Job Description

:The jobholder is responsible for the effective and efficient running of the Home Care Department. He/She is also responsible to ensure that all home care staff provide a patient-centric, personalised, specialised and compassionate care to home care clients' needs, in accordance with established policies and procedures, standards of nursing care and practices.Leadership and Management

• Play a leading role as a resource person in an effective way of managing the home care business
• Lead and manage the day to-day operations of the home care department
• Responsible to achieve the set targets in meeting the profitability of the department
• Review existing and develop new home care policies and standard operating procedures as and when the need arise
• Maintain an effective home care nursing operations by initiating and implementing policies
• Conduct home assessment to clients' residential to determine level of nursing care requirements
• Maintain documentation of client care services and records
• Responsible to prepare for periodic regulatory audit when it's due

Manpower Management and Development

• Lead and manage a team of care staff, develop their competency and career progression
• Plan proper scheduling for care staff based skill mix and competencies to fulfill client's requirements and needs
• Motivate and develop care staff for their ongoing upgrade of their skills and knowledge

Resource Management

• Evaluate the effective and efficient use of consumables and supplies
• Maintain and upkeep a proper inventory control with regular inspection and audits

Clinical Quality and Infection Control

• Maintain quality of care by developing and enforcing nursing standards when rendering care to home care clients and sponsors
• Ensure full compliance to nursing, infection control, safety requirements and regulations

Department Operations

• Collaborate with other related departments to ensure smooth operational flow of the Home Care business.
• Sustain strong engagements with clients and manage schedule of homecare services
• Implement sales and marketing strategies to meet overall sales objectives of homecare services

Feedback Management

• Investigate and resolve all feedback and complaints received from all clients or regulatory body
• Assist in any investigation that is escalated to Chief Nurse
• Escalate any unfavourable and unresolved feedback to Chief Nurse

Other Duties

• Assume any other additional responsibilities as assigned by Chief Nurse
• Provide coaching and counselling of staff
• Perform annual appraisal for all staff
• Provide timely submissions of appropriate report to the respective departments
• Maintain good communication skills with clients and sponsors

Requirements

• Locally Trained: Degree or Advanced Diploma or Diploma in Nursing
• State Registered Nurse with valid practicing license issued by the Singapore Nursing Board
• Valid certification in Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS).
• At least 8 years of post-registration experience and at least 2 years of home care experience preferred
• Strong clinical skills including understanding on health care system
• Passionate and caring
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills to facilitate relationships amongst key stakeholders
• Service-oriented, meticulous, resourceful, independent and team player
• Possess positive work attitude, initiative and responsible to complete tasks and projects
• Analytical thinking, decision-making and good problem-solving skills

Qualifications:Degree or Advanced Diploma or Diploma in NursingAbout Us:Established since 1987, ECON Healthcare Group celebrates more than 35 years of commitment to quality healthcare and eldercare services this year. As a regional provider for integrated healthcare services in Singapore, Malaysia and China, the Group incorporates a chain of medicare centres and nursing homes, hospital services, a careskill training centre, a chain of senior services centres, home care services, physiotherapy services and traditional Chinese medicine services. The Group also provides consultancy for the development and management of retirement living communities.

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