Overview
The jobholder is responsible to provide personalized specialized and costeffective care to patients in accordance to established hospital policies and procedures standards of nursing care and practices. He/ She is responsible for the effective and efficient running of the ward/department assigned.
Job Responsibilities
Primary Responsibilities:
• Assesses plans implements and evaluates care of patients with complex healthcare needs according to updated standards of nursing practice
• Ensures patient care delivery (inclusive of education and counselling) is carried out according to established standards of care practice using patient care plan / clinical pathways
• Coordinates patients’ access and treatment sequence where required for the specialty
• Conducts teaching and counselling for patients and their families / carers
• Initiates and ensures implementation of discharge planning for patients
• Leads and participates actively in the review of patients with the multidisciplinary team
• Follows up on patients at specialist outpatient clinics where appropriate
• Conducts specialty nurseled clinic for patients and their families where needed
• Provides clinical supervision to nurses and nurse trainees to ensure quality patient care delivery
• Updates and maintains patient consultation / training statistics / other types of register / registry where appropriate
• Applies understanding of prevention of medicolegal issues in relation to patient care
Secondary Responsibilities:
• Acts as a resource person for clinical nursing matters
• Plans implements and evaluates inservice staff education and specialty training courses based on unit and individual training needs
• Inducts newly graduated advanced diploma nurses in specialty care of a specific group of patients
• Guides and develops specialty competencies of registered nurses
• Reviews and develops clinical pathways and / or other plans of care in consultation with specialty nurses nurse managers doctors and paramedical staff
• Reviews and develops practice policies and guidelines and nursing standards in consultation with specialty nurses nurse managers and doctors
• Assists with nursing audits on nursing care standards
• Applies best evidence to practice
• Participates in research activities
• Undertakes quality improvement / research projects
• Participates in training / quality improvement / research committees
• Contributes to performance appraisals of enrolled nurses senior enrolled nurses staff nurses senior staff nurses and advanced diploma nursing students
• Takes on additional responsibilities or tasks as assigned by Senior Nurse Manager/Clinician Deputy/Assistant Director (Nursing) and Chief Nurse
Requirements
• Registered Nurse with at least 9 years of postregistration clinical experience of which 2 years must be as Assistant Nurse Clinician
• Diploma in Nursing with relevant postbasic advanced certification and Degree in Nursing from recognised training institution as approved by Singapore Nursing Board.
• Technically skilled and competent
• Good interpersonal and communication skills
• Computer literacy skill – MS Word and PowerPoint