Overview

The job-holder is responsible for the quality of patient care delivered and the standard of nursing practice in an assigned ward/unit. S/he provides highly skilled and specialized nursing care to specific patient population and their caregivers.

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:

• Acts as a resource person for clinical nursing matters

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

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

• Guides and develops specialty competencies of registered nurses

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

• Reviews and develops practice policies and guidelines and nursing standards in 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 enrolled nurses, staff nurses, senior staff nurses and advanced diploma nursing students

• 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