Nurse Clinician, Singapore

Primary Responsibilities Assess, plans, implements and evaulates care of patient with complex heatlhcare needs according to updated standards of nursing practice. - Conducts teaching and counselling for patients and their families/carers. - Initiates and ensures implementation of dscharge planning for patients with potential discharge. - Ensures residents care delviery is carried out according to established standards of care and practice. - Ensures written policies and SOP is availabe and up to date to guide nursing practices. - Provides direct care to patients to ensure compliance to standards. - Ensures smooth transition of patients fromacute to chronic care and back to community where possible. - Conducts nursing audits on nursing care standards and initiates strategies to resolve non-adherence issues. - Directs and facilitates staff development, skills and competency upgrading through in-house training, approved online learning or formal education opportunities. - Guides orientation/induction programmes and preceptorship for new staff. - Support SNM in nursing home management and deputizes her in her absence. Secondary Responsibilities - 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 patients in institutional settings. - Conducts quality improvement/research projects. - Champions training/quality improvement projects. - Contributes to performance appraisals of staff nurse, assistant nurses, nursing aides and healthcare assistant. - Takes on additional responsibilities or tasks as assigned by Senior Nurse Manager/Director of Nursing. Qualifications and Experience Locally Trained Registered Nurse with Advanced Diploma in Nursing/Bachelor's degree in Nursing or equivalent preferred. Foreign Trained Registered Nurse with Degree or Diploma in Nursing with Board Pass (Professional Regulation Council, PRC) Registration with Singapore Nursing Board.