Job Description

1. Screen, treat and provide nursing care to sick residents


2. Attend/carry out routine procedures for all new admissions and residents returned after absconding ego urine test, blood sugar test, rectal swab etc


3. Refer sick residents for medical examination by the doctor


4. Arrange the appointment cards and transport of residents attending appointment at hospitals and polyclinics


5. Follow-up on residents who have been transferred to hospitals


6. Update the residents' medical cards daily eg., diagnosis, treatment, transfer, appointments and discharges from hospitals


7. Work closely with the OT or PT on therapy programmes and carry out simple exercise using physiotherapy equipment, when required


8. Carry out daily rounds in the dormitories and supervise mealtimes


9. Give first-aid treatment for emergency cases


10. Refer ill residents to hospital in the absence of the doctor


11. Supervise the Assistant Nurse in their work


12. Give Health Education Talks to residents


13. Participate in in-service education programme


14. Order and maintain supplies and equipment


15. Perform any other duties as may be assigned by the Nursing Officer or Superintendent from time to time

JOB REQUIREMENTS

Min Diploma in Nursing and registered with Singapore Nursing Board Good team player & able to work well independently Good communicator, both verbal & written

COMPETENCY AND PROFICIENCY LEVEL

Must-Have Competencies


Effective Communication in Nursing - Level 4 Emergency Care Management in Nursing - Level 4 Infection Prevention and Control in Nursing Practice - Level 4 Patient Education on Use of Prescribed Drugs - Level 3 Nutrition and Fluids Management in Nursing - Level 3 Patient Care Delivery in Nursing - Level 3


Good-To-Have Competencies


Inter-professional Collaboration - Level 3 Quality Improvement and Safe Practices - Level 3 Workplace Safety and Health - Level 2


Critical Core Skills


- Communication - Intermediate


Influence - Basic
- Collaboration - Intermediate


Adaptability - Basic
- Decision Making -Basic





For more information, please refer to Technical Skills and Competency (TSCs) and Critical Core Skills (CCSs) in Skills Framework for Social Service Industry via this website https://www.skillsfuture.gov.sg/skills-framework/social-service


Work place:


Meranti Home @ Pelangi Village


6 Buangkok Green Singapore 539751