Nurse Manager

Job Description

Overview

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:

o Acts as a resource person for clinical nursing matters

o Plans, implements and evaluates in-service staff education and specialty training courses based on unit and individual training needs

o Inducts newly graduated advanced diploma nurses in specialty care of a specific group of patients

o Guides and develops specialty competencies of registered nurses

o Reviews and develops clinical pathways and / or other plans of care in consultation with specialty nurses, nurse managers, doctors and paramedical staff

o Reviews and develops practice policies and guidelines and nursing standards in consultation with specialty nurses, nurse managers and doctors

o Assists with nursing audits on nursing care standards

o Applies best evidence to practice

o Participates in research activities

o Undertakes quality improvement / research projects

o Participates in training / quality improvement / research committees

o Contributes to performance appraisals of enrolled nurses, senior enrolled nurses, staff nurses, senior staff nurses and advanced diploma nursing students

o 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

Interested candidate can share your resume to anitha.paul@quantumsystech.com

MOM Lic No: 20C0277

EA Personal: R1325480