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Nurse Manager

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The job-holder is responsible to provide personalised, specialised and cost-effective 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
  • Co-ordinates 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 NUH specialist outpatient clinics where appropriate
  • Conducts specialty nurse-led 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 medico-legal issues in relation to patient care
Secondary Responsibilities:
  • Acts as a resource person for clinical nursing matters
  • Plans, implements and evaluates in-service 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 post-registration clinical experience, of which 2 years must be as Assistant Nurse Clinician
  • Diploma in Nursing with relevant post-basic advanced certification and Degree in Nursing from recognized training institution as approved by Singapore Nursing Board.
  • Technically skilled and competent
  • Good interpersonal and communication skills
  • Computer literacy skill - MS Word and PowerPoint
If the role sounds interesting to you, please contact '[email protected]' to understand more on the role. Please indicate the position that you are interested in the subject heading.