Job Description

Nestled in the heart of Tengah Forest Town, the new Tengah General and Community Hospitals will be an exciting and innovative health campus providing a comprehensive range of clinical specialties and healthcare services including emergency, inpatient, rehabilitative and outpatient specialist care.
As part of National University Health System (NUHS) cluster, this state-of-the-art facility is slated to be ready by early 2030s.
Intricately connected with the surrounding community, Tengah Health Campus offers you the opportunity to create a healthcare facility of the future, tightly integrated with the residents and nature. As a people-focused organisation, we believe in respect and recognition. By harnessing the passion and strength of our team and putting them at the core of our culture, we create a nurturing environment to excel and deliver fulfilling care.
Be part of our groundbreaking team to bring our vision to life - a hospital in a forest, and a healing oasis within the hospital.
Join #TeamTengah #GrowWithUs #TGCH #TGCHFamily
Senior Assistant Manager / Assistant Manager
The incumbent will be part of the Transitional Care and Community Partnership team at TGCH and play an important role in shaping and delivering population health strategies that centre around building community capability and supporting individuals in navigating care transitions across settings. The incumbent will work with people and communities to uncover local strengths, resources and networks that support health and wellbeing. She/he will work closely with clinician leads, community partners, social service agencies and residents to create pathways that promote continuity of care, strengthen informal and community-based support system.

Community Engagement & Development

• Build trust-based relationships with residents and local stakeholders in Tengah New Town and surrounding precincts to identify community strengths, informal support networks, and shared priorities.
• Conduct placed-based outreach, including 1:1 conversation, to understand individual and community aspiration, using both lived experience and data to inform engagement strategies.
• Facilitate community-led efforts that promote social connection, mutual support and neighbourhood level wellbeing.
• Support residents in navigating health and social systems, with an emphasis on enabling independence and long-term resilience.

Partnership Development

• Maintain active partnerships with internal NUHS teams and external health, social service, and community agencies to coordinate care and co-create community-based solutions.
• Facilitate information-sharing and case discussions between hospital and community partners to close care gaps.

Capability Building

• Promote strengths-based, community-first approaches among clinical and frontline teams through coaching and sharing of practice tools.
• Contribute to training efforts that embed asset-based thinking into transitional care planning and service design.
• Support development of evaluation metrics that reflect both individual outcomes and community contributions to care.

Transitional Care Integration

• Work with clinical teams to develop community-anchored discharge plans, particularly for patients with complex needs or limited support systems.
• Connect residents to local resources that reduce hospital readmissions and support recovery at home or in the community.
• Monitor outcomes and contribute to process improvements that strengthen post-discharge continuity of care.

Administrative

• Prepare periodic reports to update the Tengah Hospital Committee.
• Any other projects/tasks assigned by the Reporting Officer.

Job Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in community development, public health, social work or related field.
• 3-5 years of work experience in population health, care integration or community development settings.
• Familiarity with strengths-based approaches and participatory methods.
• Competence in programme evaluation and basic data analysis.
• Ability to work across sectors and navigate complexity in health and social care settings.
• Strong communication, facilitation and relationship-building skills.

Skills Required