Take responsibility for the welfare and safety of residents by ensuring that all safety policies and procedures are carried out.
Review residents periodically to assess their progress and to ensure that high quality care has been provided and to ascertain needs for additional care / services.
Plan, organize, implement, supervise, and evaluate nursing care and services are provided.
Provide reassurance to residents and family members and attend to their enquiries promptly
Ensure that residents'/ clients’ complaints are handled expeditiously, and corrective or preventive actions taken effectively and comply with protocol.
Take corrective and preventive actions where necessary to eliminate or minimize the cause of existing or potential critical quality problems identified.
Implement, monitor and regular audit on skill competency.
Ensure that the staff understands and follows these policies and procedures strictly.
Assist in the research, development and implementation of modern nursing practices that would achieve nursing care of the highest standard.
Identify training needs and perform with Training department to develop programs tailored to close the gap in providing safe care to the residents.
Conduct and coordinate orientation, On-the-job Training, dementia care courses, care-giver training and clinical attachment.
Participate in in-service education programme and carries out post course follow-up to ensure optimum transfer of learning.
Conduct periodic checks on staff on their learning journal and identify staff learning needs.
Take charge of the smooth and cost-effective running of the department.
Ensure that all internal documents are properly controlled and disseminated.
Audit residents' case notes and nursing documentation to ensure that records are up to date and in line with the legal requirements for documentation.
Attend regular nursing and department meetings that affect policies relating to delivery of health care services.
In the absence of the Nurse Leader to conduct / attend multidisciplinary meetings to understand resident’s medical, psychosocial conditions and disease management including the designing of the care plans.
Attend appropriate education programs to further develop profession and keep abreast with the latest knowledge, skills, and technical innovations.
Perform any other duties as assigned by the Nurse Leader.
Ensure Roster is up to date. Monthly need to plan roster, to inform if there is a need of manpower.
Requirements:
Post registration degree in Nursing/Advance Diploma in Gerontology or its equivalent
Registered Nurse
Valid practising licence with Singapore Nursing Board
At least 10 years’ experience in acute clinical setting with leadership role
All Interested candidates are invited to email your resume in MS Word format to:
nerissa.goh@recruitexpress.com.sg
Please include your full working experience, education background, notice period, expected salary.