ACP Care Coordinator (Contract till 31 March 2027)

Overview of Position

• Facilitate Advance Care Planning (ACP) for targeted groups of patients in JurongHealth Campus (JHC) and clients of JHC's community partners.

• Advocate ACP to patients, care-givers, healthcare professionals and the public.

• Support the development, implementation, optimization and integration of ACP across JHC and NUHS, aligned to national ACP guidelines.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to patient care by facilitating ACP discussions and completing advance care plans that meet patients needs

• Ensure patients and their families/care providers and healthcare stakeholders have access to patients ACP documentation via soft/hard copies of the ACP Form.

• Seamless and timely access to the documentation on the patients ACP Discussion Worksheet to all care providers.

• Facilitate appropriate and timely review and update of patients Advance Care Plans with patients/their Nominated Healthcare Spokespersons

• Provide relevant feedback loop to address service gaps and service delivery issues.

• Support the national KPIs to honour patients care preferences

• Support seniors in reviewing the ACP implementation processes/IT systems to continually improve the feedback loop to address service gaps and service delivery issues

• Support the gathering and submission of ACP data/statistical outcomes on a timely basis and adherence to the processes

• Present statistical outcomes at appropriate platforms within JHC when called upon

• Support logistical and other requirements for all ACP events including meetings, training and networking initiatives to contribute to the successful completion of the events

• Increase awareness of ACP in the community and contribute to higher acceptance and completion of individual care planning by the community

• Contribute towards raising the competence of ACP Advocates/Facilitators within JHC/JHC community partner organisations

• Contribute towards the implementation of ACP education on national platforms e.g. contribute as a team member to write articles for ACP newsletters.

• Contribute knowledge/skills for research/quality improvement projects

• Participate in collaborations on projects with clinicians and other stakeholders

• Apply knowledge gained to improve the JHC ACP programme

• Perform any other duties as assigned by the Reporting Officer

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree from a recognized tertiary institute in Nursing, Psychology, Social Work, Counselling or other Allied Health disciplines relevant to the job role.

• A keen learner, critical thinker, self-motivated, who works well as a member of a multi-disciplinary team

• Good interpersonal, communication and multi-tasking skills.

• Able to communicate proficiently in local languages/dialects.

• Proficient in Microsoft applications, including MS Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.

• Experience in Psychology/Counselling in Singapore or related fields, familiarity with relevant local healthcare/community services and/or experience with research/quality improvement projects will be an added advantage.