Overview

The job-holder is responsible to provide personalised, specialised andcost-effective care to patients, in accordance to established hospital policiesand procedures, standards of nursing care and practices. He/ She is responsiblefor the effective and efficient running of the ward/department assigned.

Job Responsibilities

Primary Responsibilities:
• Assesses, plans, implements and evaluates care of patients with complexhealthcare needs according to updated standards of nursing practice
• Ensures patient care delivery (inclusive of education and counselling) iscarried out according to established standards of care practice using patientcare plan / clinical pathways
• Co-ordinates patients’ access and treatment sequence where required for thespecialty
• 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... themultidisciplinary team
• Follows up on patients at NUH specialist outpatient clinics where appropriate
• Conducts specialty nurse-led clinic for patients and their families whereneeded
• Provides clinical supervision to nurses and nurse trainees to ensure qualitypatient care delivery
• Updates and maintains patient consultation / training statistics / othertypes of register / registry where appropriate
• Applies understanding of prevention of medico-legal issues in relation topatient care

Secondary Responsibilities:
• Acts as a resource person for clinical nursing matters
• Plans, implements and evaluates in-service staff education and specialtytraining courses based on unit and individual training needs
• Inducts newly graduated advanced diploma nurses in specialty care of aspecific group of patients
• Guides and develops specialty competencies of registered nurses
• Reviews and develops clinical pathways and / or other plans of care inconsultation with specialty nurses, nurse managers, doctors and paramedicalstaff
• Reviews and develops practice policies and guidelines and nursing standardsin 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 enrollednurses, staff nurses, senior staff nurses and advanced diploma nursing students
• Takes on additional responsibilities or tasks as assigned by Senior NurseManager/Clinician, Deputy/Assistant Director (Nursing) and Chief Nurse

Requirements
• Registered Nurse with at least 9 years of post-registration clinicalexperience, of which 2 years must be as Assistant Nurse Clinician
• Diploma in Nursing with relevant post-basic advanced certification and Degreein Nursing from recognized training institution as approved by SingaporeNursing Board.
• Technically skilled and competent
• Good interpersonal and communication skills
• Computer literacy skill – MS Word and PowerPoint

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