The posting
Job Description
A) Clinical (80%)
- Conducts daily rounds and checks on residents’ condition regularly.
- Supervises and helps in the general tidying/cleaning up of the wards and other assigned areas.
- Assists the Staff Nurses in carrying out their duties.
- Supervises the Nursing Aides and Healthcare Assistants in the performance of their duties.-)
- Supervises juniors and assists in the bathing and feeding of residents.
- Attend to residents’ call bells and needs promptly.
- Ensures that the residents are kept comfortable, dry and clean at all times.
- Performs all nursing treatment including: e.g. complex dressings, and the administration of
medications under the supervision of a staff nurse.
- Reports any abnormalities detected about the residents, equipment and premises, to the staff
nurse-in-charge.
- Accompany residents for 2-monthly outings.
- Provides general supervision of residents and to handle emergencies.
- Attends monthly In-house training programmes, so as to update and upgrade own knowledge
and skills.
- Attends monthly clinical staff meetings, so as to be updated on the latest happenings in the
Nursing Home/
- Assists the doctor, Physiotherapist, Dietician and Pharmacist, as and whenever necessary.
- Performs any other duties as assigned by his/her Supervisor.
B) Administration (20%)
- Attends monthly Clinical Staff meetings and takes minutes of meetings whenever assigned.
- Attending Quality Assurance Committee meetings takes minutes of meetings whenever assigned.
- Updates/documents Resident’s daily charts/reports.
- Does assignments for ward staff daily.
- Checks Housekeeping e.g. torn linen for mending, faulty equipment for repairs, etc.
- Overall supervision of tidiness of residents’ case notes.
- Checks and updates all nursing charts e.g. temp chart, bowel chart.
- Checks and orders weekly stock e.g. dressing items, stationery, and sundry items.
- Assists Staff Nurse in ensuring cleanliness of medication trolleys and cupboards.
- Checks ward apparatus is functioning e.g. oxygen concentrator, suction machine, nebulizer and
emergency equipment.
- Mentors new NAs and newly promoted ENs as assigned by the Nurse Manager/Director of
Nursing.
Qualifications/Experience
• State Enrolled Nurse with Singapore Nursing Board.
• Basic Cardiac Life Support Certification License.
• Diploma or Degree in Nursing (for Foreign Nurses) or ITE Certificate (for Local Nurses)
• Some experience in a nursing home in a similar position.
• Ability to communicate with all levels.
