registered Nurse) OR
• Have a Degree or Diploma in Nursing with Board Pass (Professional Regulation Council, PRC) (For Foreign Trained Registered Nurse)
• Possess minimum 8 years of relevant hospital work/community experiences

It would be great if you:

• Possess knowledge of geriatrics or experience caring for the elderly (eg; being a caregiver or volunteering)
• Know multiple local spoken languages or dialects to communicate with senior clients
• Be people-oriented, willing to work the ground